History Skills - Primary or Secondary
It's first hand evidence or a record of the past made at the time of an event without commentary from historians today
What is a primary source
I was shot in Sarajevo in 1914. This event led to the start of World War I?
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
They are ________coupons that the government gave to unemployed people so that they could exchange them for food in stores.
What are relief vouchers
_________coupons the government gave to unemployed people so that they could exchange them for food in stores?
What are relief vouchers?
______ a free trade agreement between Canada and the United States.
What is NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement.
It's second-hand accounts or an interpretation of the past based on primary and perhaps other secondary sources.
What is a secondary source?
I was the site of the most important Canadian victory in World War I?
What is Vimy Ridge?
He was the Prime Minister of Canada when the Regina Riots took place in 1935
Who is R.B. Bennett
______ a public vote on an important issue
What is a plebiscite?
I was the Prime Minister of Canada who signed Canada's constitution in 1982.
Who was Pierre Trudeau?
A personal diary of an immigrant to Canada or photographs, advertising posters, government maps, or immigration statistics for this period.
What is an example os a primary source from 1900 - 1914
I shared the Nobel Price for Medicine for my work on using insulin as a way of controlling diabetes.
Who is Dr. Frederick Banting.
It's a public vote on an important issue
What is a plebiscite
_______Prime Minister of Canada of Canada during World War II
Who was W.L. Mackenzie King
I was a policy in the work place to remove discrimination
What is affirmative action?
Our textbook, Canada: Face of a Nation
What is an example of a secondary source from the period 1900-1914
I was any one of a number of young women living in the 1920s. Many people thought I was immoral and out of control because of my dances and fashion.
Who were the flappers.
He was the Prime Minister of Canada during World War II
Who is W. L. Mackenzie King
_______the mass murder of six million Jews in World War II
What is the Holocaust?
______how most Quebeckers voted in the 1980 referendum?
What is Yes or Oui!
A speech by Prime Minister Laurier as reported in the The Globe, July 10, 1910
What is a primary source?
I caused division in Canada because I was forcing men to join the army?
What is conscription?
This was the mass murder of six million Jews in World War II.
What was the Holocaust
_______ a unit of ownership in a company that can be purchased or sold at a stock market?
What is a share?
I was the Prime Minister of Canada who introduced free trade with the United States and General Sales Tax to Canada.
Who was Brian Mulroney?