CAEC: Social studies: historical and contemporary Canada

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1. Source: A 1918 poster reads: "Women of Canada! Fill the empty places at the factory. Every shell you make brings the boys home sooner."

   What can a historian infer from the 1918 poster?

   1. Factories were closing because of low demand
   2. The war ended in 1914 before the poster appeared
   3. Women already held most factory jobs before 1914
   4. Many factory jobs were left empty because men were at war

2. In 2008, the Government of Canada formally apologized for which policy?

   1. The residential school system
   2. The creation of the RCMP
   3. The building of the national railway
   4. Canada's role in the First World War

3. In what year did Confederation create the Dominion of Canada?

   1. 1812
   2. 1914
   3. 1867
   4. 1759

4. Which battle in the First World War is remembered as a defining victory for Canadian troops, fought in April 1917?

   1. The Plains of Abraham
   2. Vimy Ridge
   3. Queenston Heights
   4. Batoche

5. Which is a primary source about life in Upper Canada in the 1830s?

   1. A settler's diary written in 1834
   2. A modern film based on settler life
   3. A 2020 textbook chapter about the colony
   4. An encyclopedia article written last year

6. Why might two historians describe the same event differently?

   1. One of them must be lying on purpose
   2. They use different sources and perspectives
   3. Only one source exists for every event
   4. History never changes once it is written

7. Who are the Métis?

   1. Settlers who arrived from Britain after 1900
   2. The first French colonists of New France only
   3. A distinct people of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry
   4. A group of Inuit living only in Nunavut today

8. What is the purpose of Remembrance Day on November 11?

   1. To honour those who served and died in wars
   2. To celebrate the founding of Confederation
   3. To mark the start of the federal election period
   4. To celebrate the first day of winter

9. Source: A 1918 poster reads: "Women of Canada! Fill the empty places at the factory. Every shell you make brings the boys home sooner."

   What was the main purpose of the 1918 poster?

   1. To ask men to return to the farms
   2. To recruit women for war production
   3. To announce the end of the war
   4. To advertise a new brand of clothing

10. Which four provinces formed Canada at Confederation in 1867?

    1. Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
    2. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on the Prairies
    3. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
    4. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia together

11. Which statement about the Underground Railroad and Canada is accurate?

    1. It helped enslaved people escape to freedom in Canada
    2. It carried immigrants from Europe to Halifax
    3. It was a railway line built across the Prairies
    4. It was a mine tunnel in Northern Ontario

12. New France was founded mainly by settlers from which country?

    1. France
    2. Spain and Portugal together
    3. The Netherlands
    4. Britain and Ireland