Canadian History 1201
June Exam
Name: _______________________
Time: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read all the questions and instructions carefully before answering.
2. For Part A (the multiple choice), write your answers on the provided answer sheet.
At the end of the exam, detach the answer sheet and place it inside the exam
booklet.
3. For Parts B, C and D, answer in the spaces provided.
4. You have TWO hours to complete this exam.
5. The exam is in three parts. These are:
Value:
Part A –Multiple-Choice Questions
35 marks
Part B –Document-Based Questions
30 Marks
Part C & D-- Essays
35 Marks
Total:
100marks
Part A: Multiple Choice
Total Value 35%
Circle the correct letter on the answer sheet provided. You may tear off the sheet for convenience and
place it inside the front cover of your answer booklet upon completion of this exam.
1.
Which best describes a conflict between labour groups and industrialists?:
a. class struggle
b. national struggle
c. depression
d. reciprocity
2.
Which did many think was the beginning of Canada’s communist revolution?
a. Industrial Revolution
b. Japanese Internment Camps
c. Riel Rebellion
d. Winnipeg General Strike
3.
Which was a term used to describe a fear of communism?
a. Red Scare
b. Red Terror
c. Anti-comintern
d. Denazification
4.
What did soldiers hope to receive upon returning from war??
a. Extended vacations
b. Good jobs
c. Medals
d. Pay for duty served
5.
Which is a tax countries place on imports?
a. GST
b. HST
c. Subsidies
d. Tariffs
6.
Which is a small share in a company that can be bought and sold?
a. dividends
b. stocks
c. subsidies
d. tariffs
7. Which generally refers to a quick rise in prices in the stock market?
a. boom
b. bust
c. cycle
d. recession
8. Which has the second highest number of votes in an election?
a. Governor General
b. Lieutenant Governor
c. Minority
d. Opposition
9. What is a government party called with less than 50% of the seats in the house?
a. Governor General
b. Lieutenant Governor
c. Minority
d. Opposition
10. Which was the result of the famous five’s protest?
a. Cold War
b. General strike
c. Person’s Case
d. Red Scare
11. Which would a staple-based economy rely upon??
a. subsidies
b. taxes
c. tourism
d. wheat
12. Which right did the Canadian Suffrage movement fight for?
a. to vote
b. to better conditions in the workplace
c. to higher education
d. to be paid for household work
13. What do speculators buy and sell?
a. options
b. cycles
c. stocks
d. subsidies
14. Which regiment was destroyed at Beaumont Hamel during the Somme offensive?
a) Quebec
b) Newfoundland
c) Royal Winnipeg
d) 101st Airborne
15. Which generally refers to the ups and downs of the market?
a) Business cycle
b) Business plan
c) Prosperity
d) Recession
16. What did the Dionne Quintuplets offer people?
a) escape from reality
b) something to vent their anger at
c) comedy
d) illusions
17. Unlike any other country in history, what did NL vote to remove in the 1930’s?
a) citizens
b) independence
c) land
d) money
18. Which were members of the Axis powers??
a) Britain, France, Germany
b) Britain, Italy, Germany
c) Japan, Italy, Germany
d) Japan, France, Germany
19. Which refers to the policy of satisfying one’s enemy to prevent further demands?
a) Alliances
b) Appeasement
c) Blitzkrieg
d) Speculating
20. Nationalism refers to tremendous pride in which?
a) country
b) economy
c) military
d) leaders
21. Part of which country was given to Germany under the terms of the Munich Pact?
a) Britain
b) Germany
c) Czechoslovakia
d) France
22. Which refers to the horrific treatment of Jews by Nazis?
a) Appeasement
b) Blitzkrieg
c) Holocaust
d) Lebensraum
23. Which totally transformed how war was fought in WW2?
a) Primary resources
b) Staple products
c) Technology
d) Weather
24. Which battle had a tremendous impact on how Japanese were treated in Canada?
a) Dieppe
b) Normandy
c) Pearl Harbor
d) Ortona
25. Which best describes groups of German u-boats patrolling the North Atlantic during WW2?
a) Panzer Packs
b) Black Trenches
c) Kriegs Marine
d) Wolf Packs
26. Which battle was the largest amphibious assault in history?
a) Dieppe
b) Normandy
c) Pearl Harbor
d) Ortona
27. Where did Canada train many secret intelligence officers?
a. BCATP
b. Basic training
c. Camp X
d. Internment Camps
28. What did Elsie McGill help develop?
a. bombs
b. planes
c. intelligence
d. medicine
29. Which best describes the most dangerous area for allied shipping in the Atlantic during WW2?
a) Black Pit
b) North Sea
c) Scapa Flow
d) Bermuda Triangle
30. Which resulted in greater independence for Canada?
a) Alaskan Boundary Dispute
b) Boer War
c) Statute of Westminster
d) Treaty of Versailles
31. Which further aggravated the conditions of the Great Depression on the Canadian prairies?
a) Little rain
b) Too much rain
c) Few workers
d) High production costs
32. Which best describes obsessive hatred of Jews?
a. anti-Semitism
b. appeasement
c. Judaism
d. Zionism
33. Which was considered a tremendous disaster for Canadians and remains controversial?
a) D-Day
b) Dieppe
c) Pearl Harbor
d) Sicily
34. What controversial step was taken by the Canadian government “to deal with” Japanese Canadians in
the 1940’s?
a) Bombing Hiroshima
b) Japanese Internment
c) Pearl Harbor
d) Red River
35. Who alerted Canadians to a Soviet Spy ring operating in Ottawa?
a) Igor Gouzenko
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Nikita Krushev
d) Winston Churchill
Section B: Document-Based Questions
Total Value 30%
Use the back of the sheet if there is not enough space provided
in these sections.
These are two images showing aspects of life during the Great Depression. Answer all the questions that
follow.
1.
“Searching” was a common theme during the depression. People searched for several things to try and
improve their lives. They also tried to escape from their harsh reality. What would people be searching
for and what events caused such desperation 10%
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2.
List FOUR causes of the Great Depression and explain two of them. 10%
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Dieppe, 1942
3.
Dieppe was a significant battle in Canadian History. Suggest two reasons why the Dieppe raid was
launched and what the results of this mission were. How do you feel about this battle? 10%
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Part C: Essay Question Value 35%
1 List and explain the four MAIN causes of WW1 (1914-1918). 10%
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2. In the 1930’s Winston Churchill was a public figure in England who eventually went on to become
prime minister. He was critical of relations between Hitler and England in the period prior to WW2. He
said, “England has been given a choice between shame and war. She has chosen shame and will get war.”
What did he mean by this comment and what lessons can we learn from this period in history? You may
include in your discussion the events leading to war, the League of Nations, or any other topic discussed in
class on the inter-war period. 10%
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Section D: Constructed Response
Value 15%
You have encountered several historical figures throughout the course of this year and now it is your turn to
choose one that you feel is a key figure in Canadian History. I want you to write about any individual you
choose. It can take one of the following formats:
- a letter in the first person or from an associate or friend of that individual.
- a newspaper article about that person during that period in history
- a song or poem.
How you choose to answer this question is entirely up to you. Your emphasis may even be upon an event
as well as a person. It will be graded based upon how you describe their/its significance and why you feel
they are worth noting. Have fun and enjoy your summer!
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