Welcome to Chapter Quiz: Modern Canada
Modern Canada is the fourth chapter in ‘Discover Canada’. In this quiz, you will be able to self-evaluate your understanding on the following:
- Trade and Economic Growth
- Arts and Culture
- Canadian Discoveries and Inventions
1. Who began a cross-country run, the “Marathon of Hope” to raise money for cancer research?
2. In 1970, Canada helped found La Francophonie, an international association of French-speaking countries.
3. Who gained the right o vote in 1948?
4. In which year Parliament established the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism?
5. Who circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?
6. Who discovered insulin, a hormone to treat diabetes?
7. Who invented the worldwide system of standard time zones?
8. Under which act, English and French became the official language of Canada?
9. In 1951, for the first time, a majority of Canadians were able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing.
10. In which year, the Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith?
11. In which year oil was discovered in Alberta which began Canada’s modern energy industry?
12. Wayne Gretzky, is one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
13. Who is also known as “the greatest living Canadian”?
14. Who gained the right o vote in 1960?
15. When federal government introduced Unemployment insurance (employment insurance)?
16. Who hit on the idea of the telephone at his summary house in Canada?
17. When Old Age Security was devised?
18. Who invented the first cardiac pacemaker?
19. When did the quiet revolution take place?
20. By the 1960s, one-third of Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French.
