Wanna try my History quiz for this Fri?

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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I'll post the answers on Fri and you can see if you are as smart as my Gr 11 class. No using Google! Cheaters will have to stay after class. : )

SS11 Quiz

Korea
Suez Canal
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
Nuclear Issue in Canada


Use these names if they help you. Not all the names you will need are here.


Lester Pearson. Gamal Abdel Nasser .UN Security Council .USSR.

Louis St. Laurent .John Diefenbaker .John Kennedy. Fidel Castro .

Nikita Khrushchev. Avro Arrow. Therese Casgrain. My Lai .

Lyndon Johnson .Saigon. Richard Nixon .Hong Kong .


KOREA 1950

1. Post WW II Korea was divided politically. What superpower supported the North?

2. Which supported the South?

3. ***BONUS*** What old TV show was set in the Korean war and revolved around a mobile hospital unit of American doctors?

4. Were any Canadians involved in the Korean War?

5. Were nukes used?

SUEZ 1956

6. What country was the Suez Canal in?

7. Name two countries that invaded the Suez.

8. Did the UN Security Council support the invasion?

9. Who offered Egypt money and missiles to defend itself?

10. Was Canada involved?

11. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize for diffusing that situation before it erupted into something terrible?


CUBA 1959

12. Were any Canadian cities within range of Cuban based missiles?

13. Who was the Russian Premier at the time?

14. Who was the American President?

15. Canadian Prime Minister?

16. Did Canada support the US in their plans to invade Cuba?

17. Were nukes involved in the Cuban Crisis?



NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN CANADA IN THE 60's

18. Who was in favor of having nuclear warheads in Canada?

19. Who didn’t want them here?

20. ***BONUS*** So do we have some here now or not?



VIETNAM 1960's

21. The North was C_____________________.

22. The South was run by a D____________________.

23. Which side did the US support?

24. Who helped the other side?

25. What was so special about the Vietnam War?

26. In 1973 Richard Nixon pulled US troops out of Southeast Asia. Did that end the Vietnam War?

27. Which side won? North or south?

28. The people of the loosing side had to flee for their lives. Where did they go?



Well done. Now some people questions. For each name listed, say which country they belonged to. Here’s a list of possibilities. There are several extras to trick the unsuspecting.

USSR USA Britain France Canada Cuba

Egypt Israel Iraq Libya China Korea



29. Nikita Khrushchev


30. Fidel Castro


31. John F Kennedy


32. John Diefenbaker


33. Richard Nixon


34. Lester Pearson


35. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
 
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I'll post the answers on Fri and you can see if you are as smart as my Gr 11 class. No using Google! Cheaters will have to stay after class. : )

SS11 Quiz

Korea
Suez Canal
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
Nuclear Issue in Canada


Use these names if they help you. Not all the names you will need are here.


Lester Pearson. Gamal Abdel Nasser .UN Security Council .USSR.

Louis St. Laurent .John Diefenbaker .John Kennedy. Fidel Castro .

Nikita Khrushchev. Avro Arrow. Therese Casgrain. My Lai .

Lyndon Johnson .Saigon. Richard Nixon .Hong Kong .


KOREA 1950

1. Post WW II Korea was divided politically. What superpower supported the North? Russia

2. Which supported the South? USA

3. ***BONUS*** What old TV show was set in the Korean war and revolved around a mobile hospital unit of American doctors? Mash

4. Were any Canadians involved in the Korean War? Yes

5. Were nukes used? No

SUEZ 1956

6. What country was the Suez Canal in? ??Brain fart??

7. Name two countries that invaded the Suez. [Usa/Columbia???}

8. Did the UN Security Council support the invasion? No

9. Who offered Egypt money and missiles to defend itself? CUBA

10. Was Canada involved? NO

11. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize for diffusing that situation before it erupted into something terrible? Another brain Fart


CUBA 1959

12. Were any Canadian cities within range of Cuban based missiles? Halifax

13. Who was the Russian Premier at the time? Gorbachov

14. Who was the American President? Kenedy

15. Canadian Prime Minister? pearson

16. Did Canada support the US in their plans to invade Cuba? no

17. Were nukes involved in the Cuban Crisis? [yes but not fired they wer ona freighter..]



NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN CANADA IN THE 60's

18. Who was in favor of having nuclear warheads in Canada? [govt.]usa and can

19. Who didn’t want them here? [public]

20. ***BONUS*** So do we have some here now or not? no not now intercontinental ballistic are almost obsolete with todays subs and b2`s



VIETNAM 1960's

21. The North was Communist_____________________.

22. The South was run by a Dictators____________________.

23. Which side did the US support? [north first then south after]

24. Who helped the other side? [russia and china]

25. What was so special about the Vietnam War?[ usa lost the war according to some]i say they were not allowed the tools to do the job they had to do and would have won .

26. In 1973 Richard Nixon pulled US troops out of Southeast Asia. Did that end the Vietnam War? [with usa but it continued with cambodia]
27. Which side won? North or south? {North}

28. The people of the loosing side had to flee for their lives. Where did they go? [Cambodia.. ]



Well done. Now some people questions. For each name listed, say which country they belonged to. Here’s a list of possibilities. There are several extras to trick the unsuspecting.

USSR USA Britain France Canada Cuba

Egypt Israel Iraq Libya China Korea



29. Nikita Khrushchev [ussr]


30. Fidel Castro [cuba]


31. John F Kennedy [usa]


32. John Diefenbaker [canada]


33. Richard Nixon [usa]


34. Lester Pearson [canada]


35. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon[????]
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[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]SUEZ 1956

6. What country was the Suez Canal in? Egypt

7. Name two countries that invaded the Suez. Israel

8. Did the UN Security Council support the invasion? No

9. Who offered Egypt money and missiles to defend itself? Russia

10. Was Canada involved? NO

11. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize for diffusing that situation before it erupted into something terrible? Sadat and some Israeli that starts w/ a B.

35. Simpsons!!

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I think Windsor, Ontario, was probably in range of the missiles being based in Cuba by the Russians.

Bob
 
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Mike, that stuff ain't history to us old farts....the stuff was just the other day to us that lived through it. History is before Joe and I was born......like the Egyptians and the early cave people, etc. I even had an uncle who was a cave man..........he sand a lot and was considered the first ROCK STAR! His first reciording was "Cave Baby Lets Get Stoned".

Did you see my post to you down a few threads?

Dave
 
Ha! I thought about you as I posted that Dave. Is it still history if you LIVED through it? You should come up and be a guest speaker in my class. People could ask you what it was like before fire. Actually, we had a guy from the Swiss Army in last winter who was a specialist in caveman style fire starting. He was amazing. He did the old stick rubbing thing. In about 2 min I bet he had a fire going. He showed the kids how to keep an ember going in a mushroom in your pocket overnight. Neat stuff.

I'll post some answers tomorrow, but I won't have the kids' average until Monday.
 

Lester Pearson. Gamal Abdel Nasser .UN Security Council .USSR.

Louis St. Laurent .John Diefenbaker .John Kennedy. Fidel Castro .

Nikita Khrushchev. Avro Arrow. Therese Casgrain. My Lai .

Lyndon Johnson .Saigon. Richard Nixon .Hong Kong .


KOREA 1950

1. Post WW II Korea was divided politically. What superpower supported the North? Russia

2. Which supported the South? UN security council

3. ***BONUS*** What old TV show was set in the Korean war and revolved around a mobile hospital unit of American doctors? M.A.S.H

4. Were any Canadians involved in the Korean War? yes

5. Were nukes used? no

SUEZ 1956

6. What country was the Suez Canal in? Egypt

7. Name two countries that invaded the Suez. Seria,Saudi Arabia

8. Did the UN Security Council support the invasion? no

9. Who offered Egypt money and missiles to defend itself? US

10. Was Canada involved? no

11. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize for diffusing that situation before it erupted into something terrible? Nasser


CUBA 1959

12. Were any Canadian cities within range of Cuban based missiles? yes

13. Who was the Russian Premier at the time? Nikita Kruschev

14. Who was the American President? JFK

15. Canadian Prime Minister?Pearson

16. Did Canada support the US in their plans to invade Cuba? not publicly

17. Were nukes involved in the Cuban Crisis? yes



NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN CANADA IN THE 60's

18. Who was in favor of having nuclear warheads in Canada? US

19. Who didn’t want them here? Canada

20. ***BONUS*** So do we have some here now or not? no



VIETNAM 1960's

21. The North was Communist_____________________.

22. The South was run by a Dictator____________________.

23. Which side did the US support? South Vietnam

24. Who helped the other side? Russia

25. What was so special about the Vietnam War? It was fought by politicians

26. In 1973 Richard Nixon pulled US troops out of Southeast Asia. Did that end the Vietnam War? no, 1975 was when the last troops left

27. Which side won? North or south? The north

28. The people of the loosing side had to flee for their lives. Where did they go? US, and other democratic countries.



Well done. Now some people questions. For each name listed, say which country they belonged to. Here’s a list of possibilities. There are several extras to trick the unsuspecting.

USSR USA Britain France Canada Cuba

Egypt Israel Iraq Libya China Korea



29. Nikita Khrushchev russia


30. Fidel Castro, Cuba


31. John F Kennedy, US


32. John Diefenbaker,Canada


33. Richard Nixon ,US


34. Lester Pearson ,Canada


35. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Springfield


(This post was edited by Yukon Mike on Nov 22, 2007 11:28 AM)
 
ANSWER to the very first question you asked.
? Wanna try my History quiz for this Fri? Heck no. (and I double checked my answer to.)
My average history quiz you ask?
1. what did I do this morning?

2. what did I eat for lunch?

3. when is supper going to be done?

4. what was I thinking about before I thought about supper?

5. Have you seen my __________?

6. where could I have put it?

7. who in the ________ took my __________?

8. is it duckseason yet?
 
I find this very interesting, especially the questions about Canada. Admittedly I am the product of a rural, public school system, but we never studied stuff about Canada.

I am younger than Dave Parks so this is history to me. :)


Korea:
China supported the north
The US fought with the south
Mash was the TV show: the first couple seasons with Trapper John and Henry Blake are the best.
Who cares if Canadians were involved, but I think they were.
There were no nukes used.

Suez:
Didn't Israel attack Egypt in the 6 day war, but that was in the 1970's not 1956.
Jimmy Carter (the worst US president ever?) won a nobel prize for his work with Israel/Egypt, but I dont think that's what you are looking for.
 
Here's the textbook answers.

[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]KOREA 1950

1. Post WW II Korea was divided politically. What superpower supported the North?

USSR and CHINA

2. Which supported the South?

USA

3. ***BONUS*** What old TV show was set in the Korean war and revolved around a mobile hospital unit of American doctors?

MASH. None of the kids will get that one I bet.

4. Were any Canadians involved in the Korean War?

Yep. Thousands of guys and three naval destroyers.


5. Were nukes used?

Nope. But they were considered by the US. Ceasefire came in 1953.

SUEZ 1956

6. What country was the Suez Canal in?

Egypt

7. Name two countries that invaded the Suez.

Any of these three gets a mark - Israel, France, Britain. The US was pissed b/c Britain France and Israel did not consult them before taking action. Still, the US promised to help out if the Russians got involved.

Remember that the big 5 on the UN security council were Britain, France, US, USSR and China. They were all supposed to be on the same team, right?

8. Did the UN Security Council support the invasion?

Officially, a resolution was passed to cease the hostilities, which B/F/I ignored.

9. Who offered Egypt money and missiles to defend itself?

USSR

10. Was Canada involved?

Actually yes. Lester Pearson proposed that the UN send in a security force of its own to separate and mediate between the rival armies. "For his efforts in defusing the crisis, Lester Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace prize." He was our Minister of External Affairs at the time.

11. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize for diffusing that situation before it erupted into something terrible?

[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Lester Pearson. Were there others I don't know about?


[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]CUBA 1959

12. Were any Canadian cities within range of Cuban based missiles?

Yes. Winnipeg, all of S Ontario and Quebec (That's 1/2 of our population right there) New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia including Halifax. Regina would have been OK I guess.

13. Who was the Russian Premier at the time?

Khrushchev

14. Who was the American President?

JFK

15. Canadian Prime Minister?

Diefenbaker

16. Did Canada support the US in their plans to invade Cuba?

No, instead of fulfilling our obligations to a fellow NORAD member, our PM decided against helping the US invade Cuba. "A later poll showed that 80% of Canadians disagreed with Dief"

17. Were nukes involved in the Cuban Crisis?

Yes ma'am.



NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN CANADA IN THE 60's

18. Who was in favor of having nuclear warheads in Canada?

US obviously, and a few high ranking Canadian politicians.

19. Who didn’t want them here?

Pretty much everyone else who lived in Canada. Why? Some people must have thought it hypocritical to urge the UN to work for disarmament while building up a nukes store here. Others may have thought it a mistake for Cuba to allow USSR to stage its weapons there, thus making it a target of the US. Tough decision really.

20. ***BONUS*** So do we have some here now or not?

As far as I know, no.



VIETNAM 1960's

21. The North was C_____________________.

Communist

22. The South was run by a D____________________.

Dicator


23. Which side did the US support?

South

24. Who helped the other side?

USSR and CHINA

25. What was so special about the Vietnam War?

All the reasons you guys gave would get the mark. What the book was pointing out was that this was the first war ever televised. In hindsight that may have been a major factor in people back in the US loosing faith in the project.

26. In 1973 Richard Nixon pulled US troops out of Southeast Asia. Did that end the Vietnam War?

No

27. Which side won? North or south?

North

28. The people of the loosing side had to flee for their lives. Where did they go?

Malaysia, Hong Kong (Which was a British colony still, right?), and 1000's came to Canada.



Well done. Now some people questions. For each name listed, say which country they belonged to. Here’s a list of possibilities. There are several extras to trick the unsuspecting.

USSR USA Britain France Canada Cuba

Egypt Israel Iraq Libya China Korea



29. Nikita Khrushchev

USSR

30. Fidel Castro

CUBA


31. John F Kennedy

USA

32. John Diefenbaker

CAN

33. Richard Nixon

USA

34. Lester Pearson

CAN

35. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

USA (Springfield)



[/font]I think Harker wins the golden pocket protector award on this one!
 
M*A*S*H

sydney freedman -- "ladies and gentlemen take my advise - once in awhile you have to pull down your pants and slide on the ice"

true words of wisdom! ROFLMAO
 
What no M.L.K. , N.E.A., N.O.W. or How rotten America is??? That is not any History lesson in the public schools in America... John
 
Regarding the US withdrawal of troops from Vietnam,We only started a gradual withdrawal and consolidation in 73.This was after the around the clock B52 bombing late Dec 72 to get North Vietnam to the bargaining table.The final ,Pick em off the roof of the embassy,withdrawal occurred in April 75.I had retired on I April 75,after a 4 year tour at HQ Pacific as ATC IG.
 
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