Canadian History - Time Period 4 - Post World War 2

Which of the following best describes the term baby boomers?

• Baby boomers are children born between 1945 and 1960 who, because of their number, became a socially influential group.

• Baby boomers are children born in Europe whose fathers were Canadian soldiers.

• Baby boomers are children who were born not in Canada before 1945 and who immigrated to Canada as children or adults between 1945 and 1960.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Cold War?

• The main superpowers were the Soviet Union and the United States.

• The main superpowers were Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

• The Cold War included proxy wars (where the superpowers effectively fought through wars between smaller nations).

• The Cold War included spying and other ways for the superpowers to undermine each other.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the United Nations (UN) including Canada's role in it?

• Canada did not become a founding member of the UN.

• Following the Suez Crisis in 1956, Canada led in the UN preventing a war.

• As a result of the Suez Crisis, the UN in 1957 created peacekeeping forces.

• Canadian Lester Pearson (who in the 1960s became Prime Minister of Canada) received the Nobel Prize in 1957 for his role in leading the idea of UN peacekeeping forces.

Which of the following does NOT describe the St. Lawrence Seaway?

• It was a collaborative project between Canada and the United States.

• It involves a system of locks and canals linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

• It is named after the St. Lawrence River which is the last part of the system from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean.

• The St. Lawrence Seaway is no longer in service.

Which was the last province (in 1949) to join Confederation?

• Alberta

• British Columbia

• Newfoundland

• Prince Edward Island

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Canada was "Americanized" in the 1950s?

• the popularity of Rock-and-Roll music

• a growing rivalry between Canada and the United States in the Space Race

• the significant increase in availability of televisions and television shows from the United States

• the consumer revolution (with the expansion of American corporations into Canada)