Canada Practice Test 4

Correct! The Canada and Quebec Pension plan was Introduced in the year 1965

Correct! The discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947 began Canada’s modern energy industry

Correct! Unemployment insurance (now called “employment insurance”) was introduced by the federal government in 1940

Correct! "In 1951, for the first time, a majority of Canadians were able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing."

Correct! "Publicly funded education is provided by the provinces and territories."

Correct! "The Canada Health Act ensures common elements and a basic standard of Health."

Correct! 500 Soldiers lost their lives in the Korean War.

Correct! Canada joined international organizations such as the United Nations (UN). It participated in the UN operation defending South Korea in the Korean War (1950–53)

Correct! Canada has taken part in numerous UN peacekeeping missions in places as varied as Egypt, Cyprus and Haiti, as well as in other international security operations such as those in the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.

Correct! Canada joined with other democratic countries of the West to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Correct! After much negotiation, in 1982 the Constitution was amended without the agreement of Quebec. Though sovereignty was again defeated in a second referendum in 1995, the autonomy of Quebec within Canada remains a lively topic

Correct! Quebec experienced an era of rapid change in the 1960s known as the Quiet Revolution

Correct! In 1970, Canada helped found La Francophonie, an international association of French-speaking countries

Correct! Official Languages Act (1969), which guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada

Correct! In 1975, many Vietnamese fled, including over 50,000 who sought refuge in Canada

Correct! Canada welcomed thousands of refugees from Communist oppression, including about 37,000 who escaped Soviet tyranny in Hungary in 1956

Correct! Many Women took advantage of expanding secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities and a growing number of women entered the professional workforce.

Correct! By the 1960s, one-third of Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French, and took pride in preserving their distinct culture in the Canadian fabric.

Correct! In 1948 the last of these, the Japanese-Canadians, gained the right to vote.

Correct! Aboriginal people were granted the vote in 1960

Correct! Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891

Correct! Michael Ondaatje and Pauline Johnson are the Famous Canadian Writers

Correct! In 1980, Terry Fox, a British Columbian who lost his right leg to cancer at the age of 18, began a cross-country run, the “Marathon of Hope,” to raise money for cancer research

Correct! Musicians such as Sir Ernest MacMillan and Healey Willan won renown in Canada and abroad

Correct! One of the greatest hockey players of all time, Wayne Gretzky, played for the Edmonton Oilers from 1979 to 1988.

Correct! "Les Automatistes of Quebec were pioneers of modern abstract art in the 1950s"

Correct! Donovan Bailey became a world record sprinter and double Olympic gold Medalist

Correct! In the visual arts, Canada is historically perhaps best known for the Group of Seven, founded in 1920, who developed a style of painting to capture the rugged wilderness landscapes.

Correct! Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891

Correct! Canadian football is a popular game that differs in a number of ways from American football. Professional teams in the Canadian Football League (CFL) compete for the championship Grey Cup, donated by Lord Grey

Correct! Chantal Peticlerc became a world champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medalist

Correct! Gerhard Herzberg, a refugee from Nazi Germany, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith and Bertram Brockhouse were Nobel Prizewinning scientists

Correct! Dr. John A. Hopps — invented the first cardiac pacemaker, used today to save the lives of people with heart disorders.

Correct! Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie — of Research in Motion (RIM) — a wireless communications company known for its most famous invention: the BlackBerry.

Correct! Sir Sandford Fleming — invented the worldwide system of standard time zones

Correct! SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council — invented the Canadarm, a robotic arm used in outer space.

Correct! Sir Frederick Banting of Toronto and Charles Best discovered insulin, a hormone to treat diabetes that has saved 16 million lives worldwide.

Correct! "Insulin, Canadarm, Pacemaker, Television, and BlackBerry are part of Canadian inventions"