4.1 Trade and Economic Growth

#1. What made Canada one of the strongest economies among the industrialized nations of the world between 1945-1970?

Gold mining

Pioneering clean energy technologies

Increased trade with other nations, especially with the USA

Emergence of a large manufacturing sector

#2. Which organization has replaced GATT as the global body that oversees trade agreements between nations of the world?

The Commonwealth

World Trade Organization

World Bank

United Nations

#3. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

1945

1947

1937

1927

#4. Canada became one of the strongest economies among the industrialized nations of the world between 1945-1970.

False

True

#5. What was GATT?

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Reverese Tarrifs

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Treaties

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

#6. What made is possible for postwar Canada to develop and provide many social assistance programs that Canadians enjoy today?

A communist government

Civilian protests

Prosperity fueled by international trade

Trade unions

#7. Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947 began Canada’s energy industry.

True

False

#8. What started Canada’s modern energy industry?

Opening up of opportunities for global trade

GATT (WTO) replacing the more restrictive trading policies prevalent during the Depression era prior to the war

Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947

More open trading treaties between nations

#9. What are some of the social assistance programs that Canadians enjoy? Choose the best answer.

Basic healthcare coverage, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, and Publicly funded school education

Medicare, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, and Publicly funded school education

Basic healthcare coverage, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, Publicly funded school education, and universal basic income

Basic healthcare coverage, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, Publicly funded school education, and paid vacations

#10. What were the reasons for Canada’s record prosperity and material progress after the Second World War?

Select all that apply:

More open trading treaties between nations

Opening up of opportunities for global trade

GATT (WTO) replacing the more restrictive trading policies prevalent during the Depression era

Canadians found huge deposits of gold in Yukon

#11. One of the reasons Canada became prosperous after the second World War was the opening of the world economy through more open trading policies among nations.

True

False

#12. Which Act ensures a basic standard of healthcare coverage for all Canadians?

Canada Health Act

Universal Health Act

Provincial Health Act

Health Act

#13. When was Unemployment Insurance introduced by the Federal government?

1970

1947

1951

1940

#14. What has contributed to Canada having one of the highest standards of living in the world today?

High tech leadership

Hard work of Canadians

Medical innovations

Trade with other nations, especially with the USA

#15. Publicly funded school education in Canada is provided by the Federal government.

True

False

#16. When were the majority of Canadians first able to afford the basic necessities of life – adequate food, shelter and clothing?

1982

1867

1880

1951

#17. The open trading treaties of the depression era were replaced with more restrictive trading policies among nations of the world after the Second World War.

False

True

#18. What does WTO stand for?

World Tariff Organization

World Traders Organization

World Treaties Organization

World Trade Organization

#19. What is the federal Unemployment Insurance known as now?

Insurance of Employment

Employment insurance

Unemployment insurance

Insurance of Unemployment

#20. When was Old Age Security introduced in Canada?

1957

1927

1937

1947

#21. When were the Canada and Quebec pension plans introduced?

1967

1965

1955

1957

#22. When did Canada and the USA become each others’ major trading partners?

1814-1900

1988 – 2015

1945-1970

1776 – 1867

#23. When did Canada’s modern energy industry begin?

1947

1937

1927

1957

#24. What city is known as Canada’s financial capital?

Montreal

Quebec City

Toronto

Vancuver

Results

#1. What made Canada one of the strongest economies among the industrialized nations of the world between 1945-1970?

#2. Which organization has replaced GATT as the global body that oversees trade agreements between nations of the world?

#3. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

#4. Canada became one of the strongest economies among the industrialized nations of the world between 1945-1970.

#5. What was GATT?

#6. What made is possible for postwar Canada to develop and provide many social assistance programs that Canadians enjoy today?

#7. Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947 began Canada’s energy industry.

#8. What started Canada’s modern energy industry?

#9. What are some of the social assistance programs that Canadians enjoy? Choose the best answer.

#10. What were the reasons for Canada’s record prosperity and material progress after the Second World War?

#11. One of the reasons Canada became prosperous after the second World War was the opening of the world economy through more open trading policies among nations.

#12. Which Act ensures a basic standard of healthcare coverage for all Canadians?

#13. When was Unemployment Insurance introduced by the Federal government?

#14. What has contributed to Canada having one of the highest standards of living in the world today?

#15. Publicly funded school education in Canada is provided by the Federal government.

#16. When were the majority of Canadians first able to afford the basic necessities of life – adequate food, shelter and clothing?

#17. The open trading treaties of the depression era were replaced with more restrictive trading policies among nations of the world after the Second World War.

#18. What does WTO stand for?

#19. What is the federal Unemployment Insurance known as now?

#20. When was Old Age Security introduced in Canada?

#21. When were the Canada and Quebec pension plans introduced?

#22. When did Canada and the USA become each others’ major trading partners?

#23. When did Canada’s modern energy industry begin?

#24. What city is known as Canada’s financial capital?