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UN Society Cold War 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 When was the UN formed?

Answer 1 – 10 1945 After WWII

Question 1 - 20 What are four goals of the UN?

Answer 1 – 20 Increase cooperation Keep the peace between nations Improve standards of living Defend human rights

Question 1 - 30 List the permanent members of the Security Council What do they have?

Answer 1 – 30 Great Britain, France, Soviet Union/Russia, China and USA Veto power

Question 1 - 40 List agencies of the UN

Answer 1 – 40 WHO ILO UNICEF UNESCO IMF UNEF

Question 1 - 50 List Canadian contributions to the UN

Answer 1 – 50 Peacekeeper Aid sent to struggling countries in Asia and Africa Rotating member of Security Council (no veto power)

Question 2 - 10 Give examples of Canadian culture in the 1950s

Answer 2 – 10 Consumerism Suburbs Baby boomers Teenagers Television

Question 2 - 20 What did the Massey Commission find?

Answer 2 – 20 Canadian culture needed to be protected from American influence

Question 2 - 30 Mandate of NFB

Answer 2 – 30 National Film Board Create audiovisual works “Information about Canada for Canadians”

Question 2 - 40 Mandate of CRTC

Answer 2 – 40 Canadian-Radio-Television-Communication Regulates amount of foreign content that can be played on Canadian stations

Question 2 - 50 Mandate of Canada Council for the Arts

Answer 2 – 50 Provides grants (money that does not have to be paid back) to Canadian artists working on material that benefits/tributes Canada

Question 3 - 10 Purpose of Trans-Canada-Highway

Answer 3 – 10 Connect Canada from coast to coast Longest national highway in the world

Question 3 - 20 Purpose of Kemano Project

Answer 3 – 20 Dam finished completion in 1952 Diverted water from the Nechako River to Kenney Dam Flood First Nations land Hydro-electric power used to support aluminum smelting in Kitimat

Question 3 - 30 Purpose of Trans-Canada Pipeline

Answer 3 – 30 Finished in 1958 Carried natural gas from Alberta to Quebec

Question 3 - 40 Purpose of St. Lawrence Seaway

Answer 3 – 40 Allowed large ships to travel from the Atlantic to Lake Superior System of locks Built by USA and Canada

Question 3 - 50 What later became an issue in Canada due to all of the “megaprojects” and industrialization?

Answer 3 – 50 Pollution Destruction of habitat Loss of habitat Environmental degradation

Question 4 - 10 Name of Russian clerk who reported a spy ring operating in Canada

Answer 4 – 10 Igor Gouzenko

Question 4 - 20 Opposing ideologies in the Cold War

Answer 4 – 20 Communism and democracy Communism and capitalism East vs. West USSR vs. USA

Question 4 - 30 Purpose of NATO

Answer 4 – 30 Protect Western Nations against a Soviet attack Military Alliance

Question 4 - 40 3 components of NORAD in Canada

Answer 4 – 40 DEW Line Mid-Canada Line Pine-Tree Line

Question 4 - 50 Military Alliance of East

Answer 4 – 50 Warsaw Pact

Question 5 - 10 Monetary support given to the West

Answer 5 – 10 Marshall Plan

Question 5 - 20 Monetary support given to the East

Answer 5 – 20 COMECON

Question 5 - 30 Name of division between East and West in Europe

Answer 5 – 30 Iron Curtain

Question 5 - 40 Canada’s role during the Cold War

Answer 5 – 40 Middle Power

Question 5 - 50 Significance of West Berlin and Berlin Wall in Cold War

Answer 5 – 50 West Berlin located on Soviet side of Iron Curtain Allies did not vacate area After Berlin Airlift, East put wall around West Berlin to prevent defectors Berlin Wall became a symbol of Cold War When wall came down in 1989, beginning of end of Cold War