World War 1
What event in 1914 triggered the start of World War I?
What is the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand.
What's the name for the car during the Great Depression that citizens created?
What is the Bennet Buggy
What type of warfare did the Germans use during WWII? What is it nicknamed?
What is Blitzkrieg, or "lightning war"
What is the term given to the increase in the birth rate shortly after WWII?
What is the Baby Boom.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada.
What is the name of Germany's WW1 strategy to defeat France by invading through neutral Belgium.
What is the Schleiffen Plan.
What natural disaster worsened conditions for farmers on the Prairies during the 1930s? Give the specific name.
What is the "Dust Bowl."
What two Japanese cities were targets of the Atomic Bombs? Which bomb went to which city?
1. Little Boy, which dropped on Hiroshima
2. Fat man, which dropped on Nagasaki.
Who was Igor Gouzenko? Why was he significant?
What is a Soviet Cipher clerk. He exposed Soviet spy rings in Canada.
What is NAFTA? What were some pros and cons?
NAFTA is the North America Free Trade Agreement.
Pros:
Made it cheaper to buy and sell things between the countries.
Helped businesses grow and trade more.
Created more jobs in some industries.
Cons:
Some Canadian and U.S. jobs moved to Mexico where wages were lower.
Hurt some small businesses that couldn’t compete with bigger companies.
Why was conscription an issue during World War 1?
What is because English Canadians mostly supported forcing men to fight, while many French Canadians strongly disagreed with it.
What was one major long-term effect of the Great Depression?
- dependence on the USA
- overproduction
- under consumption
- widespread unemployment
What did the Germans consider to be the Final Solution?
The mass extermination of Jews. It's now known as the Holocaust.
What was the purpose of forming NATO?
What is to protect western countries from the spread of communism.
What's the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? What does it do for Canadians?
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution that protects basic rights.
What it does for Canadians:
Protects freedoms (i.e. freedom of speech)
Makes sure everyone is treated equal
What was the significance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge for Canada?
- Canada earned a stronger national identity
- the first time all four Canadian divisions fought as a single unit
- Strong sense of achievement
When were relief camps introduced? What was there purpose?
What was 1934. Their purpose was to:
- provide basic work and shelter
- prevent transients/people living on the streets
What new fear was unlocked after the end of WWII?
What is the fear of atomic weapons.
The FLQ were a group of terrorists in Quebec who used violence and bombs to try to make Quebec separate from Canada.
What's the 60s scoop?
What is when many Indigenous children were taken from their families in the 1960s and adopted by mostly white families. It was done to influence western culture and force them to forget their Indigenous culture.
This Canadian general was helped to win significant battles, like Vimy Ridge.
What is Sir Arthur Currie
How did Canada begin to recover from the Great Depression? How did it finally end?
- new war materials demanded jobs, which boosted the economy.
- The depression fizzled out, and then it ended when the war was introduced.
What organization was created after WWII to help maintain world peace? What main countries were involved?
What is the United Nations? The main counters involved were:
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
China
France
What was Trudeaumania?
What is an excitement and fascination around Pierre Trudeau
What was the name of the terrorist group that hijacked the American Airlines flight on September 11, 2001?
What is al Qaeda.