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The Ultimate Grade 8 Social Studies Quiz
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1
What is a climate region?
The same as a landscape region
An area that is heavily affected by climate change
An area with similar weather conditions throughout the year
An area that gets a lot of rain or snow during the year
2
The CRTC was created in 1969 to do what?
Ensure Canada wasn't overwhelmed by US content
Make it hard to watch US Netflix
Study Canadian viewing habits
Run TV ads about House Hippos
3
Which of the following is
not
one of Koppen's climate types?
Sunny
Polar
Dry
Tropical
4
Which of these political parties was
not
formed in the Great Depression?
The Green Party
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Social Credit Party
The Union Nationale
5
The population of Western Canada is ________ while the population of Eastern Canada is ________
shrinking, staying the same
growing, staying the same
growing, shrinking
shrinking, growing
6
Which continent has the highest population density?
Europe
Asia
Oceania
North America
7
How many physical regions does Canada have?
12
5
9
7
8
What is a tariff?
A regulation for inter-provincial goods
Something Donald Trump loves
An import tax paid when a good enters a country
The tax you pay when you buy something in a store
9
What did it mean to buy things on credit?
You didn't have to have the money upfront to pay for goods
You could buy things for free
You didn't have to worry about debt
Stores lowered their prices
10
In the 1920s, there were a group of Canadian landscape artists known by what name?
The Group of Five
The Group of Nine
The Group of Seven
The Group of Eleven
11
In which climate region of Canada do we live?
Southeastern
Pacific Maritime
Atlantic Maritime
Boreal
12
What is a major drawback of the Hudson's Bay Lowlands?
Amazon doesn't deliver there
It rains too much
It's too far North for people to live
There's poor drainage leading to swamp forests
13
What is population distribution?
The amount the population grew last year
Where people live in a specific country
The number of people who live in an area
The number of births divided by the number of deaths
14
What was a "Bennett Buggy"?
The name of RB Bennett's favourite race horse
A car hitched up and pulled by horses to save on gas costs
A type of bicycle popular at the time
The campaign bus RB Bennett travelled the country in
15
Which is
not
a technique that topographer's use to describe landscape?
Gradient
Elevation
General Appearance
Tone
16
How many oceans border Canada?
1
3
2
4
17
Canada's largest city in 1920 was...
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Vancouver
18
What is an ideal crop to grow in the Great Plains?
Turnip
Oil
Potatoes
Wheat
19
A distinctive feature of the Innuitian Mountains is...
It is known for it's huge lakes
It isn't actually a part of Canada
It's where polar bears are from
It's too cold for trees to survive
20
In what year did the Great Depression start?
1933
1935
1922
1929
21
Prohibition meant that...
it was illegal to consume alcohol in public
it was illegal to purchase or consume marijuana
it was illegal to purchase or consume alcohol
you had to pay a special tax on liquor
22
What was pangea?
A type of bread
An old term for North America
A supercontinent where all of the continents were joined
The theory of how humans migrated from Africa
23
How closely together people live describes what?
Migration
Population Density
Site Factors
Birth Rate
24
What does it mean for a government to have a
balanced budget
?
They spend no more than they are taking in through taxes
The government is losing money
The government is making money
The government cannot function
25
What is the Ring of Fire?
The name for the smoke coming out of a volcano
The line that has 90% of the Earth's tectonic activity
The area that gets affected by a volcano's eruption
The cone of a volcano
26
Climate
refers to...
The fake news media claiming the Earth is getting warmer
The science of weather
The average conditions of the Atmosphere over time
The day to day conditions in the atmosphere
27
Which of these geographic factors does
not
affect climate?
Latitude
Continental Drift
Ocean currents
Air masses and wind
28
How many climate regions does Canada have?
8
4
2
6
29
Canada has a population of roughly how many people?
20 million
64 million
36 million
33 million
30
Prime Minister RB Bennett's plan to solve the Great Depression was to...
Bail out the banks
Give people money to stimulate the economy
Lower taxes
Give the provinces $20 Million to spend on welfare
31
How did the assembly line change the way Canadians worked?
The workers united to rise up against the Bourgeoisie
Automation meant that more could be produced in less time
People lost their jobs because of machines
People had more free time to spend on leisure activities
32
Which is
not
a physical region of Canada?
The Atlantic Highlands
The Great Plains
The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands
The Canadian Arctic
33
The most populated provinces in Canada in 1920 were...
Quebec and Alberta
Nova Scotia and Quebec
Ontario and BC
Ontario and Quebec
34
How can the tool of population density be misleading?
It only highlights pockets of population
It is biased toward large countries
It doesn't factor in small populations
It doesn't identify pockets of population
35
Became Prime Minister in 1921, would stay in power for a combined 22 years over 6 terms.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Sir Wilfred Laurier
36
Where is Canada the most densely populated?
Saskatchewan and Nunavut
Alberta
Halifax and Montreal
Southern Ontario and Quebec
37
Which province was last to repeal prohibition?
Manitoba
Ontario
PEI
Nova Scotia
38
What triggered the Great Depression
The New York Stock Market Crashed
Everyone lost their jobs
The Conservative Party was elected
WW2
39
How many Canadians were unemployed by 1933?
30%
50%
22%
8%
40
How did the Great Depression affect women and visible minorities?
They lost their jobs in favour of white men
It didn't really affect them
Women got to return to working in the home
They got the right to vote
41
How many time zones does Canada have?
6
10
13
4
42
3 of every 5 Canadians live in...
Either Nova Scotia or Ontario
Either Quebec or Alberta
Either BC or Alberta
Either Ontario or Quebec
43
Which sentence best explains continental drift?
the theory that the Earth’s plates move to produce mountains
a section of the earth’s crust
when one of the Earth's plates slide beneath another
the theory that the Earth’s plates are constantly moving
44
Which of these is not a factor in Canadian Identity?
Community
Government
Family
Landscape
45
Which of these is
not
a climate region of Canada?
Cordilleran
Northwestern
Taiga
Southeastern
46
2/3rds of Canadians live within _____ of the US border
35km
86km
100km
50km
47
Which of the following is
not
evidence of the pangea theory?
The fit of the land masses
Dust from the Sahara desert found in caves in Brazil
Similar fossils in rocks separated by an ocean
Fossils of sea animals in the Himalayas
48
Which physical region of Canada do we live in?
The Appalachian Region
The Great Plains
The Canadian Shield
The Cordilleras
49
Where generally do people live globally?
Near the equator
Above the equator
Below the equator
Far away from the equator
50
Which of these is
not
a layer of the Earth?
Magma
Core
Crust
Mantle
