4.1 Trade and Economic Growth

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

Canada Health Act

Provincial Health Act

Universal Health Act

Health Act

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

False

True

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

1867

1880

1951

1982

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

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 prior to the war

Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947

#5. 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, 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

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, and Publicly funded school education

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

1988 – 2015

1814-1900

1776 – 1867

1945-1970

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

Insurance of Unemployment

Employment insurance

Insurance of Employment

Unemployment insurance

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

Emergence of a large manufacturing sector

Pioneering clean energy technologies

Increased trade with other nations, especially with the USA

Gold mining

#9. 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

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

1947

1970

1951

1940

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

True

False

#12. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

1945

1927

1937

1947

#13. 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

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

High tech leadership

Medical innovations

Hard work of Canadians

Trade with other nations, especially with the USA

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

1967

1965

1955

1957

#16. 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

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

Montreal

Quebec City

Vancuver

Toronto

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

True

False

#19. 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

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

World Bank

World Trade Organization

The Commonwealth

United Nations

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

1937

1957

1947

1927

#22. What does WTO stand for?

World Tariff Organization

World Treaties Organization

World Traders Organization

World Trade Organization

#23. What was GATT?

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Treaties

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Reverese Tarrifs

Global Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade

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

1927

1957

1937

1947

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. When was oil discovered in Alberta?

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

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

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

#16. 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.

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

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

#19. 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.

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

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

#22. What does WTO stand for?

#23. What was GATT?

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