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Contents: 21 pages 55 selected-response questions (maximum of 55 marks) 2 written-response questions (maximum of 24 marks)
INSTRUCTIONS: For each question, select the best answer and record your choice on the Response Booklet provided. Using an HB pencil, completely fill in the bubble that has the letter corresponding to your answer.
You have Examination Booklet Form A. In the box above #1 on your Response Booklet, ensure that you have filled in the bubble as follows.
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TOPIC: Political Ideologies Match each definition in Column I with the correct political ideology in Column II. Record your answers on the Response Booklet.
Column I Column II
1. left wing; violent revolution necessary to overthrow unjust system 2. rights and freedoms of the individual most important; favours change 3. right wing; few individual rights enforced by strong military 4. favours tradition; less regulation from government; government censorship to preserve public morality
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5. In the House of Commons, after which stage would a bill be referred to committee for further investigation? A. B. C. D. First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Committee Stage
The CANADA
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6. Which term is associated with this headline? A. B. C. D. lobbying patronage order-in-council cabinet solidarity ________________________________________________
7. All of the following are special interest groups except A. B. C. D. Greenpeace. Amnesty International. Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Canadian International Development Agency.
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OTTAWA GAZETTE
9. Based on 100 seats in a Legislative Assembly, which results would create a minority government? Party X A. B. C. D. 46 51 55 82 Party Y 44 48 35 15 Party Z 10 1 10 3
10. What determines the physical size of a federal electoral district? A. B. C. D. physical features population density historical significance traditional voting patterns
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11. What 1960 document acted as a foundation for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? A. B. C. D. the Human Rights Code the Statute of Westminster the Canadian Bill of Rights the British North America Act
12. What two components are included in the Constitution Act, 1982? A. B. C. D. B.N.A. Act and Equality Rights Bill of Rights and Amendment Procedures B.N.A. Act and Charter of Rights and Freedoms Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Human Rights Legislation
Use the following events to answer question 13. 1. 2. 3. Germany attacks Belgium. Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated. Great Britain declares war on Germany.
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X Z Y
Europe, 1914
14. Which countries were members of the Triple Alliance in 1914? A. B. C. D. U, V, X U, V, Y V, X, Y X, Y, Z ________________________________________________
15. Which of the following best describes a war of attrition? A. B. C. D. One side incorporates the defeated enemys artillery. One side uses lightning warfare to rapidly gain ground. Both sides wear each other down until one is forced to give in. Both sides build up their armed forces before engaging in warfare.
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16. Which reform did many suffragettes hope to attain after achieving the right to vote? A. B. C. D. prohibition of alcohol bilingualism in all schools free trade with the United States improved relations with Quebec
Use the following newspaper headlines to answer question 17. 1. Black Tuesday! 2. 200% Increase in Mining Stocks! 3. Winnipeg Electric Shares Go from $109.50 to $2.00 per Share! 4. Bennett Loses; Mackenzie King Prime Minister! 17. Determine the chronological order of these newspaper headlines from the 1920s and 1930s. A. B. C. D. 2, 1, 3, 4 2, 4, 1, 3 4, 1, 2, 3 4, 1, 3, 2 ________________________________________________
18. What was the outcome of the Balfour Report in 1926? A. B. C. D. The United States became a member of the Commonwealth. Great Britain continued to negotiate foreign affairs for Canada. Canada established independent foreign relations with other nations. France and Great Britain maintained control over Canadas foreign affairs.
19. What commodity was hardest hit by the increase in tariffs during the interwar period? A. B. C. D. wheat lumber crude oil pulp wood
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Use the following quotation to answer question 20. Create a national minimum wage and a system of social insurance for workers. Build public works to create employment. 1932 20. Which 1930s politician is associated with this quotation? A. B. C. D. R.B. Bennett Mackenzie King J.S. Woodsworth Maurice Duplessis
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21. To which world leader is Prime Minister Mackenzie King referring? A. B. C. D. Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Benito Mussolini Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Army
Air Force
Navy
22. Why is the cartoon named National Nightmare? A. B. C. D. Canadas air force was much larger than its other branches. Canadas armed forces were too small to defend Canada properly. Canadas coasts were defended by only one branch of the military. Canadas army was prepared for war and could defend its homeland.
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R WORLD EXAMINE
1942
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23. Which of the following events is being described? A. B. C. D. Ortona Dieppe Dunkirk Normandy ________________________________________________
24. In which province did the majority of residents vote no in the 1942 plebiscite on conscription? A. B. C. D. Quebec Ontario Saskatchewan Newfoundland
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TOPIC: World War Two Government Documents Match the description in Column I with the correct Act in Column II. Record your answers on the Response Booklet.
Column I Column II
25. required able-bodied male and female workers to register for essential war work 26. allowed Britain to receive war goods from the United States 27. suspension of civil liberties in times of national emergency 28. required adult males to register for military service within Canada
D. Military Voters Act E. F. National Resources Mobilization Act National Selective Services Act
29. In which of the following World War Two operations did Canadian forces participate? A. B. C. D. Overlord Barbarossa Vimy Ridge Passchendaele
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30. What two ideologies were separated by the Iron Curtain? A. B. C. D. anarchy and socialism democracy and fascism communism and democracy communism and totalitarianism
NATIONAL EXAMINER
1949
31. To what alliance is the headline referring? A. B. C. D. NATO NORAD United Nations Organization of American States
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CANADA TIMES
1951
32. To what American influence does this headline refer? A. B. C. D. culture economic foreign policy immigration policy
Use the following information to answer question 33. Introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights. Cancelled Avro Arrow Project.
33. Which politician is associated with these events? A. B. C. D. Lester Pearson Pierre Trudeau Tommy Douglas John Diefenbaker
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34. All of the following are examples of programs of the welfare state except A. B. C. D. rent control. baby bonuses. old age pensions. employment insurance.
TOPIC: Famous Canadian Females Match each description in Column I with the correct person in Column II. Record your answers on the Response Booklet.
Column I Column II
35. first female elected to the House of Commons 36. first female Governor General 37. first female Prime Minister of Canada 38. first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
[Shading indicates content of these items will not be included on future exams.]
39. Which of the following best describes the major conclusion of the 1963 Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism? A. B. C. D. Minorities were unfairly treated by provincial governments. French Canadians were unfairly treated by government services. English Canadians were unfairly treated by the Quebec government. All minorities received fair treatment from government services in Quebec.
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40. Which of the following is a correct pairing? A. B. C. D. Pierre Trudeau created Bill 101 James Cross kidnapped by the FLQ Jean Chrtien leader of the Parti Qubcois Ren Lvesque implemented the War Measures Act
41. What was the outcome of Bill 101? A. B. C. D. It made French the only official language in Quebec. It allowed commercial signs to have English and French. It made French and English the official languages in Quebec. It allowed school children to choose the language of their instruction.
42. All of the following provinces agreed to the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982 except A. B. C. D. Alberta. Quebec. Nova Scotia. British Columbia. Use the following newspaper headline to answer question 43.
The OTTAWA
REPORTER 1969
hite Paper Chrtien presents W ons in House of Comm milation! recommending assi
43. To which group of people does the headline refer? A. B. C. D. Americans Aboriginals French Canadians English Canadians
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44. What does population density represent? A. B. C. D. the pattern of where people live the number of people per square kilometre the movement of people into a certain area the factors that result in people leaving an area
NATIONAL TIMES
2000
45. Which profession would compile this information? A. B. C. D. geologist cartographer demographer meteorologist
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46. In what stage of growth is this country? A. B. C. D. stable expanding contracting early expanding
Use the following statistic to answer question 47. The average Nigerian woman will have 5.4 children in her lifetime. 47. What is being described by this statistic? A. B. C. D. birth rate fertility rate life expectancy dependency ratio
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48. Which of the following is used in calculating the United Nations Human Development Index? A. B. C. D. infant mortality total fertility rate adult literacy rate average household income
49. Which statement best reflects a country with a high dependency ratio? A. B. C. D. low birth rates low life expectancy higher numbers of workers to contribute taxes higher costs of caring for the young and elderly
50. Which of the following nations has the highest standard of living? A. B. C. D. India Japan Thailand Philippines
Use the following definition to answer question 51. the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year 51. What term does this definition describe? A. B. C. D. industrial output carrying capacity gross domestic product average household income
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52. What type of aid is described in the headline? A. B. C. D. tied military bilateral multilateral ________________________________________________
53. Globally, which of the following consumes the greatest amount of water? A. B. C. D. mining industry residential agriculture
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Use the following statement to answer question 54. Without the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to reduce CFC use, levels of ozone-depleting substances will be five times higher by 2050 than they are today. 54. What is the statement suggesting? A. B. C. D. Countries need to solve this problem independently. There are no solutions to these environmental problems. Global cooperation is necessary to protect the environment. Montreal can serve as an environmental model to other cities of the world. ________________________________________________
55. With which environmental issue is the Kyoto Accord related? A. B. C. D. acid rain desertification global warming ozone layer depletion
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INSTRUCTIONS: Write your answers in ink in the space provided in the Response Booklet. No work written in this examination booklet will be marked. You may choose to use the information provided to help you answer the questions. Your response should be in a multi-paragraph format including an introduction and a conclusion.
Use the following information to answer question 1. United Nations Mandate to keep world peace and prevent the outbreak of new wars to encourage friendly relations among nations to abolish disease and famine to protect human rights 1. To what extent has the United Nations been successful in fulfilling its mandate? Your answer should consider both the successes and the failures of the United Nations. (12 marks)
Organization and Planning Use this space to plan your ideas before writing in the Response Booklet.
Use the following statement to answer question 2. Canada has created a welfare state that benefits every man, woman and child from cradle to grave. 2. Evaluate this statement using examples from the period 1914 to the year 2000. Your answer should consider both sides of the statement. (12 marks)
Organization and Planning Use this space to plan your ideas before writing in the Response Booklet.
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AUGUST 2006 Response Booklet
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