National Policy
This Prime Minister created Canada's National Policy.
Who was Sir John A. Macdonald?
GDP stands for this.
What is Gross Domestic Product?
Resources that can be replaced naturally over time are called these.
What are renewable resources?
The NWMP eventually became this police force in 1920.
What is the RCMP?
The assassination of this Austrian archduke helped trigger WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These taxes on imported goods protected Canadian businesses.
What are tariffs?
GDP measures the total value of these produced in a country.
What are goods and services?
Oil, coal, and natural gas are examples of these resources.
What are non-renewable resources?
The word "mounted" in NWMP referred to this.
What is riding horses?
Canada entered WWI automatically because it was part of this empire.
What was the British Empire?
One goal of the National Policy was to encourage people to settle in this region.
What is Western Canada/The Prairies?
Moving from rural areas to towns and cities is called this.
What is urbanization?
Industries that collect raw materials directly from nature are called these.
What are primary industries?
This 1904 law helped organize Canada's military forces.
What is the Militia Act?
This term means compulsory military service.
What is conscription?
The three goals of the National Policy were tariffs, settlement of the West, and this transportation project.
What was the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Provinces with stronger economies help support provinces with weaker economies through these payments.
What are equalization payments?
Turning trees into lumber or paper is an example of this type of industry.
What is a secondary industry?
Canada created this branch of the military in 1910.
What is the Royal Canadian Navy?
This famous 1917 victory became a symbol of Canadian identity.
What was the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
Tariffs were designed to help Canadian businesses by doing this.
What is Making imported goods more expensive than Canadian-made goods.
This agreement reduces or removes tariffs between countries.
What is a free trade agreement?
Give two advantages of resource-based economies.
What are job creation and economic growth/export income?
Name the three branches of the Canadian Armed Forces today.
What are the Army, Navy, and Air Force?
Soldiers fought from long defensive ditches called these.
What are trenches?