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16 Cards in this Set
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Massey Commission
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A body setup by the federal government to study the state of Canadian culture
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Canada Council for the Arts
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The group that funds Canadian artists and supports the arts in Canada
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Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications
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The agency that regulates the amount of foreign material broadcast over the airwaves of Canada and impose rules regarding Canadian content
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Cold War
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A period lasting approximately from 1945 to 1989 when there was tension and hostility between the communist Soviet Union and its allies and the capitalist US and its allies
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Communist
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One who believes that property and the production and distribution of goods and services should be owned by the public and that the labour force should be organized for the benefit of all; the application and theory in the Soviet Union, China,Cuba, and others countries resulted in dictatorships by leaders of communist parties
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Capitalist
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One who believes in an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are owned privately or by shareholders in corporations that have invested money in the hope of making a profit
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Superpowers
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The term used to refer to the US and Soviet Union in the post WW2 period when both were engaged in building up powerful arsenals of weapons of mass destruction as deterrents against aggression
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Middle power
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Nation that is not a superpower, but has international influence
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Mutual defence organization setup to protect several Western European Countires, Canada, US
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Warsaw Pact
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Post WW2 military alliance set up in 1955 including the Soviet Union and Soviet Union block Countries
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North American Aerospace Defence Command
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Defence agreement signed in 1958 between Canada and US
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Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line
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Radar stations setup in Northern Canada between 1958 and 1960 to detect Soviet activity over the North Pole
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United Nations (UN)
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Organization setup in 1945 to keep peace and security to the world
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Avro Arrow
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First flew in 1969,used Delta-Wing technology similar to an arrow. The project was cancelled in 1959 by Diefenbaker government
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Korean Conflict
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North Korea invaded South Korea. The Soviet Union and communist China supported NK. US supported SK which had a fragile democracy.
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Suez Crisis
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1956, Egypt president Gamal Abdel Nasser, took over the Suez Canal and threatened to ban ships traveling to and form Israel. In response, Israel, Britain and France planned Operation Musketeer to regain control of the canal.
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