WorksheetsGreat Depression To Beginning of WWII Quiz
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Great Depression in Canada began in
a)
1920
b)
1929
c)
1933
d)
1939
2.
The On-to-Ottawa Trek (1935) was a protest by:
a)
Farmers demanding better prices
b)
Factory owners
c)
Relief camp workers
d)
Women’s organizations
3.
The Regina Riot occurred during:
a)
The Winnipeg General Strike
b)
The On-to-Ottawa Trek
c)
The formation of the CCF
d)
The Dust Bowl
4.
Which region of Canada suffered most from drought during the Depression?
a)
Atlantic Canada
b)
Prairies
c)
Quebec
d)
British Columbia
5.
The Statute of Westminster (1931):
a)
Created Canada’s first constitution
b)
Granted Canada full legal independence from Britain
c)
Gave Canada the right to print its own money
d)
Ended trade with the U.S.
6.
Canada’s growing autonomy after WWI was partly due to:
a)
The Chanak Affair
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Korean War
d)
The League of Nations collapse
7.
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) promoted:
a)
Capitalism and private business
b)
Socialism and public welfare
c)
Isolationism
d)
Religious reform
8.
The Social Credit Party was based in:
a)
Ontario
b)
Quebec
c)
Alberta
d)
Nova Scotia
9.
The leader of the Social Credit Party in Alberta was:
a)
J.S. Woodsworth
b)
William Aberhart
c)
R.B. Bennett
d)
Maurice Duplessis
10.
The Union Nationale in Quebec was led by:
a)
Mackenzie King
b)
Maurice Duplessis
c)
Pierre Trudeau
d)
Henry Ford
11.
R.B. Bennett was Prime Minister of Canada from:
a)
1921–1926
b)
1926–1930
c)
1930–1935
d)
1935–1940
12.
“Relief Camps” were established for:
a)
Farmers
b)
Women
c)
Unemployed single men
d)
Factory workers
13.
Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by:
a)
Building the Berlin Wall
b)
Reoccupying the Rhineland
c)
Joining the League of Nations
d)
Signing the Munich Agreement
14.
Hitler’s party was called the:
a)
Fascist Party
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Communist Party
d)
Socialist Party
15.
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in:
a)
1929
b)
1931
c)
1933
d)
1939
16.
The Anschluss (1938) refers to:
a)
Germany’s takeover of Austria
b)
The invasion of Poland
c)
Hitler’s first election
d)
The creation of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
17.
The Sudetenland was part of:
a)
France
b)
Czechoslovakia
c)
Poland
d)
Austria
18.
The Munich Agreement is best described as:
a)
Britain and France giving in to Hitler’s demands to avoid war
b)
Germany surrendering
c)
A Soviet-German trade deal
d)
An agreement to attack Poland
e)
Option 5
19.
The term appeasement means:
a)
To punish a nation for aggression
b)
To give in to an aggressor to avoid war
c)
To invade a country
d)
To expand territory
20.
The Balfour Report stated that:
a)
Canada and Britain were equal partners within the Empire
b)
Britain was the dominant power
c)
Canada could not sign treaties independently
d)
The monarchy should be abolished
21.
The Great Depression ended in 1935.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Drought and dust storms worsened the Depression on the Prairies.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The Statute of Westminster made Canada legally independent from Britain.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The CCF supported free market capitalism.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
The rise of Hitler was partly due to Germany’s economic hardship and humiliation after WWI.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The policy of appeasement succeeded in preventing WWII.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The Anschluss joined the Sudetenland and Germany.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The Munich Agreement allowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Canada declared war because Britain ordered it to.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Canada’s entry into WWII showed its independent foreign policy.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The Great Depression affected urban and rural Canadians equally.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
R.B. Bennett created relief camps to reduce unemployment.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
The CCF later became the New Democratic Party (NDP).
a)
True
b)
False
34.
The policy of appeasement successfully prevented war in Europe.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Hitler’s reoccupation of the Rhineland broke international agreements.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
The Munich Agreement was signed in 1939.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Canada was automatically at war when Britain declared war in 1939.
a)
True
b)
False
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