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Question 1:

What was unique about the 1993 federal election?
a) The emergence of the regional Reform Party
b) The Liberal majority vastly outnumbered all other parties
c) The emergence of the regional Bloc Québécois Party
d) All of the above.

Question 2:

During the Quebec sovereignty-association referendum of 1995 how did Quebeckers surprise Canadians?
a) Few French-Canadians voted
b) The majority of the voters were immigrants
c) Virtually every eligible resident turned out to vote
d) English-speaking voters refused to vote in French

Question 3:

During the 1990s, employment with no future, minimum wage, and lack of benefits combined to create a situation known as ________.
a) McJobs
b) Government-work
c) Tech-no jobs
d) All of the above.

Question 4:

In 1997–98 Canada signed the Kyoto Accord, which committed it to ________.
a) purchasing Japanese-made automobiles for twenty year period
b) environmental improvement by reducing the emission of hydrocarbon gases
c) selling nuclear technology to Asia
d) helping China bring more hydro power on line to reduce coal consumption

Question 5:

By 1997, the credibility of Canada’s military forces was severely reduced due to ________.
a) lack of success
b) lack of funding
c) numerous scandals
d) All of the above.

Question 6:

During the 1990s, many new immigrants to Canada were political refugees and needed ________.
a) faith-based education in Canadian religions
b) extensive psychological assistance to manage
c) to have foods from their home nations imported
d) birth certificates proving their identity before admittance

Question 7:

In 1995 the Canadian Institute of Actuaries advised Canadians that ________.
a) senior housing costs needed to be increased
b) the cost of living for families exceeded family income
c) the current Canada Pension system would be unable to support retirees by 2030
d) the cost of health care was non-sustainable

Question 8:

The decision by the government in 1993 to settle Inuit land claims resulted in ________.
a) the establishment of a new self-governing territory called Nunavut
b) counter-claims from the province of Quebec
c) agreements to fund the building of hydro-dams
d) an end to the northern seal hunt

Question 9:

One of the most powerful examples of Canadian content on television was ________.
a) Joe, an ordinary Canadian, in a Molson beer commercial
b) The National, Canada’s nightly news program
c) Blue Jays baseball games
d) French-Canadian programming on Radio-Canada

Question 10:

Globalization was a serious issue for Canadian professional hockey because ________.
a) European television was not interested in televising the sport
b) fewer Canadian-born hockey players were being hired by the NHL
c) Canadians had limited interest in watching European hockey players
d) international competition was an expensive proposition

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A History of the Canadian Peoples, Fourth Edition : Chapter 12