CHC2D: Exam Review Package

FINAL EXAMINATION TIME LIMIT: 90 Minutes

Part A: Multiple Choice /16 Knowledge Marks 10’

Circle the letter that represents the best answer.

Topics may include:

·  WWI- battles, key countries

·  1920’s & Depression

·  WWII- causes, leaders

·  The Cold War

·  French & English Tensions

Part B: Timeline /10 Application 5’

Choose ten (10) events from the table and place them in proper chronological order on the timeline. (1 Mark/event) **From this list of 25 topics, only 15 will appear on the exam*

Winnipeg General Strike / WWI Conscription Crisis / Battle of Vimy Ridge / Quebec Referendum II / Stock Market Crash
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand / Meech Lake Accord / Battle of Stalingrad Begins / On-to-Ottawa Trek / Creation of NORAD
October Crisis / Munich Pact / Genocide in Rwanda / Suez Crisis / Trudeau Elected
Official Languages Act / Battle of Ypres / Treaty of Versailles Signed / Quiet Revolution Begins / D-Day Invasion
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima / Creation of NATO / Cuban Missile Crisis / Baby Boom Begins / Constitution Act Signed

Part B Continued, Identify & State Significance: /15 Thinking 15’

From the table choose five (5) events. For each, give a description of the event and state reasons why it is considered important to our history. (5 x3marks each)

Part C: Short Answer Response /10 Application & Communication 10’

Choose one (1) of the following questions to respond to. Answer in the space provided.

Topics:

·  The Roaring Twenties

·  Conscription

·  French/English Tensions

·  Canadian Peacekeeping

·  Impact of WWII

·  Appeasement

Part D: Expository Essay Response /20 Knowl., Think., Comm., App. 20’

Write your response to the following question in the space provided. Use proper essay form and be conscious of the mechanics of your writing. Marks will be granted for all categories of learning. Your response should be approx. 300-400 words in length.

·  Demonstrate how Canada played a vital role in the achievement of victory in either World War One or World War Two.

Part F: Quotation Recognition & Analysis /19 Know. & Think. 20’

1.  Match the quote to the 20th Century figure who said it. (1 Mark each x 10= 10 marks)

2.  Choose three (3) quotes. Identify and explain the historical situation that the speaker was referring to. (3 Marks each x 3= 9 marks)

The 10 quotes on the exam will come from the following list. It is recommended that you research the quotes as part of your preparation.

·  “Just watch me!”

·  “One of the greatest assets a man can have in entering life’s struggle is poverty”

·  “What England needs most are not soldiers, but bread, meat and potatoes”

·  “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

·  “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”

·  "Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription”

·  “The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.”

·  “Are all Humans human? Or…are some humans more human than others?”

·  “Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy”

·  “We shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender.”

·  "My good friends, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."

·  “Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way”

·  “We shall be Canadians first, foremost, and always, and our policies will be decided in Canada and not dictated by any other country.”

·  “When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.”

·  "With respect to giving monies out of the federal treasury…for these alleged unemployment purposes, I would not give them a five-cent piece”

·  “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”

·  “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast…one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”

·  "It's true; it's true we were beaten, yes, but by what? By money and the ethnic vote, essentially."