II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1. In more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts,
things like ____________ and ____________have been put on the international
agenda.
(a) arms control, human rights
(b) economic crisis, inequality
(c) organized crime, drug trafficking
(d) women'issues, the environment
Answer:
2. When Britain lost its status as a world power after World War
II, Canada became a junior partner helping______ global interests.
(a) Indian
(b) Australian
(c) American
(d) Russian
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3. Since the north is mainly unpopulated, the Canadian government,
at one point, asked the ___________________to patrol the area.
(a) the Americans
(b) the local Inuits
(c) the Nato allies
(d) the ANZUS
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4. In 1988, Canada established with _____________ the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to help facilitate economic integration,
and later ___________ joined the group.
(a) the United States, Mexico
(b) Australia, New Zealand
(c) Great Britain, France
(d) Norway, Mexico
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5. Which Canadian prime minister referred to the two world wars
as " the vortex of European militarism"?
(a) Lester Pearson.
(b) Wilfred Laurier.
(c) Pierre Trudeau.
(d) Brian Mulroney.
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6. In 1917, the Canadian government introduced conscription, which
resulted in bitter resentment in the French-speaking _______ province.
(a) British Columbia
(b) Nova Scotia
(c) Ontario
(d) Quebec
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7. According to the author, Canada entered into its golden age
of international diplomacy in the 1950s, the period of which was
capped by Canada's role in _____________.
(a) the Suez Crisis of 1956
(b) the World Trade Organization
(c) the NATO
(d) World Health Organization
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8. _______was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts made to
introduce a UN peacekeeping force into the Suez Canal region during
the crisis of 1956.
(a) Brian Mulroney
(b) Pierre Trudeau
(c) John Holms
(d) Lester Pearson
Answer:
9. During _______ administration did Canada recognize the People's
Republic of China.
(a) Wilfred Laurier's
(b) Lester Pearson's
(c) MacKinzie King's
(d) Brian Mulroney's
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10. Prime Minister _______ once said that the U.S.-Canada relationship
was was like "a relationship between two farmers".
(a) Louis St.Laurent
(b) Wilfred Laurier
(c) Lester Pearson
(d) John A. Macdonald
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