International Relations +
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Actin' Canada
Ethical Dilemmas
Innovations and "Progress"
100

What UN force did Canada help establish during the Suez Crisis?

Answer: UN Emergency Force (UNEF)

100

This Cold War conflict began soon after the end of WW2, characterized by a stalemate at the 38th parallel.

The Korean War

100

The Canada Act included THIS important document outlining ______s and _________s.


Answer: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Rights, Freedoms

100

The term for destroying a group’s culture, as seen in residential schools.


Answer: What is cultural genocide?

100

Which 50's popularized innovation accelerated the development of mass culture and transformed advertising?

 Answer: Television

200

Which Canadian diplomat and later PM, won the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis?


(Answer: Lester B. Pearson)


200

THIS PM responded to the October crisis (FLQ) with the _______ __________ Act

Pierre Trudeau

War Measures Act

200

This French Canadian party represents separatist pursuits for Quebec.

Parti Quebecois

200

What post-WW2 policy removed thousands of Indigenous children from their families, in the name of misguided saviorism?


(Answer: The Sixties Scoop)


200

THIS term for a young person entered popular usage in the 1950s, reflecting new tech and culture inspired marketing strategies.

Answer: Teenager

300

300: What Cold War defense organization did Canada and the U.S. establish?


(Answer: NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command)


300

THIS 1956 Cold War event demonstrated the Soviet Union’s policy toward revolts in satellite states.

Hungarian Uprising

300

Nickname for the late-night deal integral to the patriation of the constitution from Britain to Canada that excluded Quebec.


Answer: What is the Kitchen Accord or the Night of the Long Knives?

300

Historically a limited ability to exercise ________
 has reduced the effectiveness of UN __________ operations.

force, peacekeeping

300

___________ in service/offering, is a characteristic of emergent business practices in the 50's, exemplified by American companies like McDonalds and Holiday Inn.

Standardization

400

Most Canadians opposed the BOMARC deal because they feared it made Canada a _______ and could contribute to a loss of _______ over our national defense. 

Answer: target, control

400

After Charlottetown failed, THIS Western Canadian party gained popularity.

Answer: What is the Reform Party?

400

THIS Quebec premier represented traditional, conservative values until 1959.


Answer: Who is Maurice Duplessis?

400

Residential schools were meant to _______ and _______ Indigenous children.


Assimilate and "civilize"

400

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

DAILY DOUBLE

What 3 major developments took place between the time of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences?

Churchill loses election in GBR

Roosevelt passes

US confirms nuclear weapon capability

500

Gorbachev's mid 80's policies of Glasnost and ____________ , translating to ___________ and restructuring signalled the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.

 Perestroika, Openness

500

DAILY DOUBLE

THIS clause in Meech Lake caused backlash for giving Quebec special status and led Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper to vote against the accord, because?? 

Answer: What is the Distinct Society Clause?

Answer: Indigenous peoples had not been given the same status as distinct societies

500

500: What post-WWII phenomenon led to urban sprawl in Canada? (2)


(Answer: Suburbanization, baby boom, automobiles and automobile culture)


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