4.1 Trade and Economic Growth

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

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

More open trading treaties between nations

Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947

Opening up of opportunities for global trade

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

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, and Publicly funded school education

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

#3. 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

Canadians found huge deposits of gold in Yukon

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

Opening up of opportunities for global trade

#4. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

1937

1945

1927

1947

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

Employment insurance

Insurance of Unemployment

Unemployment insurance

Insurance of Employment

#6. What does WTO stand for?

World Treaties Organization

World Tariff Organization

World Traders Organization

World Trade Organization

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

Medical innovations

Hard work of Canadians

Trade with other nations, especially with the USA

High tech leadership

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

Provincial Health Act

Universal Health Act

Health Act

Canada Health Act

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

True

False

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

United Nations

The Commonwealth

World Trade Organization

World Bank

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

False

True

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

1951

1940

1970

1947

#13. 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

#14. What was GATT?

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Treaties

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Reverese Tarrifs

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

1945-1970

1988 – 2015

1776 – 1867

1814-1900

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

1947

1937

1957

1927

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

Civilian protests

Prosperity fueled by international trade

Trade unions

A communist government

#18. 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.

False

True

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

Montreal

Vancuver

Quebec City

Toronto

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

1955

1957

1965

1967

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

Gold mining

Emergence of a large manufacturing sector

Increased trade with other nations, especially with the USA

Pioneering clean energy technologies

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

1957

1927

1947

1937

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

False

True

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

1982

1880

1867

1951

Results

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

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

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

#4. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

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

#6. What does WTO stand for?

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

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

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

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

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

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

#13. 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.

#14. What was GATT?

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

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

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

#18. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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