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CHC2P – 20TH CENTURY CANADIAN HISTORY
FINAL EXAM
TEACHER:
Mr. Kerr
Part I – (25 marks)
1. Matching. (15 marks)Match the phrases in List A with the meaning in List B.
List A – the phrases
1. recession
2. depression
3. Dust Bowl
4. relief
5. fascists
6. Nuremburg Laws
7. concentration camps
8. Holocaust
9. Cold War
10. Person’s Case
11. D-Day
12. munitions
13. enemy aliens
14. total war
15. U-Boat
List B – the meanings
a. mammoth allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944
b. Canadians who come from an enemy country
c. supporters of dictatorship and an economy dominated by large corporations
d. weapons produced in wartime factories
e. serious downturn in the economy with high unemployment
f. when everyone becomes involved in the war effort
g. laws passed in 1935 that took away all citizenship rights from Jews in
Germany
h. a time of rising unemployment and stalled economic growth
i. German submarine
j. drought on the prairies when soil dried up and blew away
k. where Jews and other political prisoners were taken
l. Supreme Court decision identifying women as persons
m. basic government help to provide food and shelter to needy families
n. name for mass killing of Jews during World War II
o. a perion of fear surrounding the spread of Communism
2. Use the following words to complete the sentences: (1 mark each)
Battle of the Atlantic
theatres of war
corvettes
D-Day
radar
home front
Camp X
plebiscite
munitions
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)
1. Italy and the Pacific are examples of (blank).
2. During World War II many women worked in (blank) factories
3. Some of the naval ships guarding convoys were (blank).
4. Over 130,000 people, many from overseas, took air training in Canada under
the (blank).
5. The system of using radio waves to detect enemy planes was called (blank).
6. In 1943, the government held a (blank) to ask voters their opinion on what to
do about the decline in volunteers for the military.
7. The Allied landing in Normandy (France) in June 1945 is commonly referred to
as the (blank) invasion.
8. In the (blank), German submarines were trying to prevent food and war
supplies from getting from Canada to Britain.
9. Since there were limited opportunities for women to help the war effort
overseas, hundreds of thousands of them served on the (blank)
10. Ian Fleming, creator of spy her James Bond, taught at (blank)
Part II
(10 marks)
Read each of the following statements carefully indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
1. Until 1929, women in Canada were not officially “people” under the
Constitution.
2. High unemployment, low wages and very low sales are signs of an economic
depression.
3. After his election in 1930, Prime Minister Richard B. Bennett immediately
launched a campaign to help victims of the Great Depression.
4. Radios, movie theatres and television revolutionized communication in the
1920s.
5. Adolf Hitler achieved power in Germany through a violent revolution.
6. Canada provided bases for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
7. The Cold War resulted from tension between the United States and the Soviet
Union.
8. All regions of Canada experienced benefits from the boom in resources after
the Second World War.
9. French Canada is not a Distinct Society within Canada.
10. Lester Pearson established Canada as a leader in the world of
Peacekeeping.
Part III
Short Sentence Answer (20 marks)
1. Identify the two main causes to the Great Depression.
2. Identify two ways in which ordinary Canadians helped on the home front
during the Second World War.
3. What was the valuable lesson learned at Dieppe?
4. Describe Canada’s position on the world stage at the end of World War Two.
5. Identify 2 significant changes that occurred in Canada during the 1950s.
6. It has been said that people in urban areas suffered the most during the Great
Depression. Why was that so? (5 marks)
7. Describe what life was like living in Germany during the 1930’s if you were
Jewish.(5)
Part I
Part II
Part III
25marks
10 marks
20 marks
Total 55 marks