Arms Race
ROLE OF CANADA:
Military
Military
ROLE OF CANADA:
Arms Reduction
Arms Reduction
ROLE OF CANADA:
Economic / Political
Economic / Political
Background:
Common Sense
Common Sense
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During the Cold War, between which two countries did the arms race occur?
United States
Soviet Unions
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Where did Canada allow the US to store their nuclear arms?
a. Igloos in Alaska
b. Cuba
c. Within Canadian borders
d. Underground vault in Britain
c. Within Canadian borders
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What is a nuclear arms reduction?
the act/movement of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons
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What is this?
Canada was one of the world's largest producers of this, possessing around 8% of the world's this resources.
Uranium
100
Who is the most handsome teacher in the world?
Mr. Lawes
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Fill in the blanks.
Arms race occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain ________ and _________ superiority over one another.
Military, Political
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True of False:
Canada agreed on supporting the US in military way, but did not decide to purchase advanced missiles and aircraft.
False
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What is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons?
NPT (Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty)
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What are the two organizations/treaties Canada joined which dealt nuclear arms race and reduction?
NATO
NORAD
NPT
UN
etc...
200
When did the Cold War happen?
1947 – 1991
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In what year did USSR exploded their first atomic bomb?
1949
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What is the aircraft company that Canada ordered to build the "Arrow"?
Avro
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How many countries have joined the NPT?
A total of 191 States have joined the Treaty
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True or False:
Canada's relationship with US was closer than with Britain during the Cold War.
True
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What was the thesis of our presentation?
Canada played a significant role in the nuclear arms race and reduction.
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What is the difference between the arms race happened during the cold war and arms race before the cold war?
Had no dire consequences...
A "COLD" war
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Why did the project Arrow get cancelled?
Due to political controversy and timing
400
Which five countries are legally possessing the nuclear weapons by the N.P.T..
US, Russia, China, Britain, France
400
What are the project/product Canada brought an idea about after the world deciding to denuclearize.
Canada exported it to developing countries in Asia.
CANDU Reactor
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Describe what is happening in the photo.
Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan sign the INF Treaty at the White House, 1987.
INF: Nuclear disarmament treaty
500
What triggered the arms race between the US and the USSR?
a struggle for control over the conquered areas of Eastern Europe in the late 1940s to the early 1990s.
500
Explain the effects of the Arrow to the Arms Race.
Canada’s development of Arrow was definitely a threat to USSR and contributed a lot in a nuclear arms race and gave Canada the ability to compete with the best aircraft companies in the world.
500
Explain why the reduction happened?
>> Lisa knows the answer :) <<
something like both the US and USSR were afraid of casualties and damages of their weapons and believed the continuous development will be harmful for both.
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Why was Canadian involvement in arms race in economic and political way threatening to USSR?
:)
500
Who is the most handsome teacher in CIS?
Mr. Lawes