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Practice Quiz: Chapter 12
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Practice Quiz: Chapter 12
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Which former Canadian prime minister said, "The twentieth century will belong to Canada"?
a) Sir John A. Macdonald
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b) Sir John Thompson
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c) Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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d) Sir Robert Borden
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e) Sir Mackenzie Bowell
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What is the central feature of Canada's economic condition?
a) Its traditional ties with Great Britain
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b) Its dependence on foreign markets
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c) Its underdeveloped Northern territories
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d) Its relatively expensive labour costs
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e) Its dependence on a single industry
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How have Canadians traditionally viewed themselves?
a) We are a peace-loving people.
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b) We are respected, listened to, and admired abroad.
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c) We "punch above our weight" in international affairs.
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d) Both B and C
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e) All of the above
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According to Mark Kingwell and John Ralston Saul in their separate definitions of Canadian identity, which idea is our greatest contribution to world history?
a) Citizenship
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b) Capital
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c) Regulated banking system
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d) Hockey
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e) Bilingualism
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Most of the resources in which Canada has invested support an international network of knowledge about and goodwill towards which two regions?
a) China and United States
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b) United States and European Union
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c) European Union and China
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d) India and China
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e) United States and India
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Whose National Policy of 1879 was the first and only coherent economic development strategy that Canada has known before embracing free trade in the 1980s?
a) Mark Kingwell
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b) William Lyon Mackenzie King
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c) Wilfrid Laurier
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d) John A Macdonald
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e) Alexander Mackenzie
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What two factors have driven globalization in recent decades?
a) Technology and the movement of people
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b) The movement of people and the English language
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c) The English language and technology
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d) Cultural homogenization and the movement of people
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e) Technology and cultural homogenization
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In what way have anti-globalization protests been expressed?
a) Intellectual attacks
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b) Street protests
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c) The mMovement
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d) Political parties
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e) All of the above
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Which term more accurately describes the new post-industrial model spawned by globalization?
a) Outsourcing
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b) Just-in-time production
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c) Horizontal integration
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d) Vertical integration
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e) Resource dependence
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Which is the only provincial economy that does more business with the rest of Canada than it does with economies outside of Canada?
a) Ontario
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b) British Columbia
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c) Quebec
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d) Prince Edward Island
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e) Saskatchewan
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What percentage of all foreign investment in Canada is from the United States?
a) Approximately 30 per cent
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b) Approximately 40 per cent
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c) Approximately 50 per cent
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d) Approximately 60 per cent
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e) Approximately 75 per cent
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12 In 2015, which county was the US's largest export market?
a) China
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b) Canada
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c) Iran
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d) United Kingdom
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e) The European Union
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According to Allan Gotlieb, Canada's former ambassador to the United States, how can Canada improve its trade relations by attracting more attention in Washington?
a) Aiming to influence the president and top advisers
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b) Developing tighter formal integration across the Canada-US border
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c) Establishing a North American community of law
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d) Both A and B
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e) All of the above
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Which prime minister was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Pierre Trudeau
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b) Lester Pearson
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c) John Turner
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d) Kim Campbell
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e) John Diefenbaker
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Which has been the most prominent structure for the conduct of multilateralism in the post-World War II era?
a) World Trade Organization (WTO)
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b) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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c) United Nations (UN)
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d) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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e) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Which of the following international organizations, to which Canada belongs, is primarily a military alliance?
a) WTO
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b) The Commonwealth
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c) La Francophonie
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d) NATO
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e) NAFTA
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For several decades, Canadian governments, excluding the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney, sought which main counter-weight to American dominance?
a) Reestablish closer ties with Great Britain
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b) Establish close ties with China
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c) Gain special membership in the European Union
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d) Multilateralism
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e) All of the above
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According to Michael Ignatieff, what is one of the great foreign policy challenges facing Canada?
a) Staying independent in an age of American empire
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b) Establishing trade relations with China in the context of heavy dependence on the United States
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c) Reestablishing close ties to Great Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth in the context of heavy dependence on the United States
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d) Rediscovering our traditional peacekeeping role on the international stage in a context of the War on Terror
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e) Pursuing and establishing relationships with new trading partners
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Which of the following was NOT an issue that saw Canada opposing the United States in recent years?
a) The International Criminal Court
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b) The war in Afghanistan
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c) Global warming
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d) Continental missile defense
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e) Landmines
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Which term refers to the theory and practice of protecting domestic industries?
a) Free trade theory
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b) Domestication
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c) Globalization
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d) Multilateralism
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e) Protectionism
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What was the campaign slogan that Donald Trump embraced when he laid out his foreign policy goals in April 2016?
a) Yes We Can
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b) United We Stand
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c) Liberty and Justice for All
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d) America First
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e) Home of the Brave
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America's "homeland security" policy adopted since 11 September 2001 as part of that country's "war on terror" has had a direct impact on Canada in which of the following ways?
a) Requiring passports for Canadians entering the United States
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b) The elimination of regimes deemed to pose a threat to American security
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c) Limitation of personal privacy and equality rights
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d) Both A and C
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e) All of the above
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According to Joseph Nye, which of the following are the other "soft power" countries?
a) China and India
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b) Canada and the Scandinavian countries
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c) Japan and Germany
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d) Australia and South Africa
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e) Brazil and France
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Which of the following is NOT one of the national attributes that Michael Ignatieff argues is required for Canada to live up to its commitment to multilateralism?
a) International assistance capability
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b) Military capacity
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c) A strong alliance with the United States
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d) Moral authority as a good global citizen
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e) All of the above are required.
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Which of the following indicates that Canada has been moving away from multilateralism?
a) Its cuts in foreign aid
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b) Participation in the military mission of Libya
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c) Decline in peace-keeping activities
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d) Both B and C
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e) All of the above
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In surveys, Canadians are always among the populations expressing the greatest satisfaction with their lives.
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b) False
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Corruption is very great in Canada although Canadians believe to be a minor problem.
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b) False
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For Canada, the question of globalization is inseparable from that of its relationship with the United States.
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b) False
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Canadians tend to feel very good about themselves, their lives, and the state of the country.
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b) False
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National subsidies and protectionism are no longer practised due to World Trade Organization rules.
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The Occupy movement involved anti-globalization protesters who occupied public spaces in cities around the world.
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b) False
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The vast majority of Canadian provinces do more business with economies outside of Canada than they do with the rest of Canada.
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b) False
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The Canada-US trade relationship is the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world.
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Canada is the single largest source of energy imports to the United States.
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Americans are as aware as Canadians if not more aware about Canada's economic importance to the United States.
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b) False
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Multilateralism is embraced just as enthusiastically by the United States as it is by Canada.
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b) False
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Canada spends more on defence, at about 1.2 per cent of GDP, than most of the countries in NATO.
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b) False
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The so-called "process" led to the adoption of the international treaty banning landmines.
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b) False
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Protectionism is a type of free trade theory and practice.
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b) False
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Although many Canadians greeted the election of Barack Obama in 2008 as American president with high expectations, the substance of the Canada-US relationship has since changed relatively little.
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b) False
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