International Relations +
100: Which Canadian diplomat won the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis?
(Answer: Lester B. Pearson)
100:
Clue: This year’s Quebec referendum saw a narrow vote against separation.
Answer: What is 1995?
200:
Clue: The Canada Act included this important document outlining individual freedoms.
Answer: What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Why did many Canadians oppose the BOMARC deal?
Answer: They feared it made Canada a target and lost control over national defense
200: What conflict/event led to Canada’s emergence as a peacekeeping nation?
(Answer: The Suez Crisis)
400: What term entered popular usage in the 1950s, reflecting new marketing strategies?
Answer: Teenager
200: What post-WWII phenomenon led to urban sprawl in Canada?
(Answer: Suburbanization, baby boom)
400:
Clue: This nickname for the late-night deal that excluded Quebec is remembered bitterly.
Answer: What is the Kitchen Accord or the Night of the Long Knives?
200: Which medium accelerated the development of mass culture and transformed advertising?
Answer: Television
300: What Cold War defense organization did Canada and the U.S. establish?
(Answer: NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command)
200:
Clue: This clause in Meech Lake caused backlash for giving Quebec special status.
300:
Clue: This Indigenous politician blocked debate on the Meech Lake Accord in Manitoba.
Answer: What is the Distinct Society Clause?
Answer: Who is Elijah Harper?
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)
Clue: The term for destroying a group’s culture, as seen in residential schools.
Answer: What is cultural genocide?
300: What life-saving medicine became widely used after its discovery during WWII?
(Answer: Penicillin)
What UN force did Canada help establish during the Suez Crisis?
Answer: UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
300:
Clue: After Charlottetown failed, this Western party gained popularity.
Answer: What is the Reform Party?
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
What 3 major developmenst took place between the time of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences?
Churchill loses election in GBR
Roosevelt passes
US confirms nuclear weapon capability
Clue: This Quebec premier represented traditional, conservative values until 1959.
Answer: Who is Maurice Duplessis?
Historically what has limited the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations?
Limited ability to exercise force
*****Standardization in service/offering, a characteristic of emergent business practices in the 50's, contributed to the success of these 2 American companies..
McDonalds and Holiday Inn