World War I
This term describes the belief that one's nation or culture is superior and justified in expanding power.
Nationalism
This 1919 event saw over 30,000 workers walk off the job in protest for better wages and working conditions.
Winnipeg General Strike
The event, including the date, that marked the start of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday, October 29, 1939
The name of the 1919 peace agreement the angered Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
This 1945 event marked the beginning of the Cold War in Canada, when a Soviet cipher clerk exposed a spy ring in Ottawa.
Gouzenko Affair
The name of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated, triggering World War I.
This invention, popularized in the 1920s, brought entertainment and news into Canadian homes.
Radio
What region of Canada suffered from both economic and environmental challenges during the 1930s?
The Prairies
Name 3 European dictators and the countries they ruled.
Hitler- Germany
Mussolini- Italy
Franco- Spain
Stalin- Soviet Union
During the Cold War, Canada joined this military alliance in 1949 to help defend against Soviet aggression.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
This 1917 battle is remembered for its muddy conditions and high casualties but showed Canada’s persistence.
Battle of Passchendaele
The Winnipeg General Strike came to a violent end on this day, when the Mounties attacked a crowd of protestors.
Bloody Saturday
The two prime ministers of Canada that led the country during the decade.
R.B. Bennett
William Lyon Mackenzie King
The name of the beach Canadians stormed on D-Day
Juno Beach
The name of the Canadian who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his efforts at preventing war in Egypt.
Lester B. Pearson
The two candidates who had opposing views on conscription in the 1917 election.
PM Robert Borden (Conservative/Union)
Wilfred Laurier (Liberal)
A court case that extended women's rights and allowed them to sit on the Canadian Senate.
The Person's Case
Fed up relief camp workers joined this protest to send a message to Ottawa.
On to Ottawa Trek
The law that gave the Canadian government emergency powers to detain and intern Japanese Canadians.
War Measures Act
This period of rapid modernization in Quebec during the 1960s saw the decline of Church influence and the rise of Quebec nationalism.
Quiet Revolution
Another word for ceasefire.
armistice
A society whose consumption habits are based on material wants rather than needs.
Consumerist society
One economic condition and two environmental conditions that made life very difficult for prairie farmers.
Increased global competition for Canadian wheat, less demand, declining prices
Drought, dust storms, grasshopper plagues
The country Canadian troops helped to liberate following D-Day.
Netherlands
The names of the two kidnap victims during the October Crisis.
James Cross (British diplomat)
Pierre Laporte (Quebec MPP, murdered)