GHC Units 27-29

Question 1

Around 1980 these were the most common means of transportation:

Answer 1

1. Bus
2. Car
3. Airplane
4. Truck
5. Metro

Question 2

Descriptions of the different means of transportation

Answer 2

Bus: Means of public transport on city streets.
2. Car: The most widely used means of transport, which encouraged the development of suburbs.
3. Airplane: Long-distance transport by air.
4. Truck: Means of transport used to carry goods over short distances.
5. Metro: Underground means of public transport in big cities.

Question 3

Cars and Trucks description:

Answer 3

Around 1980 cars were the most widely used means of transportation.
- Trucks which were also very common around 1980, had replaced trains for transporting merchandise.
- Trucks were much more practical for carrying goods over short distances, especially for carrying goods.

Question 4

Buses and the Metro

Answer 4

• Around 1980, buses had replaced streetcars as the main means of transportation.
• In the city of Quebec, buses had replaced streetcars in 1948. In Montreal, streetcars remained in use until 1959 even through a bus service was set up in 1919.
• 1966: the metro public transportation system opened in Montreal. It was able to carry hundreds.

Question 5

Airplanes

Answer 5

• Around 1980, airplanes were an essential means of transportation for long-distance travel.
• Used for carrying both passengers and merchandise.
• 1940: first commercial airplane.
• In the beginning, airplanes could only carry 20 passengers.

Question 6

What is an environmental problem related to the increased number of vehicles on the province’s roads?

Answer 6

1. Air pollution
   - We can reduce air pollution by reducing the number of cars on the roads by taking public transport, like a bus or the metro.

Question 7

What is a lock?

Answer 7

A lock is like a staircase, allowing boats to pass from one water level to another.

Question 8

What is a canal?

Answer 8

A canal is an artificial waterway, dug by humans, to allow ships to travel farther inland.

Question 9

What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?

Answer 9

The St. Lawrence Seaway is a system of locks and canals that encourages international trade.
- Ships on the seaway carried mostly raw materials, such as grain and mining products.
- Industries in remote regions sent their raw materials to the St. Lawrence Seaway by train or truck.
- Goal: makes it possible for a large ship to reach the Great Lakes by gong around natural obstacles, such as rapids.

Question 10

The difference between a highway and a road:

Answer 10

A highway is wide.
- People can travel faster on a highway.

Question 11

Roads and Highways

Answer 11

1959: The first highway in the province, the Autoroute des Laurentides (Highway 15) was opened to traffic.

Question 12

Quebec Highways in the southern part of the province:

Answer 12

There are more highways in the southern part of the province because most of the population lives there and that is where there is the most traffic.

Question 13

Definitions of different things that make up the government

Answer 13

Member of the National Assembly: Person chosen in an election to represent the people.
- The Government: Group of elected members whose party won the most seats in the most recent election.
- The Opposition: Group o elected members whose party won fewer seats than the winning party in the most recent election.
- The Premier: Leader of the political party with the most members elected to government.
- The Speaker: Imposes order during debates in the National Assembly.

Question 14

In 1980 what was the most widely used means of transportation

Answer 14

Cars

Question 15

What replaced trains for transporting merchandise?

Answer 15

Trucks

Question 16

Describe 3 disadvantages of cars?

Answer 16

Slow traffic
Polluted environment
Expensive maintenance

Question 17

What replaced streetcars?

Answer 17

Buses

Question 18

Name the rapid form of transportation that opened in Montreal.

Answer 18

Metro

Question 19

Why were metro’s advantageous?

Answer 19

Could carry hundreds of passengers at once
Entirely underground good for winters

Question 20

What are the advantages of public transport?

Answer 20

Available in big cities
Helps reduce traffic jams
Carries large number of passengers at once

Question 21

Two advantages of busses

Answer 21

Better for environment because it carries multiple passengers at on e

Question 22

What was an essential means of distance travel in 1980?

Answer 22

Airplanes

Question 23

What did airplanes replace?

Answer 23

Boats. They were faster and better

Question 24

Write which mode of transport:
Between 1905 and 1980 it increased greatly in both popularity and numbers

Means of public transport, no longer found in Quebec cities

Highly popular means of public transport in 1980

Means of transport of both passengers and merchandise

Means of transportation, used to travel all over the world

Means of land transport used only for merchandise

In Montreal means of public transport that lies entirely underground

Answer 24

Car
Street car
Bus
Train
Airplane
Truck
Metro

Question 25

What was the St. Lawrence seaway?

Answer 25

It opened the 1959. It was a system of locks and canals that connected the Great Lakes to each other and to the Atlantic Ocean by the way of the river

Question 26

What was the goal of the St. Lawrence Seaway?

Answer 26

The goal of the project was to make it possible for a large ship to reach the Great Lakes by going around natural obstacle, such as rapids

Question 27

Write the letter C if the description refers to canals the L if it refers to locks and CL if it refers to both Artificial waterways Common parts of the sea Way Construction that adjust the water level The way around Rapids

Answer 27

C CL L C

Question 28

What were the benefits of the St. Lawrence seaway?

Answer 28

The St. Lawrence seaway played a key role and international trait. The opening of the seaway encourage the development of mining industries.

Question 29

Name two types of raw materials that travelled along the St. Lawrence seaway

Answer 29

Iron ore and grain

Question 30

What were new roads built with?

Answer 30

Asphalt

Question 31

What was the first highway in the province of Quebec?

Answer 31

Highway 15 the Laurentian auto route

Question 32

Name the four types of roadwork done during the 1960s and 1970s

Answer 32

Building highways, main roads, new roads, winding secondary roads

Question 33

What are the two roles of the national assembly?

Answer 33

Passing laws and ensuring that the government acts in the best interest of the population

Question 34

Where does the national assembly sit?

Answer 34

The national assembly sits in the parliament building in the city of Quebec

Question 35

How do members sit in the national assembly?

Answer 35

The members meet in a large chamber, where they discuss and debate government policies the members of the governing party sit on one side of the chamber of the other members who formed the opposition sit facing the governing party in the middle sits the speaker of the national assembly, the speakers roll is to impose order in the assembly and to make sure members follow the rules

Question 36

Who led the Patti Quebecois in 1981?

Answer 36

Rene Levesque

Question 37

What happens during the question period?

Answer 37

During the question period the US government members to justify their policies and the government must defend them

Question 38

How many times does a premier intervene to call the members to order?

Answer 38

Three times

Question 39

What is the role of the opposition

Answer 39

To demand that the government justified his actions