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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 19

Canada & the World Since 1945

Prime ministers, peacekeepers, refugees and big world events since 1945.

What your child practises

Practises prime ministers since 1945 and their achievements, Canada’s role in world conflicts and peacekeeping, and global events that affected Canadians such as refugee movements, relief efforts and disease.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 6-KH-038, 6-KG-043, 6-KG-044, 6-VG-014, 6-VG-015 · prime ministers since 1945, Canada in world conflicts, and global events that affected Canadians

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which prime minister’s government introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960?

    • John Diefenbaker
    • Lester B. Pearson
    • Brian Mulroney

  2. Question 2

    After the Second World War, many people who had lost their homes lived in…

    • airports
    • new castles
    • displaced persons camps

  3. Question 3

    In which war did Canada send forces in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait?

    • The Korean War
    • The Cold War
    • The Gulf War

  4. Question 4

    In 1999, which new territory was created in northern Canada?

    • Manitoba
    • Nunavut
    • Labrador

  5. Question 5

    In 2008 the Prime Minister apologized in Parliament for…

    • the residential school system
    • the Manitoba Act
    • the building of the railway

  6. Question 6

    Who was Canada’s prime minister during most of the Second World War and until 1948?

    • Jean Chrétien
    • William Lyon Mackenzie King
    • John Diefenbaker

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