Social Studies 11 Part 3

The agency that regulates the amount of foreign material broadcast over the airwaves in Canada.

The policy of remaining apart from affairs of other countries (ex the USA before Pearl Harbor).

Radar stations in northern Canada set up between 58-60 to detect Soviet activity in North Pole.

The struggle between Allies & Axis to control shipping route from North America to Britain.

The date of the surprise attack by the Japanese on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii?

How many Jewish refugees was the Canadian Government willing to take in before the war?

Code name for Germany's  unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union.

Giving in to an aggressor's demands in the hopes that no more demands will be made.

The body set up by the federal government to study the state of Canadian culture was called:

Asking the electorate to vote on a specific political question is called:

The party platform of the CCF opposed free-market & wanted public ownership of key industries.

The Nazi plan to systematically kill all European Jews.

What did the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan do?

The 9km stretch of beach in Normandy France where Canadian troops landed on D-Day.

Small fast warships built in Canada to help protect convoys in the Atlantic Ocean.

The increase in the birth rate that occurred after WWII was called the: 

The battle to recapture Europe through Sicily & Italy.  Ortona was Canada's most famous battle.

The alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan in WWII?

The systematic extermination of a people, such as the Holocaust or the Rwandan....

The group that funds Canadian artists and supports the arts in Canada.

Passed in '40 enabling Gov't to do all necessary for war effort. Amended '42 for conscription.

Nazi murder of 6 million Jews and 5 million other peoples during WWII.

A ruler with unrestricted power, without any democratic restrictions.

The name of the longest serving PM who led in 20's 30's & 40's.  Helped gain full independence.

A state that uses intimidation violence and propaganda to rule all aspects of life. (Nazis)

German war tactic of quick surprise attacks using tanks and stukas in WWII.

Battle in Asia where Canadians suffered heavy casualties.  Many imprisoned for the rest of war.

The mutual defence organization set up to protect Western European countries, the US & Canada.

Discrimination and hatred towards Jewish people.

Period lasting from 1945 to 1989 when there was tension and hostility between USSR and USA.

The second city to be hit by an atomic bomb in Japan was?

Women who married Canadian Troops serving overseas who then immigrated to Canada after the war:

D-Day's actual Day.

A federal transfer of funds from richer to poorer provinces.

Code name during WWII for the American plan to develop Atomic bomb.  Canada supplied uranium.

Economic system in which the production and distribution of goods is privately owned.

French port from which an Allied evacuation took place in May, 1940.  340,000 troops escaped.

The Battle of Britain was won by Britain due in large part to these advantages?

The countries fighting against Germany in WWII, including Britain, France, Canada, USA, USSR?

The first Japanese city to be attacked with an atomic bomb.