history: grade 10

Question 1

What is armistice day? when?

Answer 1

remembrance day, nov 11 1918

Question 2

who fought for the right to vote in Manitoba?

Answer 2

Nellie McClung and The Famous 5

Question 3

When did women get the right to vote?

Answer 3

1917

Question 4

What was the name of the “new” Canadian flag?

Answer 4

the canadian red ensign

Question 5

what came first? Vimy Ridge? or Women Declared Persons?

Answer 5

Vimy Ridge (1917) before women declared persons (oct 18 29)

Question 6

what came first? halifax explosion? or statue of Westminster?

Answer 6

halifax explosion (dec 6 1917) before statue of westminster (dec 11 1931)

Question 7

whien was armistice declared to end world war 1?

Answer 7

nov 11 1918

Question 8

which came first? the start of the world war? or women receiving the right to vote?

Answer 8

start of the world war (july 28 1914) before w right to vote (1917)

Question 9

women were declared “persons” in canada when?

Answer 9

1929

Question 10

which came first? britain declares war on germany? or battle of the somme?

Answer 10

the battle of the somme (jul 1 1916) before britain declares war on germany (1939)

Question 11

define suffrage:

Answer 11

the right to vote in political elections

Question 12

define suffragist:

Answer 12

a person advocating the extension of suffrage (mostly women)

Question 13

He created the design of the new canadian flag

Answer 13

george stanley

Question 14

country liberated by canadians during world war II

Answer 14

netherlands

Question 15

where canadians surrendered to the japanese in 1941

Answer 15

hongkong

Question 16

he invented the first plug in radio

Answer 16

ted rogers

Question 17

type of bomb made in part from canadian uranium

Answer 17

atomic

Question 18

this statue gave canada complete independence and autonomy from great britain and marked the end of the british empire

Answer 18

statue of westminster

Question 19

prime minister of the clarity act

Answer 19

jean chretien

Question 20

one of the “new” federal government parties created after the failure of the beech lake accord

Answer 20

bloc quebecois

Question 21

3 protest phrases used by hippies movement

Answer 21

“peace”, “flower power”, “power to the people”

Question 22

month of the FLQ crisis in 1970

Answer 22

october

Question 23

it happened in dec 1917

Answer 23

halifax explosion

Question 24

victory in europe day

Answer 24

ve day

Question 25

large number of births in canadian society after world war II

Answer 25

baby boom

Question 26

women in canada were declared this in 1929

Answer 26

"persons"

Question 27

she fought for and won the right to vote in manitoba in 1916

Answer 27

nellie mcclung

Question 28

a race of building weapons and militaries, during the cold war

Answer 28

arms race

Question 29

countries in the triple alliance

Answer 29

germany, austria-hungary, italy

Question 30

means "the right to vote"

Answer 30

suffrage

Question 31

hippies were an example of this concept

Answer 31

counterculture

Question 32

the main causes of world war 1

Answer 32

militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism

Question 33

canadian movie star "americas sweetheart"

Answer 33

mary pickford

Question 34

name of the 1924 new canadian flag

Answer 34

red ensign

Question 35

nobel piece prize winner and prime minister who promoted the creation of the new canadian flag

Answer 35

lester b pearson

Question 36

short for united nations

Answer 36

un

Question 37

code name for normandy invasion, june 6 1944

Answer 37

D day

Question 38

it became official on feb 15 1964

Answer 38

the new canadian flag

Question 39

the treaty that ended world war 1

Answer 39

treaty of versailles

Question 40

means independence and control over a countries own domestic and international affairs

Answer 40

autonomy

Question 41

former leader of conservative and prime minister from 2003 to 2015

Answer 41

stephen harper

Question 42

a social activist, journalist, documentary film maker, the former governor general of canada from 2005 to 2010

Answer 42

michaelle jean

Question 43

new party formed by joining the alliance party and the progressive conservative party

Answer 43

conservative party

Question 44

60 000 canadians died in this war

Answer 44

world war 1

Question 45

an athlete, humanitarian, cancer research activist, philanthropist, a champion the order of canada and canadian icon and hero

Answer 45

terry fox

Question 46

french port down and raided by canada in 1947

Answer 46

dieppe

Question 47

prime minister of the charters of rights and freedoms

Answer 47

pierre trudeau

Question 48

a new job for women in world war 2 for the first time

Answer 48

military

Question 49

prime minister if the meech lake fame

Answer 49

brian mulroney

Question 50

it happened in 1962

Answer 50

cuban missile crisis

Question 51

prime minister during world war 2

Answer 51

william lyon mackenzie king

Question 52

prime minister during the great depression

Answer 52

r.b. bennett

Question 53

african american business women that was arrested for sitting in an area for "whites only" section of a movie theatre in nova scotia

Answer 53

viola desmond

Question 54

in 1916 which province did nellie mcclung win the right to vote

Answer 54

manitoba

Question 55

purposes of the united nations

Answer 55

to create and maintain peace

Question 56

prime minister during world war 1

Answer 56

robert borden

Question 57

war that came after world war 2

Answer 57

the cold war

Question 58

known as " a sense of belonging to one nation, a feeling one shares with a group of canadians regardless of one's status in society which creates feeling and recognition of WE".

Answer 58

canadian identity

Question 59

countries in the triple entente

Answer 59

france, russia, great britain

Question 60

the number of vcs won in the battle of passchendaele

Answer 60

9

Question 61

highest military honour (metal) given to common wealth soldiers.

Answer 61

victoria cross

Question 62

ww1 date

Answer 62

july 28, 1914 - nov 15 1918

Question 63

date of ypres battle

Answer 63

apr 22 1915 - may 25 1915

Question 64

date of somme battle

Answer 64

july 1 1916 - nov 19 1916

Question 65

date of vimy ridge battle

Answer 65

apr 9 1917 - apr 12 1917

Question 66

date of passchendaele battle

Answer 66

july 31 1917 - nov 10 1917

Question 67

ww2 date

Answer 67

sept 1 1939 - sept 2 1945

Question 68

date of hong kong battle

Answer 68

dec 8 - dec 25 1941

Question 69

order of impactful events:

Answer 69

assassination of archduke frans ferdinand, ypres, somme, vimy ridge, passchendaele, halifax explosion, armistice day, treaty of versailles

Question 70

what happened in 1910s

Answer 70

right to vote in manitoba

Question 71

what happened in 1920s

Answer 71

pier 21 opens in halifax

Question 72

what happened in 1930s

Answer 72

statue of westminster

Question 73

what happened in 1940s

Answer 73

atomic bomb & end of world war 2

Question 74

what happened in 1960s

Answer 74

baby boomers become teens

Question 75

what happened in 1970s

Answer 75

new canadian flag

Question 76

what happened in 1980s

Answer 76

terry fox & the marathon of hope

Question 77

what happened in 1990s

Answer 77

rwandan genocide & rem dallaire

Question 78

what happened in 2010s decade

Answer 78

justin trudeau becomes prime minister

Question 79

battle dates in chronological order:

Answer 79

ww1, ypres, somme, vimy, passchendaele, ww2, hong kong