Post War
In 1946, Winston Churchill said that an ________ had descended across the continent.
Iron Curtain
The name of the baseball team named after the World's Fair hosted in Quebec in 1967.
Montreal Expos
_______________ was declared an official government policy in 1971 (begins with an "M")
Multiculturalism
Name of the satellite Canada sent into space in 1962, making it only the third country to launch a satellite into space.
Alouette
Name of the famous Montreal Canadien hockey player who had to calm down angry fans in 1955 who were rioting in his name.
Maurice "Rocket" Richard
On April 4, 1949 the ________ was born, featuring Canada, Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and the United States of America.
NATO
This radical group of separatists was founded in 1963 and used terrorism as a means to achieve independence
FLQ (Front de Liberation de Quebec)
The British North America Act was officially renamed ____________________.
Constitution Act 1982
The long, white robotic arm on the International Space Station
Canadarm
Man who won the 100m Sprint Gold in the 1996 Olympic Games
Donovan Bailey
The "Big 3" in American car manufacturing were: Ford, Chrysler and ___________
General Motors (GM)
The French President who visited Canada in 1967 and uttered the words: "Vive le Quebec, Libre"
Charles De Gaulle
The Immigration Act of ___________ had, as one of its objectives, to "attract people who would promote the 'domestic and international needs of Canada.'"
1978
John Alexander Hopps, in 1950/51, invented the artificial cardiac _____________
pacemaker
First woman to play a game for one of the 4 major North American Sports
Manon Rheaume
The Canadian Prime Minister in 1961 was ______________
John Diefenbaker
The new (and current) Canadian flag flew for the first time on Feb. 15, ____________.
1965
Name of the bestselling Canadian Author who wrote "The Handmaid's Tale"
Margaret Atwood
The Canadian equivalent of NASA
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Kawhi Leonard
The Canal in Egypt that became reason for a global crisis in this time period was the _________
Suez Canal
The Beatles were made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and ____________.
Ringo Starr
The Summit Series between Canada and the USSR was played in this year
1972
Canadian scientist Frederick ____________, permanently changed the path of medical history by contributing to the discovery of insulin.
Banting
The last Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup was the ___________ in _____________.
Montreal Canadiens, 1993