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