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WorksheetsCanadian History | 1945 - 1970
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
What international organization replaced the League of Nations after WW2 to govern by law international communities?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
UN (United Nations)
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
EU (European Union)
What was the name of the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
NAFTA
Which province, the last to join, entered Canada's confederacy in 1949?
Newbrunswick
Nunavut
Labrador
Newfoundland
What war did Canada participate in almost immediately after WW2 that gets little attention in the history books?
Vietnam
Iraq
Korean
Gulf
Where is the Suez Canal?
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Canada
The Suez Canal, which is twice the length of the Panama Canal, measures about how many miles from north to south?
50
90
150
75
Who was awared a Nobel Peace Prize for the first use of a UN International Emergency Force (peace keepers)?
John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
John F. Kennedy
Queen Elizabeth
When did the construction of the Berlin wall begin?
1956
1957
1961
1969
What was the name of the Canadian jet aircraft that was advanced and supersonic at the time of it's invention?
Bomarc Missile
Stealth Bomber
Lancaster Arrow
Avro Arrow
What was the name of the failed invasion where the United States attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
American Hog Invasion
Operation Overthrow Castro
Cuba Goodbye Junior
Bay of Pigs
Kennedy's solution to the Soviets trying to send missiles into Cuba was:
To send Air Force jets over Cuba
To create a hotline with the Soviets
To lead the Bay of Pigs invasion
To blockade (quarantine) the island
What movement reigned over the decade of the 1960s, sparking a shift in culture, politics, and economics?
Quiet Revolution
The Women's Movement
Counterculture
Scientific Movement
Who delivered the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Dr. Martin Luther King
What was Woodstock?
A political protest held in Woodstock, New York
A village in Vietnam, invaded by US troops
A protest over deforestation
An outdoor music festival attended mostly by hippies
What was the name given to Americans who avoiding going to Vietnam by escaping to Canada?
Draft dodgers
Escape artists
American escapees
US traitors
In February 1965, this became official in Canada and a notable symbol in Canadian culture and identity:
O' Canada became the national anthem
The current flag was adopted into law
The loonie was introduced
French became a national language
What controversial act did Trudeau use to contain the situation created by the FLQ?
War Measures Act
Repatriation Act
NAFTA
Referendum
Identify this person.
Bob Rae
Joe Clark
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Jean Chretien
What is the name of the movement that this picture depicts?
First boy band craze
Peace movement
Women's riots
Trudeaumania
