Canada and the Cold War Review

Question 1

After World War II, the world was generally divided into two:

Accepted Answer

Communism and Democracy

Question 2

What made it possible for Teen Culture to be created in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Increase to the required years of school

Question 3

The Massey Commission of 1949 was initiated by which Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Louis St. Laurent

Question 4

The recommendations of the Massey Commission was an attempt to do what?

Accepted Answer

Preserve and promote Canadian culture

Question 5

What does NATO stand for?

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 6

The USSR's version of the CIA is called what?

Accepted Answer

KGB

Question 7

A large increase in the population of Canada after World War II became known as what?

Accepted Answer

The Baby Boom

Question 8

After World War II, Germany was split into what?

Accepted Answer

East Germany and West Germany

Question 9

Which was the first to send a man to the moon?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 10

In 1972, Canada and the USSR was engaged in what event to prove hockey supremacy?

Accepted Answer

The Summit Series

Question 11

The theory that if one country fell to Communism then others would follow is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 12

During the 1950s, more and more people started to move into areas known as:

Accepted Answer

Suburbs

Question 13

Which was the first to send a man into space?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 14

Korean War, Vietnam War, Invasion of Afghanistan are examples of what to the larger Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Proxy Wars

Question 15

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created what?

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Question 16

Which Country was the first to develop Nuclear Weapons?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 17

What made it possible for people to move into the suburbs?

Accepted Answer

Mass adoption of automobiles

Question 18

Which was the first to send a satellite into space?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 19

What does MAD stand for?

Accepted Answer

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 20

The CRTC stands for?

Accepted Answer

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

Question 21

During the Cold War, Canada was considered what kind of Power?

Accepted Answer

Middle Power

Question 22

In 1949, both the USSR and USA had what kind of weapon that would define the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The Atomic Bomb

Question 23

During the Cold War, the US and the USSR engaged in what kind of race?

Accepted Answer

Arms Race

Question 24

The International Body that replaced the League of Nations after WWII is what?

Accepted Answer

The United Nations

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