II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1. Which of the following industries account for more than half
of the GDP in Canada?
(a) Primary industries.
(b) Secondary industries.
(c) Tertiary industries.
(d) None of them.
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2. When did Canada begin to develop a stronger service and manufacturing
sector?
(a) At the beginning of the 20th century.
(b) In the 1930s.
(c) At the end of World War II.
(d) In the 1960s.
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3. _______ was the "Third Option" of the Trudeau government.
(a) Using a floating exchange rate
(b) Imposing export tax on shipments
to the US
(c) Developing freer trade with the
US
(d) Developing stronger trading relations
with Japan and Europe
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4. Canada began negotiating with the US on dismantling tariff barriers
under the government of _______________.
(a) Brian Mulroney
(b) John Macdonald
(c) Pierre Elliott Trudeau
(d) Jean Chretien
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5. Which of the following was not discussed in the FTA?
(a) Agricultural products.
(b) Energy supplies.
(c) Cars.
(d) Beer.
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6. Which of the following provinces is the manufacturing heartland
of Canada?
(a) Alberta.
(b) Ontario.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) Quebec.
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7. At present, which of the following areas has the largest farms
in Canada?
(a) The western provinces.
(b) The eastern provinces.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) The prairie provinces.
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8. Which of the following belongs to tertiary industry?
(a) Paper making.
(b) Telecommunications.
(c) Banking.
(d) Clothes-making.
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