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Canada: World War II
Quiz#7





  1. How did the role of women differ in WWII than WWI?



    A) worked in munition factories
    B) join the military but not serve on front lines
    C) worked as nurses
    D) all of the above



  2. One of the famous extermination camps of the Holocaust was:



    A) Dachau
    B) Bergen-Belsen
    C) Auschwitz
    D) all of the above



  3. How many people could the gas chambers kill in one day?



    A) 100-200
    B) 1000-2000
    C) 4000-5000
    D) 6000-8000



  4. Total war is:



    A) all countries in world are at war
    B) all industries, materials and people involved in war effort
    C) automatic implementation of conscription
    D) all of the above



  5. How did the government control prices and supervise the distribution of food and service goods?



    A) Ration Cards
    B) Victory Bonds
    C) Wartime Prices and Trade Board
    D) Conscription



  6. These were needed to purchase items and limited the production and consumption of materials per household.



    A) unemployment insurance
    B) plebicite
    C) five dollar bills
    D) ration cards



  7. What was Camp X?



    A) secret spy training school
    B) internment camps
    C) prisoner of war camp in Japan
    D) an objective of D-Day



  8. This act invoked conscription in Canada but not overseas.



    A) National Resources Mobilization Act
    B) Wartime Military Act
    C) National War Service Act
    D) War Measures Act



  9. What was Mackenzie King's solution to the conscription crisis?



    A) vote in the House of Commons
    B) hold a plebiscite
    C) send troops against his word
    D) withdraw from the war



  10. He founded fascism in 1919:



    A) Hitler
    B) Arcand
    C) Mussolini
    D) Chamberlain



  11. Hitler's army was called ___________ and secret police was called ________________.



    A) Hitler Youth; Gestapo
    B) Blue shirts; red shirts
    C) Gestapo; Stormtroopers
    D) Stormtroopers; Gestapo