The Cold War +
$100 — Knowledge
Answer: This Soviet cipher clerk defected in Ottawa in 1945 and exposed Soviet spying in the West.
Question: Who was Igor Gouzenko?
What city was blockaded in 1948, marking the first significant transgression of the first Cold War?
Answer: Berlin
100 Points: Which Canadian Prime Minister won a Nobel Peace Prize?
(Answer: Lester B. Pearson.)
What sporting related event displayed the state of Anglo-Franco tensions during Duplessis rule?
The Richard Riot
What generation came after the end of WW2?
(Answer: The Baby Boom.)
$200 — Communication
Answer: This alliance was formed as a mutual defence organization against the Soviet threat. It was later countered with the Warsaw Pact.
Question: What is NATO?
Why did many Canadians oppose the BOMARC deal?
Answer: Nuclear warhead on Canadian soil
200 Points: Which major infrastructure project changed the utility of Montreal as a central shipping hub?
(Answer: The St. Lawrence Seaway.)
Answer: This 1980 event is historically significant because it showed that support for Quebec sovereignty was strong, but that most Quebec voters still rejected separation at that time.
Question: What was the 1980 referendum?
200: Which medium accelerated the development of mass culture and transformed advertising?
Answer: Television
What metaphorical term did Churchill use to describe a line dividing post-WWII Europe?
Answer: Iron Curtain
WHAT ACTION by Egypt’s president Nasser triggered THIS crisis in global trade that demonstrating France and Britain's waning power?
Answer: The nationalization of the Suez Canal
What UN force did Canada help establish during the Suez Crisis?
Answer: UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
Answer: THESE TWO POLITICAL POSITIONS disagreed over the future of Quebec.
Question: What are federalism and separatism?
400: What term entered popular usage in the 1950s, reflecting new marketing strategies?
Answer: Teenager
What did Igor Gouzenko wear during any televised appearances he made? Why?
Bag with eye holes, to conceal his face and identity because he feared he would be killed by Russian operatives.
Answer: A leader who supported bilingualism and individual rights but opposed Quebec independence fits this prime minister.
Question: Who was Pierre Trudeau?
Knowledge
Answer: This Quebec Liberal slogan, “Maîtres Chez Nous” translates to..
Question: What is Masters in our own house?
WHAT REPORT warned of the US cultural influence and recommended funding Canadian institutions? Leading to the development of THIS MEDIA COMPANY..
Answer: The Massey Report, CBC
Answer: The transition from Duplessis to Lesage is best understood as a shift from a ______, ______ Quebec to THIS kind of Quebec.
Question:
Traditional, religious, rural
What is a more secular, modern, state-led, and self-determined Quebec?
What was the Marshall plan? What was it designed to do?
Funding the restoration of post-war economies, to strengthen trade across the atlantic and steer recovering nations towards American, capitalist allegiance and away from Soviet communism.
500 Points: What is the common geopolitical dynamic across the following conflicts:
Korean War, Vietnam War, Ukraine War, Iran War
Western vs. Eastern powers and their proxy conflicts
What about former conservative Maurice Duplessis response to the Asbestos Strike was reflective of his flawed governing principles for Quebec?
He did not support striking workers whom were Francophone out of a reluctance to align with anything remotely socialist - which led him to side with the Anglophone mine leadership/ownership who did not meet striker demands for better pay and safer conditions. Reenforcing the Francophone sentiments of oppression by Anglophones.
What about standardization (1), a characteristic of emergent business practices in the 50's, contributed to the success of THESE 2 American companies referenced in class..
Cost savings, reliability for consumer
McDonalds and Holiday Inn