International Relations +
100: Which Canadian diplomat won the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis?
(Answer: Lester B. Pearson)
100: What WWI battle is considered a defining moment for Canadian national identity?
(Answer: The Battle of Vimy Ridge)
100: During WWI, women began taking over jobs previously held by whom?
(Answer: Men working in industry among others)
100: What debate surrounded the Bomarc Missile Crisis?
(Answer: Whether US presence on Canadian soil would chip away at our hard earned sovereignty)
100: What WWII technology led to the arms race of the Cold War?
(Answer: The atomic bomb)
200: What conflict/event led to Canada’s emergence as a peacekeeping nation?
(Answer: The Suez Crisis)
Daily Double
200: What treaty ended WWI but laid the groundwork for WWII?
(Answer: The Treaty of Versailles)
200: What post-WWII phenomenon led to urban sprawl in Canada?
(Answer: Suburbanization, baby boom)
200: What controversy divided Canadian during WW1
(Answer: Conscription) - Division between English and French
200: What 20th-century invention helped connect people through sound and music?
(Answer: Radio)
300: What Cold War defense organization did Canada and the U.S. establish?
(Answer: NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command)
300: What event in 1940 saw the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from France?
(Answer: Dunkirk)
300: What post-WW2 policy removed thousands of Indigenous children from their families, in the name of misguided saviorism via assimilation?
(Answer: The Sixties Scoop)
300: What 1994 humanitarian crisis highlighted the failures of international peacekeeping?
(Answer: The Rwandan Genocide)
300: What life-saving medicine became widely used after its discovery during WWII?
(Answer: Penicillin)
Daily Double
400: What was notable about the Paris Peace Conference as it relates to Canadian sovereignty?
Borden argued his way into having one rep for Canada
400: What policy in the 1930s attempted to prevent war by conceding to aggressive dictators?
(Answer: Appeasement)
400: What were the goals of Residential schools?
Assimilate and "civilize"
Deter the continuation of cultural practices counter to dominate western ideas of society and Canada's future
400: What event in 1945 sparked ethical debates about targeting civilians in war?
(Answer: The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
400:How has the birth control pill affected society? (2)
Supported family planning
Supported women in their career pursuits
Supported gender parity
Deterred domestic violence and promoted healthy pregnancy and delivery
500: How did the Great Depression set the stage for WW2?
Made citizens vulnerable, which caused them to support politicians who present themselves as agents of extreme change
500: What Canadian contributions to WWI gave the country international recognition?
(Answer: Military successes, including at Vimy Ridge, conscription, reputation as fierce soldiers)
When did Mr.Bozzo graduate Teacher's College?
2017
500 - Historically what has limited the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations?
Limited ability to exercise force
Shared responsibility can result in grave complacency
500: What broader impact did innovations like airplanes, television, and medicine have on society?
(Answer: They revolutionized daily life, industry, and warfare.)