Canadian Politics
Who is John A Macdonald in relevance to Canada?
Who is the first Canadian Prime Minister?
What conflict, beginning in 1939, transformed global power structures, leading to the creation of the largest International Relations bodies such as the UN?
What is World War II?
What ancient Greek Philosopher wrote The Republic and wrote about a just society ruled by philosopher-kings?
Who is Plato?
This 18th-century revolution inspired global movements for democracy and human rights, beginning in 1789.
What is the French Revolution?
Who is Justin Bieber?
What former controversial Mayor in Canada now has a Brother as a Premier in Canada?
Who is Rob Ford?
Founded in 1949, this military alliance’s Article 5 declares that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
What famous Renaissance Diplomat said "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both,"
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
This 1962 event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This long-running CBC comedy series follows the antics of three Nova Scotian small-time criminals — Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles.
What is Trailer Park Boys?
The British North America Act of 1867 was important for what reason in Canada?
What is Confederation?
With some Nations feeling disenfranchised with the modern economic system, what new international economic body was formed in 2009?
What is the BRICS?
What famous Political Philosophy book shares a name with a hit ride in Canada's Wonderland?
What is Leviathan?
What treaty, signed at the end of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, lead to the groundwork for non-interference and state sovereignty?
What is The Treaty of Westphalia?
This Canadian rock band’s 2016 final concert was broadcast nationwide and turned into a national moment of mourning for lead singer Gord Downie.
Who are The Tragically Hip?
This 1982 Constitutional addition entrenched rights and freedoms that courts can enforce against governments.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This 1994 international agreement aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but was replaced by the Paris Agreement in 2015.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
This feminist theorist argued that the “personal is political,” challenging private/public divides in political thought.
What is Second-Wave Feminism?
This 1989 event symbolized the end of the Cold War by the tearing down of a politically important structure by Citizens.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Who is the renowned Quebecois Movie Director known for acclaimed movies such as Arrival and the Dune Series?
Who is Denis Villeneuve?
What three regions of Canada are not addressed as Provinces but rather as "Creatures of the State?"
What are Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut?
This country is the only one ever to have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being an original signatory.
What is the United States?
This Canadian political theorist and philosopher famously argued that television and mass media reshape political understanding — “the medium is the message.”
Who is Marshall McLuhan?
This 1884–85 meeting of European powers divided Africa into colonies without any African representation.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This 2021 internet debate erupted when Americans discovered that Canadians actually cut open these household items to use for breakfast and other meals.
What are Milk Bags?