4.1 Trade and Economic Growth

#1. What was GATT?

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Reverese Tarrifs

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Treaties

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

False

True

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

Civilian protests

Trade unions

A communist government

Prosperity fueled by international trade

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

1955

1965

1967

1957

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

The Commonwealth

United Nations

World Bank

World Trade Organization

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

1940

1970

1951

1947

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

Unemployment insurance

Insurance of Employment

Insurance of Unemployment

Employment insurance

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

1880

1951

1867

1982

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

1814-1900

1988 – 2015

1945-1970

1776 – 1867

#10. What does WTO stand for?

World Trade Organization

World Tariff Organization

World Traders Organization

World Treaties Organization

#11. 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.

True

False

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

Hard work of Canadians

High tech leadership

Trade with other nations, especially with the USA

Medical innovations

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

Quebec City

Toronto

Montreal

Vancuver

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

1937

1947

1927

1957

#15. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

1927

1947

1937

1945

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

Select all that apply:

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

Opening up of opportunities for global trade

Canadians found huge deposits of gold in Yukon

More open trading treaties between nations

#17. 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 paid vacations

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

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

True

False

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

False

True

#20. 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

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

Canada Health Act

Health Act

Provincial Health Act

Universal Health Act

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

1937

1947

1957

1927

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

Emergence of a large manufacturing sector

Increased trade with other nations, especially with the USA

Gold mining

Pioneering clean energy technologies

#24. 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

Results

#1. What was GATT?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#10. What does WTO stand for?

#11. 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.

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

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

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

#15. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

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

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

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

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

#20. 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.

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

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

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

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