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