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Unit 5:

Quiz Created By: Wai-Shan Cheng




  1. How many people came to Canada between 1945 and 1957?



    A) about 15 million
    B) about 1.5 million
    C) less than 15 thousand
    D) more than 50 million



  2. What was the large post-war wave of immigration to Canada?



    A) Baby Boom
    B) Jewish Immigrants
    C) Suburbia
    D) Both (a) and (b)



  3. What was the CBC stand for?



    A) Canada Broadcasting centre
    B) Canadian Actors Company
    C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    D) None of the above



  4. What was the percentage of Inuit children in school by 1963?



    A) 10%
    B) 66%
    C) 18%
    D) 70%



  5. Who was a Progressive Conservative leader?



    A) Pierre Trudeau
    B) Joey Smallwood
    C) Robert Burns
    D) John Diefenbaker



  6. What was the meaning of "Vive le Quebec libre"?



    A) "Long live free Quebec"
    B) "We all love Quebec"
    C) "Quebec is the best"
    D) Both (b) and (c)



  7. What did the construction of the St.Lawrence Seaway symbolized?



    A) The good relationship between English-Canadian and French-Canadian
    B) The expanding economic relations between Canada and Asia
    C) The expanding economic relations between Canada and the United States.
    D) None of the above



  8. When did the Cold War begin?



    A) August 30, 1950
    B) August 29, 1949
    C) September 29, 1947
    D) August 9, 1945



  9. What was the agreement signed in 1965?



    A) The Fur Trade agreement
    B) The Treaty between Alberta and Newfoundland
    C) The Auto Pact
    D) Nothing



  10. During the 1950s and 1960s, which province's economy attracted more and more people?



    A) British Columbia
    B) Ontario
    C) Alberta
    D) Newfoundland