Question 1 (1 point) 
Why did Canada wait over a week to declare war on Germany after the British and French did? 

Question 1 options:

Mackenzie King wanted to show that Canada would make the decision independantly. 


Canada was unporepared for war at the time and needed to asses its military preparedness. 


Britain did not send the telegram declaring war to Canada until 7 days after the war began. 


Canada needed time to review the German invasion.

Question 2 (3 points) 
Why did many world leaders choose to appease Germany? (Choose all of the answers you think are correct)

Question 2 options:

To satisfy Hitler and stop another war in Europe.


The League of nations could not agree what should be done since each nation had its own interests to pursue.


Hitler promised to pay them huge sums of money. 


They agreed with most of Germany's policies.


Hoped that Hitler would act as an ally to stop the spread of Communism in Europe.

Question 3 (1 point) 

In an attempt to assimilate Native and aboriginal Canadians the Government created:

 

 

 

Question 3 options:

Residential Schools


Reservations


Relief Camps


Reservoirs

Question 4 (1 point) 
How many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?

Question 4 options:

1 million


6 million


3 milion


100,000

Question 5 (1 point) 
A period of prolonged and drastic economic collapse usually characterized by high unemployment, widespread business failure and poverty is know as a:

Question 5 options:

Intercession


Recession


Depression


Concession 

Question 6 (1 point) 
The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of...

Question 6 options:

Kyoto and Tokyo


Hiroshima and Nagasaki


Tokyo and Hiroshima


Nagasaki and Osaka

Question 7 (1 point) 
Prohibition refers to:

Question 7 options:

banning the sale of stocks


banning alcohol consumption 


banning gambling


forcing men to join the army

Question 8 (1 point) 
Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada visited Hitler in 1937. He later wrote the following in his diary: "My sizing up of the man as I sat and talked with him was that he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good......a man of deep sincerity and a genuine patriot." 

This teaches us that...

Question 8 options:

The Prime Minister was a Nazi.


The Prime Minister had a favourable impression of Hitler.


The Prime Minister strongly disliked Hitler.


Hitler spoke English well. 

Question 9 (1 point) 
During the invasions of Normandy, Canadians were responsible to take which beach?

Question 9 options:

Gold


Nebraska


Sword


Juno

Question 10 (1 point) 
The Canadian Prime Minister during World War Two was:

Question 10 options:

Leon Mackenzie


Mackenzie King


Lloyd George


Robert Borden

Question 11 (1 point) 
The battle to get supplies from North America to Britain was known as:

Question 11 options:

The Battle of the Waves


The North Atlantic Operation


The convoys


The Battle of the Atlantic

Question 12 (1 point) 
The British World War Two Prime Minister famous for his inspirationsl speeches was:

Question 12 options:

Winston Churchill


Neville Chamberlain


Lloyd George


John Cleese

Question 13 (1 point) 
The major battle in the skies above Britain during the summer of 1940 was known as:

Question 13 options:

The Battle of the Bulge


The Great Invasion


The Battle of Britain


The Battle of Hastings

Question 14 (1 point) 
The word antisemitism refers to:

Question 14 options:

the hatred of Jews


the allied plan to resist German air attacks


racial prejudice against Japanese Canadians 


the Nazi belief in racial superiority

Question 15 (4 points) 
Match the the type of history with its proper description. 

Question 15 options:

the study of language and its uses, of the arts and literature, sport, and entertainment, in constructing cultural categories


the study of ways and customs, of family, education, children, demography (population change), and voluntary institutions (churches, for example)


the story of government, political leaders, electoral activities, the making of policy, and the interaction of branches of government


the study of how an entire system of production and consumption (or of any of its parts) works, of markets, industry, credit, and working people at all levels of the system

1.	
Social History

2.	
Political History

3.	
Economic History

4.	
Cultural History 

Question 16 (1 point) 

In order to deal with large numbers of wandering unemployed men, government of Canada created:

 

 

 

Question 16 options:

the YMCA


the ministry of labour 


relief camps


the NHL

Question 17 (5 points) 
Indicate whether the consequence of the Great Depression is Socio-Cultural , Political or Economic 

Question 17 options:

Between 1929 and 1933, the country’s Gross National Expenditure (overall public and private spending) fell by 42 per cent.


The birth rate fell dramatically during the Great Depression. 


The government of Canada established a program of unemployment insurance payment to help support Canadians during the Great Depression.  


By 1933, 30% of the labour force was out of work. 


Increased popularity of alternative political parties and ideologies.

1.	
Socio-Cultural 

2.	
Political

3.	
Economic 

Question 18 (1 point) 
The war started in Europe when...

Question 18 options:

France declared war on Germany


Germany invaded France


Germany invaded Poland


Britain and France sent warships to the Mediterranean Sea

Question 19 (1 point) 
The failed Canadian attack on German fortifications in Europe occurred at:

 

Question 19 options:

Dieppe


Flanders


Dunkirk


Marne

Question 20 (1 point) 
At the Munich Conference, the France, Britain and Italy ...

Question 20 options:

Decided to go to war with Hitler.


Gave in to Hitler's demands


Formulated a plan to end the Great Depression


Determined that Russia was a bigger problem than Germany.

Question 21 (1 point) 
The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 is known as...

Question 21 options:

V-E Day


D-Day


V-J Day


Operation Sea lion 

Question 22 (1 point) 
Germany suffered one of its worst defeats in Russia at the Battle of:


Question 22 options:

Novgorod


Stalingrad


Moscow


Siberia

Question 23 (1 point) 
Who defeated Mackenzie King to become prime minister in 1930?

Question 23 options:

R.B. Bennett


Robert Borden


Wilfred Laurier


John Halton

Question 24 (1 point) 
The protest movement of unemployed men across Canada by train was known as:

Question 24 options:

the On-to Ottawa trek


 the lonesome trail


 the road to Wigan pie


The Railriders 

Question 25 (1 point) 
What did the Prime Minister do in order to get out of his promise of no conscription?

Question 25 options:

Resigned as prime minister.


Hold a plebiscite.   


Send women to fight.


 Pull Canada out of the war.

Question 26 (1 point) 
Government regulation of basic food supplies to make sure they continued to be available
during the war is known as:

Question 26 options:

Speculating


Wartime Pricing


Victory bonds


Rationing

Question 27 (1 point) 
Canadian troops won an important battle nicknamed “Little Stalingrad” in the Italian town of:

Question 27 options:

Campobasso


Pescara


Ortona


Itri

Question 28 (1 point) 
What are the WRCNS or "wrens"?

Question 28 options:

The Russian air force


 a program for war supplies


a Canadian commando unit


a Women’s naval  unit

Question 29 (1 point) 
Auschwitz was:

Question 29 options:

a major city in Germany


where the Nazis suffered their worst loss in WWII


the place where Hitler had his bunker 


one of the largest concentration camps

Question 30 (5 points) 
Match the political movement/party to its platform. 

Question 30 options:

Overthrow the capitalist system by revolution. 


Give each citizen $25 a month. 


The government should own key industries so that everyone shared in the profits. Expand social programs. 


Help farmers by implementing free trade, nationalization (particularly of railways) and direct democracy.


Defend the language, religion, and culture of French Canada.b Improve worker rights, provide loans for farmers, build low-income housing.  

1.	
Progressive Party 

2.	
Communist Party of Canada 

3.	
Cooperative Commonwealth Party

4.	
Union Nationale 

5.	
Social Credit Party 

Question 31 (1 point) 
The group of Canadian painters famous for depicting Canadian landscapes was known as:

 

Question 31 options:

the Alberta five


the brush strokes


 the group of seven


the fearsome five

Question 32 (1 point) 
VE and VJ day refer to...

Question 32 options:

codenames for the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan


the end of the war in Europe and Asia


two major military invasions of Germany


the two days a week when soldiers prepared for upcoming operations

Question 33 (1 point) 
The U.S. entered World War Two when:

Question 33 options:

the Russians invaded Germany


F.D.R. died


Britain called for help


Japan attacked Pearl Harbour

Question 34 (1 point) 
The Nazis forced Jews to leave their towns and villages and restricted them to walled urban centres known as:

Question 34 options:

Berlin


Concentration Camps


Ghettos


Suburbs

Question 35 (1 point) 
On November 9, 1938, a pogrom against Jews in Germany led to the death of dozens of Jews, hundreds of arrests and the destruction of Jewish property and Synagogues. It is know as... 

Question 35 options:

Kristallnacht


the Lebensraum


the great blood purge


Auschwitz

Question 36 (1 point) 
What was the name of Hitler's party?

Question 36 options:

The Socialist Party


The Fascist Party of Bavaria


The Conservative Party


The National Socialist German Workers Party

Question 37 (1 point) 
The case known for establishing that women eligible to sit in Senate (and fullfill any other role in government) was known as:

 

 

Question 37 options:

Alberta five v. The Government of Canada


The Suffragettes Case


The Persons Case


Women v. R

Question 38 (1 point) 
No Way to Load a Gun

The main message of this cartoon is:

Question 38 options:

Hitler is laughing at our military strength.


Conscription is a bad idea because people will laugh at us.


Canadians who are against Conscription are sabotaging the war effort. 


Loading a Canon from the top is dangerous and foolish. 

Question 39 (1 point) 
Elsie McGill is know for...

Question 39 options:

being the first woman elected to the House of Commons


being the leader of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the war


leading Canadian women to demand equality before the Canadiamn Supreme Court 


being a engineer who oversaw the design and construction of planes for the war

Question 40 (1 point) 
From June 1940 to June 1941 Canada's role in the war...

Question 40 options:

decreased because Britain and France were leading the war effort.


increased because theyb were the most significant nation left supporting Britain in the war.


was the same as it had been from the start.


decreased because Mackenzie King refused to allow conscription.

Question 41 (1 point) 
What is Appeasement?

Question 41 options:

Sending representatives to global conferences.


When a country makes very difficult demands of another. 


Preparing an army for war.


Giving in to someone in order to avoid conflict.

Question 42 (1 point) 
What was the slang term for a fashionable young woman in the 1920’s?

Question 42 options:

Rakers 


Tappers


Clappers


Flappers 

Question 43 (1 point) 
What did the BCATP do?

Question 43 options:

Train pilots and air crews for the RAF


Care for the families of soldiers at war.


Ship supplies to Britain


Raise funds for the war effort.

Question 44 (1 point) 
What did the Canadian government do with Japanese and Italian Canadians during WW2?

Question 44 options:

Use them as interpreters. 


Intern them in camps.


Execute them.   


Deport them.

Question 45 (1 point) 
Canadians famously liberated which country at the end of World War Two?

Question 45 options:

Czechoslovakia


Albania


Russia


Netherlands