Early 1900s Quiz

Question 1

Canada’s 1st Prime Minister

Answer 1

John A. MacDonald is Canada’s 1st Prime Minister

Question 2

Who formed new Canada first?

Answer 2

Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Question 3

When was thr British North American Act and what is it?

Answer 3

In 1867, the document gave Canada some degree of independence, BUT still very closely tied to Britain).

Question 4

When did Canada purchases Rupert’s Land from the Hudson Bay Company?

Answer 4

1870

Question 5

What year did British Columbia become a province?

Answer 5

1871

Question 6

When did the railway start?

Answer 6

1872

Question 7

Who is Canada’s 7th PM and when did he become PM?

Answer 7

Wilfred Laurier, 1896

Question 8

When did Canada has 7 provinces with a pop. of 5 200 000

Answer 8

1900

Question 9

Who did Laurier appointed as the Minister of the Interior and what year as the Minister of the Interior

Answer 9

Clifford Sifton , 1896

Question 10

Sifton adopted an————-immigration policy

Answer 10

“open door”

Question 11

Sifton flooded desirable countries with advertisements promising ———-in the “Last, Best West”

Answer 11

free land

Question 12

Goal was to attract skilled ———- (mostly from the US and Europe)

Answer 12

farmers

Question 13

By ———— Canada’s population grew to almost 8 000 000

Answer 13

1914

Question 14

———- immigration to the west made it possible for railway development

Answer 14

Large

Question 15

———————- linked western and eastern Canada

Answer 15

Canadian Pacific Railway

Question 16

Continued ——— created need for more railways

Answer 16

immigration

Question 17

Laurier gave ———— to companies to build more railways

Answer 17

subsidies (a grant or gift of money)

Question 18

————————and —————— build connecting and extending railways at record speeds

Answer 18

The Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Northern Railway

Question 19

———- played a major roles in early settlement patterns

Answer 19

Railways

Question 20

———- and ———— grew along the railways

Answer 20

Factories, factory towns

Question 21

In ———, industrial districts grew alongs rail lines

Answer 21

cities

Question 22

Many new Canadians settled in ————- and ————— near the US

Answer 22

towns and cities

Question 23

In ————, the majority of Canadians lived in rural areas

Answer 23

1900

Question 24

However, the ———- population soon dramatically increased

Answer 24

urban

Question 25

As ———— continued, more Canadians moved to cities to find jobs in the new factories.

Answer 25

immigration

Question 26

The early ———- saw enormous changes to Canada’s economy

Answer 26

1900s

Question 27

—————and —————- continued to play an important role

Answer 27

Natural resources, foreign trade

Question 28

However, the economy started to shift to a stronger ————- base (——————-)

Answer 28

manufacturing, secondary industry

Question 29

A —————— started to develop (a system in which the means of production are privately owned by individuals or corporations that compete to produce goods and services for profit

Answer 29

capitalist system (private ownership)

Question 30

In conjunction, mass consumer culture(the buying and spending of consumers) was born ——-produced factory products were eagerly purchased by consumers

Answer 30

Mass-produced factory

Question 31

——————- products were eagerly purchased by consumers

Answer 31

Mass-produced factory

Question 32

Primary Industries

Answer 32

industries that harvest natural resources (e.g., agriculture, fishing, mining)

Question 33

Secondary (or ————) Industries———————————

Answer 33

(manufacturing) industries that turn natural resources into industrial products (e.g., car manufacturing, furniture making)

Question 34

Tertiary (or ————) Industries ——————————————- eg

Answer 34

(service) - industries that provide services (e.g., banking, retail, education)

Question 35

At the beginning of the 20th century, Canada was still part of the —————

Answer 35

British Empire

Question 36

Canada governed most of its ——————

Answer 36

internal affairs

Question 37

However, Britain still governed its —————and——————

Answer 37

defence, external affairs

Question 38

This imperialistic relationship created tensions between —————Canadians and ———— Canadians

Answer 38

English-speaking and French-speaking

Question 39

South African War Debate (1899-1902)

Answer 39

- British government asked canada to send troops to help fight the Afrikaners - if he agreed he would loss french speaking support if didn’t he would loss English speaking - Laurier refused to order the canadian army to South Africa, but he allowed some troops to volunteer under canadian millitary act to serve British war. - Canada equipped and transported the soldiers

Question 40

Naval Issue

Answer 40

- Britain wanted to beat Germany to have the biggest army - Britain wanted financial helo from Canada - Laurier created a native service call - if he gave money french speaking would leave and if he didn’t give money English speaking would leave - it turns out because the French and English people are happy with the compromise.and tryed to move away from the brtain picture

Question 41

At the beginning of the 20th century relations between Canada and the US were ———-

Answer 41

tense

Question 42

Disputes over ————, the US showing signs of imperialism and other issues were examples

Answer 42

Fishing

Question 43

The Alaska Boundary Dispute

Answer 43

Britain went against us an gave are land to the US

Question 44

However, the relationship slowly began to————- (e.g., Boundary Waters Treaty - 1909)

Answer 44

improve

Question 45

The———— Election - the issue of reciprocity/free trade. What dose reciprocity and free trade.

Answer 45

1911 Reciprocity- another word for duty, basically having to pay more as Canadians. This is to pervert canadians from buying from other countries. Free trade- means no duty or very little

Question 46

————— becomes the new PM

Answer 46

Robert Borden

Question 47

2 factors that restrict immigration

Answer 47

1. Economic Downtime | 2. Wartimes

Question 48

What is History?

Answer 48

Is the study of past events that involved or affected people

Question 49

An event cannot because part of history enless there is ——————

Answer 49

Evidence

Question 50

Primary evidence

Answer 50

Evidence that comes from the time of event

Question 51

Secondly evidence

Answer 51

Study books, journals, magazines that were produced after the events

Question 52

Events in history are arranged by time abd date. Historians look at these events in sequence. This describes the term —————-

Answer 52

Chronology

Question 53

List 8 fields of history

Answer 53

1. Political history 2. Social history 3. Cultural history 4. Aboriginal history 5. Enconmic history 6. Military history 7. Woman’s history 8. Environmental history

Question 54

Canada’s population at the turn of the century was approximately—————-

Answer 54

5 million

Question 55

Canada greatly increased its population by the process of ————

Answer 55

immigration

Question 56

Canada’s 3 sources of immigrants

Answer 56

1. Great Britain 2. United States 3. Europe

Question 57

What factor’s affect immigration into a country and movement away are called ———— factors and ———factors . Give 3 examples for each.

Answer 57

Pull (peace, jobs, available land) | Push (violence/ war, few jobs, little available land)

Question 58

Immigration vs Emigration in Canada

Answer 58

Immigration- people who come into a country. | Emigration- people who leave a country.

Question 59

Births and deaths in Canada

Answer 59

After 1900, Canada population grew because more people immigrated than emigrated and number of births grew compared to deaths in Canadians also grew. From the year 1881 to 192 the deaths are always lower.

Question 60

During the early 1900s, the only way you could get across Canada was by using the ———————.

Answer 60

The National Railway

Question 61

Most Canadians duringtge early 1900s lived in ———— areas

Answer 61

Rural

Question 62

In 1911, the largest city’s in canada were

Answer 62

Montoral, Toronto, Winnipeg

Question 63

What is urbanization and Rural mean?

Answer 63

- A rural area is an area of land outside the densely populated - urban areas in a town or city.