CANADIAN HISTORY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
CHC2D1 EXAM REVIEW
Mr. Walker
EXAM FORMAT
Your Final Exam will appear in the following format:
SECTION A KNOWLEDGE (25 MARKS)
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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You will be required to circle the correct answer (4 choices) for each
question or statement on the exam paper and Scantron.
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All the questions/statements in this section will come from the first half of
the course, up to and including the Cold War.
SECTION B THINKING (20 MARKS)
TRUE OR FALSE
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This section will span the entire course from “Entering a New Century” to
The Cold War. One question will come from the “French and English Relations”
SECTION C THINKING (10 MARKS)
MATCHING
 This section will cover the following topics/concepts:
o Women in politics and The Persons Case, Relief camps, Berlin
wall, Vimy Ridge, Appeasement, Blitzkrieg, A-Bomb, The Cold
War, The Quiet Revolution
SECTION D COMMUNICATION (15 marks)
SHORT ANSWER (3X5 marks each)
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This section is modeled around the Grade 10 Literacy Test.
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You will be required to answer 3 questions in proper paragraph form. 3
questions on the exam will be drawn from the following:
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What is “Conscription”? How did it affect Canada in the world wars?
Explain the cause and effects of the Great Depression. What were some
of the remote and immediate causes? How did it affect Canadians
How did the appeasement policy encourage Hitler and lead to World
War II?
What was the Cold War? Explain the string of events that occurred
during this time period as well as U.S./Soviet tensions
What was the Boer War? What countries were involved and what was
Canada’s role
Discuss the events of the Holocaust and how acts of discrimination,
racism and hatred were very active between 1939 and 1945
SECTION E APPLICATION (10 MARKS)
LONG ANSWER (ESSAY)
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•In this section, you will be required to answer 1 question in essay form. Be sure
to formulate a thesis statement and answer in full sentence form and paragraphs must
be properly structured.1 of the following questions/topics will be chosen for you to
answer on the exam. Be familiar with all!
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How significant were Canada’s military contributions in World War 1
and World War 2?
Discuss the role of the United States and how Canadians were affected
by the Great Depression
Discuss the events and occurrences that lead to the outbreak of the
Cold War between Russia and USA and how it affected Canadians and
the United Nations
Discuss the relationship between French and British Canada during
WWI and WWII and if they progressed or regressed between those time
periods.
TOPICS TO REVIEW
This course spans a great deal of time and information. It is extremely important that
you do attempt to review all your notes leading up to the exam as there are so many
links and connections to be made between each of the time periods we have studied.
As a final review, the following is a list of topics that will be important for you to review for
your final exam. Although some of the topics may not appear specifically on the exam,
they will all come in handy for your complete understanding of the larger issues and
topics covered in the course and for greater success.
WORLD WAR I
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• Causes
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• Major Battles
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• Inventions
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• Important Individuals
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• Conscription Crisis
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• War on the Home front
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• Treaty of Versailles
1920s and 1930s
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• Life in the Twenties and Thirties for Canadians
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• Important Individuals
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• Inventions
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• Social Changes
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• Natives: Residential Schools and other issues
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• Women: Vote/Person’s Case
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• Treatment of other Minorities
• Prohibition
• Stock Market
• Causes of the Depression
• Lessons learned from the Depression
WORLD WAR II
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• Causes
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• Major Battles
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• Important Individuals
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• Conscription Crisis
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• War on the Home front
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• Japanese Internment
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• Holocaust
THE COLD WAR
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• Communism vs. Capitalism
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• The United Nations
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• Peace Keeping
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• Korean War
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• NATO/NORAD
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• Other Hotspots
FRENCH-ENGLISH RELATIONS POST WWII
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• Quiet Revolution
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FLQ
GENERAL TOPICS/THEMES
It was highly stressed during this course that historical understanding is more important
than the mere regurgitation of dates and facts. Remember we are looking at Canada’s
growth as a nation in this course; our evolution in various ways throughout the Twentieth
Century.
Please Note: It is very important that you review all of the Prime Ministers that we have
studied during the Twentieth Century. Become familiar with the important events that
surrounded them and you should learn the order in which they were Prime Minister.
This will come in handy at various points during the exam.
Remember…..Hitler was Powerful!