Canadian History 1201 Canada: 1945 – Present

Canada & International Affairs

- Canada & The Cold War: 1945 – 1969 (Ch.7: pgs. 284 – 290)  United Nations ( Ch. 7:pgs. 292 – 298 ) - Canada In World Affairs: 1970's – 1980’s (Ch.8: pgs. 357 – 360)  Canada & The World ( Ch.9: pgs. 407 – 413 ) & Handouts  Chapter 7: The Cold War & The United Nations

1. What does the term “Cold War “mean? How did it dominate world politics from 1945 – 1989? 2. Describe the “Igor Gouzenko Affair”. How did it signify to Canadians that the Cold War had started? 3. What were the differences between the different political systems of the USA & Canada and the Soviet Union? 4. How did the “nuclear arms race “contribute to the Cold War? What does it mean when it says that both alliances depended on a “balance of power?” 5. According to Louis St. Laurent, what was to be Canada's foreign policy during the Cold War? 6. Why was NORAD created? What role would Canada play in this system? 7. What was NATO? Why was it formed and who was involved? What was the USSR's response? 8. When and why were the United Nations formed? What were the goals of the United Nations? Explain the purpose of the following United Nations Organizations: UNICEF WHO ILO UNESCO 9. Explain the following Cold War events and Canada’s role in them. a) Korean War (1950 – 1953). b) Suez Canal Crisis ( 1956 ) c) Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1962) 10. What did Canadian Lester Pearson do to earn the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1950’s? 11. What does “peacekeeping “mean? Explain Canada’s role in peacekeeping in Cyprus. 12. What does détente mean? How was it important in the 1970’s? Provide an example.

Chapter 8 Canada & World Affairs 13. What was the “Trudeau Review “? What did it hope to accomplish? 14. What were “Third World Nations”? What was Canada’s goal to help these countries? 15. Who are “refugees “? From what countries did Canada take in refugees in the 1970’s? Why did Canada do this? 16. How did Canada’s military commitments change in the 1970’s from being a military country to a peacekeeping country?

Chapter 9 & The World 17. How did peacekeeping change in the early 1990’s? What new roles did peacekeepers become involved in at this time? 18. Explain the following events and Canada’s role in them a) Operation Desert Storm (1990 Middle East) b) Operation Restore Hope (1990 Somalia) c) Yugoslavia ( 1992-95 0 d) Rwanda (1994)

19. What are landmines and why are they dangerous? Explain Canada’s role in the elimination of landmines? 20. What is “peacemaking “? How does it differ from “peacekeeping “? Explain Canada’s role in “peacemaking “in Afghanistan?