Canada's Involvement
This Canadian spy school in Ontario trained secret agents during WWII and helped Allied intelligence efforts.
What is Camp X.
This early WWII air battle proved that one country could defend itself using only planes, and Canada sent pilots to help
What is the Battle of Britain?
This island nation became the center of a global crisis after secretly allowing Soviet missiles within striking distance of the U.S.
What is Cuba?
This event triggered the beginning of the War in Afghanistan/War on terror
What is 9/11?
Which country in the world has the most lakes?
What is Canada?
This Cold War incident began in Ottawa when a Soviet cipher clerk defected with evidence of a spy ring operating in Canada
What is the Gouzenko Affair
This long fight over supply routes almost starved Britain, until new technology helped turn the tide
What is the Battle of the Atlantic?
This conflict became the first major "hot war" of the Cold War, ending in a stalemate along the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War?
This was the operation name for the "combat phase" the coalition launched in early 1991
What is operation desert storm?
This is the colour of Ms. Lindsay's watch.
What is blue (or light blue)?
In this conflict, Canadian peacekeepers found themselves caught between multiple ethnic groups and shifting ceasefires
What are the Yugoslav Wars?
Before entering major battles, Canada signed this agreement with Britain and the U.S. that allowed pilot training to happen safely at home.
What is the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
This American president ordered a naval “quarantine” to stop Soviet ships from delivering missiles to Cuba
Who is John F. Kennedy?
These two ethnic groups in Rwanda had long-standing tensions that erupted into genocide in 1994.
Who are the Hutu and the Tutsi?
The planet closest to the sun in our solar system
What is Mercury?
Canada participated in this Cold War air-defense organization with the United States, created to detect incoming Soviet bombers and missiles over North America.
What is NORAD
A secretive Canadian invention helped stop enemy radio-controlled weapons aimed at Allied ships before a major invasion
What is the CNJ (Canadian Naval Jammer)?
This organization created a peacekeeping force to separate opposing armies after a crisis involving a major global shipping route
What is the United Nations, specifically UNEF United Nations Emergency Force?
This person kept a country together by limiting nationalism, when he died old tensions resurfaced.
Who is Josip Broz Tito?
This war inspired one of the most iconic protest songs in history, “Fortunate Son" by Creedance Clearwater Revival.
What is the Vietnam War?
Despite leading a UN mission, this Canadian general was denied permission to seize stockpiled weapons
Who is Roméo Dallaire?
This everyday product was rationed during WWII because it was needed to make explosives, so many Canadians ended up saving it in jars under the sink
What is bacon grease?
This chemical defoliant used by the U.S. caused long-lasting environmental damage and serious health effects
What is Agent Orange?
In 1973, this organization of oil-producing nations cut exports to Western countries, triggering massive fuel shortages
What is OPEC?
This person was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?