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1
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When did Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces under the Laurier government?

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1905

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When did the assassination of the archduke and archduchess of the Austro-Hungarian empire occur?

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June 28 1914

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3
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When did the battle of Vimy ridge occur?

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April 9-12 1917

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4
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When was the confederation of Canada?

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July 1 1867

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5
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When was armistice day at the end of world war 1?

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November 11 1918

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6
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When were the Dionne quintuplets born?

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May 28 1934

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7
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When did Britain officially declare war on Germany in world war 2

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September 3 1939

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8
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When did Adolf hitler become chancellor of Germany?

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1932 at age of 43

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9
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When did the Pearl Harbor invasion occur?

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December 7 1941

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10
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When was the D-Day invasion?

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June 6 1944

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11
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When did Adolf hitler die?

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April 30 1945

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12
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When were the atomic bombs dropped?

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August 6 1945 and August 9 1945

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13
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When was battle of Ortona

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December 24 1943

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14
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When was V-E day?

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May 8 1945

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15
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When was battle of Dieppe

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August 1942

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16
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Name the quintuplets

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Yvonne 
Marie 
Cecile 
Annett 
Emilie
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17
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Pros and cons of quintuplets

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Pros- helped people through the depression, joy, made money off them
Cons- they were seized by the government, viewed through a one way screen three times a day, had no friends, quints got no money that was made, parents were discouraged

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18
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How many time zones are in Canada?

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6

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19
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Where did terry fox have to end his marathon of hope

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Thunder Bay

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20
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What were sir Wilfred Laurier’s three policies for prosperity

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Taxes on imports to protect Canadian manufacturers, encouraged building railroads, wanted to attract large amounts of immigrants

21
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Where was sir John A macdonald born

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Scotland

U.K.

22
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What Canadians city was formerly known as Berlin

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Kitchener

23
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Which Canadian city opened a Ford motor co. Plant in 1904

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Windsor

24
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Where was John McCrae born

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Guelph

25
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Where did the boer war occur

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Southern Africa

26
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Where was Adolf hitter born?

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Austria

27
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What two Japanese cities were bombed by the US on August 6 and 9 1945

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

28
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What were the two main alliances prior to WW1 with the three main countries in each

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Triple alliance- Germany Austria-Hungary Italy

Triple entente- France Great Britain Russia

29
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Pros and cons of the prohibition of alcohol

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Pros- crime rate dropped, fewer missed work days, arrests for public intoxication decreased
Cons- government lost taxes, speakeasys popped up and rumrunners, crime was created called bootleg booze

30
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Where was operation sealion

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Britain

31
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Where was operation Barbarossa

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U.S.S.R

32
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Where was operation coronet

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Honshu

Never happened

33
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Where was operation jubilee

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French part of Dieppe

34
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Where was operation iceberg

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Okinawa

35
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Where was operation overlord

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Normandy

36
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How many Canadians died in WW1

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66 000

37
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5 main causes of WW1

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Militarism 
Assassination 
Nationalism
Imperialism 
Alliances
38
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Dwight D Eisenhower

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US army general after world war 2
Ike
Helped with plan overlord and D-day

39
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Admiral Yamamoto

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Mastermind behind Pearl Harbor attack

40
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Sir Robert Borden

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Prime minister of Canada

41
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Tom longboat

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Dominant long distance runner

42
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Ty Cobb

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Good baseball player

Georgia peach

43
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Bobbie rosenfield

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Track star

44
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JS Woodsworth

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First leader of co.op common wealth federation

President during world war 1

45
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Woodrow Wilson

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World war 1 president for America

Helped with treaty of Versailles

46
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Lionel conacher

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Athlete and politician
Canada’s athlete of the half century
Big train

47
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Fay wray

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Actress most known for role in King Kong

48
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Joe Louis

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Heavy weight boxer and brown bomber

49
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Joseph Stalin

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Leader of Soviet Union, brutal leader

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