CHC 2P1 - Grade 10 CANADIAN HISTORY

Your examination consists of five parts (total of 90 marks). They are:

▪ PART A – Multiple Choice (15 marks)
▪ PART B – Matching (15 marks)
▪ PART C – Word Relations (20 marks)
▪ PART D – Short Answer Questions (10 marks)
▪ PART E – Letter (30 marks)

PARTS A/B/D
World War I, 1914 - 1918

1. What was the ‘spark’ that started World War I? Where did it occur?
2. Identify the person who was assassinated in 1914 and the assassin.
3. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
4. List the countries that made up the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.
6. List the four (4) causes of World War One.
7. Who was Sam Hughes? What did he do during World War One?
9. In which battle was poison gas used for the first time in WWI? How did
Canadian troops defend themselves from poison gas?
10 Identify and explain the significance of the following:
. (a) Propaganda Posters (c) Schlieffen Plan
(b) Valcartier (d) No-Man’s Land
11 What made the trenches such a horrible place for soldiers in World War I?
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12 Why was Vimy Ridge considered a significant victory for Canadian troops
. during WWI?
13 List three (3) new weapons or technology used during World War One.
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14 Explain the significance of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The Roaring 1920s, 1919 – 1929

1. What was the significance of radio in the 1920s?

2. What was Prohibition? How long did it last? Was it effective?
3. Who were the flappers? How were they different from other women?
4. Identify three (3) new inventions or new electrical appliances of the 1920s.
Explain how technology changed the lives of Canadians in the 1920s.
5. Identify and explain the significance of the following:
(a) radio (c) bootlegger
(b) suffragist (d) speakeasy
6. Who were the Alberta Famous Five? What was the Persons Case (1929)?
Why was it important?
The Great Depression, 1929 – 1939

1. What were the underlying causes of the Great Depression?

2. Explain the direct / immediate cause of the Great Depression.
3. What was “Black Tuesday”?
4. Explain what happened on the “On-to-Ottawa” Trek”.
5. Identify the significance of the following:
(a) Bennett buggy (c) buying on credit
(b) buying on margin (d) Dust Bowl
6. Which of the following could a man do if he lost his job during the
Depression: a) go to a relief camp; b) work odd jobs; c) ride the rails to
look for work.

World War II, 1939 - 1945

1. Which of the following promises did Hitler make to Germans in order to

gain their support: a) end Germany’s economic problems; b) restore
German nationalism and pride; c) tear up the Treaty of Versailles; d) give
each family a new car.
2. What were the causes of World War Two?
3. What were the Nuremburg Laws? When were they introduced?
4. Identify the following terms:
(a) Lebensraum (d) Burning of the Reichstag
(b) Kristallnacht (e) Book Burning
(c) Night of the Long Knives (f) Anschluss
5. Which country did Germany invade in 1939 which led to the start of
WWII?
6. What was the Holocaust? What was the Final Solution?
7. The Holocaust resulted in the murder of approximately: (a) 10 million
Jews; (b) 8 million Jews; (c) 6 million Jews; (d) 3 million Jews.
8. Identify the following and explain their significance:
(a) Blitzkrieg (d) Pearl Harbor
(b) Battle of Britain (Luftwaffe and RAF) (e) Operation Barbarossa
(c) D-Day/Juno Beach/Operation Overlord (f) VE-Day/VJ-Day
9. What was the codename of the massive Allied invasion that took place on
the beaches of Normandy? When did this invasion occur? What was the
result?
10 Why were Japanese-Canadians considered enemy aliens in Canada
. during WWII? How were they treated? What did the government do with
them?
11 What was the final act of World War Two?
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 Post-War / Cold War, 1945 – 1980

1. Which two (2) superpowers emerged after World War Two?

2. What was the Baby Boom?
3. Which Prime Minister was responsible for giving Canada its own flag?
4. Why did Lester B. Pearson win the Nobel Peace Prize?
5. How did the lives of teenagers change in the 1950’s and 1960’s?
6. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis and Suez Canal Crisis? How did they end?

PART C (4 of the following will be on the exam)

1. Riding the Rods Public Relief Hobos

2. Dunkirk Dieppe D-Day

3. Failure of the League of German Nationalism Treaty of Versailles

Nations

4. Passchendaele Ypres Vimy Ridge

5. Warsaw Pact Iron Curtain NORAD

6. Militarism Imperialism Nationalism

PART E: On your exam, you will be required to complete a letter to a member

of your family. Your letter should have all the elements of a letter including the
date, salutation and closing remarks. Your letters must provide factual evidence
of the topics you have selected. Three of the following four topics will be on the
exam.

Topic 1: Life in the Trenches as a Canadian soldier.

Topic 2: Life as a Hobo in Canada during the Great Depression.
Topic 3: Life as a German Jew before, during and after the Holocaust.
Topic 4: Life as a Canadian soldier days before the invasion of Normandy.