DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Canada Council for the Arts:

Answer 1

A government agency that gives funding to Canadian artists, writers, and performers.

Question 2

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC):

Answer 2

Regulates Canadian radio, TV, and phone services to protect Canadian content and interests.

Question 3

Cold War:

Answer 3

Cold War a period lasting approximately
from 1945 to 1989 when there was tension and hostility between the communist
Soviet Union and its allies and the capitalist United States and its allies

Question 4

Communist:

Answer 4

one who believes that property
and the production and distribution goods and services should be owned by the public and that the labour force should be organized for the benefit of the application of the theory in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and other countries, resulted in dictatorships by leaders of communist parties

Question 5

Capitalist:

Answer 5

capitalist one who believes in an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are owned privately or by shareholders in corporations that have invested money in the hope of making a profit

Question 6

Superpowers:

Answer 6

superpowers, the term used to refer to the United States and Soviet Union in the post–Second World War period when both were engaged in building up powerful arsenals of weapons of mass destruction as deterrents against aggression

Question 7

Middle Power:

Answer 7

A country that is not a superpower but still has influence in global affairs—Canada is often seen as one.

Question 8

Warsaw Pact:

Answer 8

post–Second World War
miitary alliance established in 1955
involving the Soviet Union and the Soviet-bloc countries of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania

Question 9

North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD):

Answer 9

A U.S.-Canada partnership that monitors and defends North American airspace.

Question 10

Avro Arrow:

Answer 10

A Canadian-made jet fighter from the 1950s that was advanced for its time but was cancelled in 1959.

Question 11

Korean Conflict (Korean War):

Answer 11

A war from 1950–1953 between North Korea (communist) and South Korea (capitalist), where Canada fought as part of the UN.

Question 12

Suez Crisis:

Answer 12

A 1956 conflict in Egypt that became a global crisis; Canada helped solve it peacefully, boosting its role as a peacekeeping nation.

Question 13

baby boom

Answer 13

the increase in the birth rate
that occurred after the Second World War

Question 14

Massey Commission

Answer 14

a body set up by the federal government to study the state of
Canadian culture

Question 15

displaced persons

Answer 15

those who are forced to leave their native home because of war
or for political reasons

Question 16

populist

Answer 16

someone who appeals to the
concerns of ordinary citizens

Question 17

referendum

Answer 17

the process of referring a
political question to the people for a direct vote

Question 18

boomtown

Answer 18

a town that enjoys sudden
prosperity or develops quickly

Question 19

boom and bust cycle

Answer 19

a term used to
describe a healthy (booming) economy
and/or one that is failing (bust)

Question 20

megaprojects

Answer 20

large-scale construction
projects that require a huge capital investment; the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway is an example

Question 21

middle power

Answer 21

a nation that is not a superpower but has international influence

Question 22

intercontinental ballistic missiles

Answer 22

missiles equipped with nuclear warheads that have a
range of 5500 kilometres