History Test - Multiple Choice

What event is also known as “Black Tuesday”?

B) Stock Market Crash

Which party was created during the 1930’s due to the hardships of the depression?

A) Co-operative Commonwealth Party

What two disasters added to problems in Canada’s west during the 1930’s?

C) drought; grasshoppers

What three demands did the unions have during the Winnipeg Strike?

40 hour work week, minimum wage increase, union representation

 How did Canada suffer after World War I ended?

Industry turnover

High unemployment

High prices for goods and services

      6. What are labour unions?

group of workers who unite to achieve common goals in discussions with employers

What was government relief?

emergency financial assistance in the form of vouchers

Which of the following was NOT part of Bennett’s “New Deal”?

free trade with the United States

During times of depression, unemployment rates are…

high

What was the result of the 1925 election?

Liberals win the election because they create a coalition with the Progressives

The term “Rum Running” means?

smuggling liquor across the boarder

The following item was NOT invented or improved dramatically during the 1920’s…

Telephones

Why were people riding the rods from town to town during the depression?

to find jobs

What were some of the rules a man had to abide in order to apply for the dole?

had to get rid of his liquor license

had to get rid of his drivers license

could not be employed

8. Prime Minister Meighen

12. Prime Minister Mackenzie King

1. Prime Minister Borden

Radio

6. Group of Seven

Emily Carr (art)

10. Charlie Chaplain

11. Mary Pickford

3. Flappers

2. Ford Model T

What two events triggered the internment of Japanese Canadians?

D) Pearl Harbor; Battle of Hong Kong

Why was Germany so humiliated after WWI

A) Treaty of Versailles

What caused the United States to declare war on the Germans?

B) Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Who did Hitler blame for Germany’s problems before WWII?

A) Jews and Communists

What was the operation name of the D-Day invasion?

C) Overlord

What was Hitler’s last military step before Britain and France declared war?

D) Invasion of Poland

How did Canada contribute to the atomic bomb?

A) Uranium (raw resource)

B) Uranium purification

C) Scientists helped develop the bomb

Where was the Battle of Britain fought?

C) Air

What countries made up the Axis power?

A) Italy, Japan, Germany

What was the Non-aggression Pact?

Agreement between Germany and Soviet Union to not fight and split Poland

Operation Barbarossa dealt with what invasion?

A) German invasion of the Soviet Union

What beach was Canada responsible for on D-Day?

D) Juno

The Allies attempted to use one of the following to avoid conflict with Germany at the beginning of WWII…

Appeasement

Which statement below describes what happened in Canada during WWII?

B) Japanese Canadians were placed in internment camps and their property was confiscated

In April of 1942, Prime Minister Mackenzie King introduced a plebiscite in which he asked Canadians to vote on allowing him to take back his promise of not introducing conscription during WWII. What was the response to this question in Quebec?

D) In Quebec, French Canadians voted strongly against conscription

The Miracle of Dunkirk is a significant event in WWII because…

B) It allowed over 300,000 soldiers to escape to Britain from a huge German military force

In 1938, Hitler began to lay claim to territories in Europe, by first claiming the land of…

A) Czechoslovakia

Canada’s Prime Minister during WWII was…

B) Mackenzie King

Hitler called off night raids and stopped attacking major factories and airfields in this battle:

A) Britain

Which of the following was not considered one of Hitler’s mistakes during WWII?

C) Dieppe

Hitler’s new style of fighting during WWII was known as…

B) Blitzkrieg

The leader of Italy during WWII was…

C) Mussolini

The Phony War was known as a period during the war when the following occurred…

C) After the invasion of Poland, both sides arming their defenses

The Atomic bomb was first dropped on one of the following cities…

C) Hiroshima

Which of the following is NOT considered an underlying cause of WWII…

A) Appeasement/Conflict

Number 1

 

Number 1*

7. Atlantic Wall

Number 2

Number 2*

9. High Tide

Number 3

 

Number 3*

6. Hedgehogs

Number 4

 

Number 4*

4. Pill Boxes

Number 5

 

Number 5*

3. Belgian Gates

Letter A

 

Letter A*

4. Utah

Letter B

Omaha

Letter C

6. Gold

Letter D

1. Juno

Letter E

2. Sword

1. Which of the following countries did NOT occupy Germany after WWII.

d. Canada

2. In a Capitalist Democracy political decisions are made by;

a. an elected government

3. This country was the first to develop nuclear weapons.

c. USA

4. Which of the following organizations were created after WWII in order to help preserve the ideals of peace and social and economic progress world wide?

a. The United Nations

5. This was used during the Cold War to track the Soviet Union in the event that they launch an intercontinental missile at the USA.

d. NORAD

6. Which of the following names were given to the two sides of the Cold War?

a. NATO / Warsaw Pact

7. Which of the following countries is NOT a permanent member of the United Nations Security council?

c. Canada

8. During the Cold War these two countries had thousands of nuclear weapons and could destroy the world multiple times over.

b. Russia and USA

9. Eventually, countries participating in the Arms Race during the Cold War reached an agreement to slow production and reduce the number of arms as costs were becoming expensive. This was known as:

a. Detente

10. The Korean peninsula was divided into North and South in an attempt to prevent the spread of Communism. These were the countries that backed the fighters in the North and South causing the divide.

a. Soviet Union, China and the USA with United Nations support

11. Which of the following countries was not originally part of NATO?

• d. Poland

12. The Avro Arrow was an advanced, supersonic vehicle that was designed by Canadians to protect the United States and Canada from an attack by the Soviet Union in the Arctic. What type of vehicle was it?

• d. Plane

13. Which of the following projects were NOT initiated due to the Cold War and the arms race?

• d. Iron Curtain Project

14. In this Cold War conflict there was fear that the Soviet Union was going to place nuclear missiles on Cuba soil.

• d. October Crisis

15. In this Cold War conflict, the United Nations Security Council voted to allow the UN to take back territory lost.

• a. Korean War

16. In this Cold War conflict, the Egyptian president took control of the region and caused Lester B. Pearson to push for the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force to help stop tensions between countries.

• b. Suez Canal Crisis

17. After the War the 1950s saw this in its population, economy, and innovation.

• a. increase / boom

18. In the 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement, based on old Jim Crow laws that allowed for segregation between white and black people, gained momentum. Who below was NOT a leader in the Civil Rights Movement for racial equality?

• d. Mackenzie King

19. The Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite. This was the name of the satellite.

• b. Sputnik

20. This person fought against racial inequality by refusing to give up her seat to a white person on the bus helping to add momentum to the Civil Rights Movement.

• a. Rosa Parks

21. The Space Race was another result of the Cold War where these two countries raced to be the first to land a man

• c. Between Russia and USA

22. Which of the following did the Front de Liberation du Quebec do in Canada.

a. Put bomb in mailboxes
b. Kidnap MPPs

c. Attacked armories

d. Bombed the Montreal Stock Exchange

23. The FLQ can be described as _____________ and their goal was _________________.

• c. Terrorists / separation through force if necessary

24. This person was found dead at the Dorval airport and was killed at the hands of the FLQ.

• d. Pierre LaPorte

25. This was said to be a war on the spread of communism from the Viet Cong.

• a. Vietnam

26. The Radical Movement is said to have taken place in this decade.

• c. 1960s

27. Which of the following political parties resulted from the Quiet Revolution and FLQ crisis in Quebec during the 60’s and 70’s?

• b. Parti Québécois

28. Canada brought home the Constitution this year.

• c. 1982

29. Which province below did NOT sign the Constitution of Canada when it was Patriated?

• a. Quebec

30. 9/11 was a series of how many coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001?

• d. 4

___________________   was considered the best of both worlds because people had a home with a yard for the kids and they were very close to work.

• Suburbia

Many people were eager to start a family after the war. This caused a ___________________ in Canada’s population.

• Boom

The Cold War was given this name because there was never _____________________ military action between the two superpowers or their main allies.

• Direct

1. ____________________ was the name given to the new alliances between the allied forces which included Canada.

• NATO

The _________________ Curtain was a boundary that divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War.

• Iron

______________________ as a weapon is even more powerful than nuclear energy.

• Hydrogen

The USA's _____________________  System was created during the Cold War to quickly evacuate a city in the event of a Soviet attack.

• Interstate

1. In the 1970s the Arms Race was so strong and so expensive that the two sides of the USA and the Soviet Union began to talk and take a softer line towards each other. This was known as the ______________________.

• Detente

Prime Minister Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro because the plane was super expensive and was no longer needed due to the creation of _____________________ to air missiles.

• Surface

Canadian minister _______________________  B. Person recommended the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force. This person later received the Nobel Peace Prize for this work.

• Lester

The area between the two enemy lines was called

No Man's Land