Grade Ten History
Examination Review Quiz
Instructions
for all your answers – simply write the
correct answer – don’t write the question.
 silence....
 listen for me to ask each question – so
you know exactly what is required
 only 1 blank piece of paper is allowed on
your desk right now...
 the test starts – now.....
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Unit 1 immigration
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1 – Who was the PM in 1900?
Laurier
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or
Borden
2 – What country was Clifford Sifton most
interested in recruiting immigrants to Canada
from in the beginning?
Great Britain
or
France
unit 1 - independence
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3 – The South African war - _________
War of 1899-1902.
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4 – reciprocity - ________trade - election
of 1911 was determined by this one main
topic....
unit 1 – the great war
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5 – 4 main causes – imperialism,
militarism, nationalism and ___________
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6 – who was killed that set the spark of
war?
Franz Ferdinand
or
Gavrilo Princip
unit 1 – the great war
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7 – Ypres – famous for mustard gas, tanks
or creeping barrage?
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8 – Canada’s top fighter pilot in WWI was
__________
unit 1 – the great war
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9 – what is conscription?
mandatory military service OR new voting law
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10 – who won the election of 1917?
Laurier
OR
Borden
unit 1 – the 20’s
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11 – what was made illegal by prohibition?
Prostitution OR Alcohol
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12 – who pioneered the rapid advancement
of automobile manufacturing?
Ford
or
General Motors
unit 2 – the 30’s- depression
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13 – What happened Oct 29th, 1929?
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14 – What was the main problem during
the Great Depression?
unemployment
or disease
unit 2 - appeasement
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15- ________ agreement guaranteed
“peace in our time”.... signed by Hitler and
Chamberlain
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16 – WWII started when Hitler invaded
_____________.
Rhineland
or Poland
unit 2 - wwii
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17 - ___________ - lightning war –rapid
deployment of planes, tanks and troops.
blitzkrieg or
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appeasement
18 – What was the first all out air battle in
the history of warfare?
Pearl Harbour OR Battle of Britain
unit 2 - wwii
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19 – The attack at ______________ - was
a failed Canadian raid on the shores of the
French occupied coast.
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20 – The successful invasion was on
_____________ Beach 2 years later.
unit 2 - wwii
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21 – One of Hitler’s biggest mistakes
during WWII was
______________________.
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22 – V-E day stood for ______________.
unit 2 - wwii
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23 – The war in the Pacific was over after the
USA bombed __________ ( country ) with the
atomic bomb.
Japan
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or
USSR
24 – The year was ___________ when WWII
was over .
1945
or
1944
unit 2 - wwii
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25 – BCATP stood for the British
Commonwealth _______ Training Plan.
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26 – The internment of the
_____________ in Canada was a black
mark in Canada’s history.
unit 3 – post war canada
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27 – Who was the PM during WWII?
Borden
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or
King
28 – The ______________ Curtain
separated the communist countries in
Europe from the democratic ones. Curtain
was named by Winston ____________
unit 3 – cold war
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29 – NATO stands for _______________.
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30 – The treaty of all the communist
countries was the _____________ Pact.
Moscow
or
Warsaw
unit 3 – Prime Ministers
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31 - __________________ took over for PM
Mackenzie King in 1948.
St Laurent or
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Diefenbaker
32 – Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for Canada
(before he was PM) ?
Trudeau
or
Pearson
Unit 4 – 50’s
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33 –The ________________ War took place
from 1950-52... it was an attempt to stop the
spread of communism in Asia.
Korea
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or
Vietnam
34 – The Russians tried to put nuclear missiles
90 miles away from the USA in __________.
Cuba
or
Puerto Rico
unit 3 – 60’s
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35 – PM John Diefenbaker cancelled the
Avro ________ - an innovative interceptor
fighter plane.
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36 – The terrorists in Quebec were part of
the ___________________.
unit 3 – 60’s
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37 – What PM won the election of 1968?
_______________
Trudeau
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or
Duplessis
38 - _______________ was the PM who gave
Canada its new flag in 1965.
Trudeau
or
Pearson
overall bonus
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39 – What city had a huge explosion in its
harbour in 1917?
Halifax
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or
St Johns
40 – What was the name of the president
of the USA who gave the final permission
to drop the bomb on Hiroshima ?
_______________.
Multiple Choice
1.
What years encompassed WWII?
A) 1914 - 1918
B) 1935 - 1945
C) 1939 - 1945
D) 1940 – 1949
2.
What two events triggered the internment of
Japanese Canadians?
A) Battle of Britain; Battle of Hong Kong
B) Dunkirk; Pearl Harbour
C) Dieppe; D-Day
D) Pearl Harbour; Battle of Hong Kong
3.
What is the full name of the Nazi Party?
A) National Socialists
B) National Socialist German Workers Party
C) National Democratic German Workers Party
D) National Fascist Workers Party
4.
What was a weakness of the League of Nations?
A) formal policy of appeasement
B) sanctions as their main form of punishment
C) did not have its own military force
D) all of the above
5.
Why was Germany so humiliated after WWI?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Great Depression
C) rise of Adolf Hitler
D) rise of fascism in Germany
6.
How did the Nazis segregate the Jews?
A) rationing
B) ghettos
C) boycott of stores
D) internment camps
7.
What caused the United States to declare war on
Germany?
A) Non-aggression pact
B) bombing of Pearl Harbour
C) invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany
D) Anschluss
8.
What was the date of D-Day?
A) August 17,1942
B) December 7, 1941
C) May 7, 1944
D) June 6, 1944
9.
What was the St. Louis?
A) boat carrying Jewish refugees that was denied entry to
Canada
B) code name for Camp X
C) Operation name for the Dieppe Raid
D) French port where a mass evacuation of Allied troops took
place
10. What was the "baby boom?"
A) When birth rate increased when men came back
from the war
B) Tall babies
C) Fat babies
D) When birth rate decreased when men went to war
11. What year did the "baby boom" begin?
A) 1940
B) 1948
C) 1999
D) 1945
12. What year did Newfoundland enter
Confederation?
A) 1945
B) 1949
C) 1950
D) 1943
13. What does "maitres chez nous" mean?
A) Masters of our own house
B) Masters of your own house
C) Masters of a house
D) I’m a master
14. Who came from France and said "Vive Le
Quebec Libre?"
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Pierre Trudeau
D) Queen Elizabeth
15. What did FLQ stand for?
A) Fronte de Liberation du Quebec
B) French Liberal Quebecers
C) French Liberation Questioners
D) Found and Lost Quest
16. What was the attack that sparked the entry of the
United States to enter WW2?
A) The attack on China.
B) The depression.
C) The attack of pearl harbour
D) When Asian immigrants came over to Canada
17. Canada’s BIG new industry in the post war era was?
A) Making Socks for Women
B) Car manufacturing
C) The invention of computers
D) The trend of Suede.
18. Terry fox suffered from?
A) A REALLY bad headache
B) Lice
C) Cancer
D) MS
19. Jean Lesage begins the Quiet Revolution in Quebec
in?
A) 1956
B) 1997
C) 1961
D) 1939
20. Canada’s love affair with the automobile reached a
new high during what years?
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s
21. What was the style of the "flower child" ?
A) tight pants, short hair
B) no glasses, shorts and Mohawk haircuts
C) long hair and granny glasses
D) Nike and American Beagle
22. What was the first human made earth satellite
called?
A) Melynk
B) NASA
C) Fudnik
D) Sputnik
23. What does NATO stand for?
A) North African Treaty Organization
B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C) North American Treaty Organization
D) Non Agreement Technological Organization
24. What was Trudeaumania?
A) Pierre Trudeau's charisma to create a new kind of
Canadian Politics standard
B) People around the world going crazy for him
C) Citizens in Alberta wanted to kill him
D) FLQ's plan to kidnap Pierre Trudeau
25. Canadian Peacekeeping was born as a result of
Suez Crisis in what year?
A) 1945
B) 1991
C) 1986
D) 1956
26. In what year did Canada adopt the Canadian
Maple Leaf flag?
A) 1955
B) 1965
C) 1969
D) 1819
27. In what year was the October Crisis?
A 1970
B) 1983
C) 1978
D) 1969
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41 – Who was the first female PM in
Canada
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emily murphy
or
kim campbell
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42 – What political party won the election
of 1993?
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liberals
or
conservatives
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43- Did Canada go to war with the usa in
Afghanistan?
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44 – Did Canada go to war alongside the
americans in Iraq in 2004?
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45 – Did Quebec vote for or against
separation from Canada in 1995?
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46 – What was the last province / territory
to enter Canada?
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nunavut
yukon
or
newfoundland or
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47 – What was the last one previous to
1999?
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nunavut
yukon
or
newfoundland or
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48 – What decade was the baby boom in?
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50’s or 70’s
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49 – What decade did Trudeau serve the
majority of his time as pm?
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70’s
or
80’s
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50 – What political party has been in
office longer in Ottawa?
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Conservatives or Liberals.....
Canadian History Exam Review
Answer Sheet
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