HIST 2280 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Attachment to places, times, and social influences are all? - CORRECT ANSWER -part of our
identity
Hockey is considered what? - CORRECT ANSWER -A natural extension of seasonal rhythms
The most obvious manifestation of nation building was? - CORRECT ANSWER -John A.
McDonald- National Policy
What sports were predominantly winter and summer sports? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hockey &
Baseball
What provided a common experience and shared identity for Canadians? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Stanley Cup, Allen Cup, Grey Cup
What was implemented in 1943 and removed in 1954? - CORRECT ANSWER -National Fitness
Act
Where and When was the First Canadian Games held? - CORRECT ANSWER -Quebec City, 1967
National symbols are? - CORRECT ANSWER -Reductive and exclusive
What was removed from Canada in 1964? - CORRECT ANSWER -Red ensign on our flag
First modern games took place when and where? - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal- Victoria Rink,
March 2nd 1875
,When was the first puck used? - CORRECT ANSWER -Kingston, 1869
An assertion that Kingston was the true birthplace of hockey in Canada was made by who? -
CORRECT ANSWER -James Sutherland
Hockey games played earlier on combined rules and equipment from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lacrosse, rugby, shinty
When was the early institutionalization of hockey in canada? - CORRECT ANSWER -1886
(dominion championship)
What was considered irrational leisure? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gambling, drinking, and "rough"
sports
Pleasure of sporting were: - CORRECT ANSWER -Enjoyment, Thrill,Sociability ,Well-being
How did English Canadians and French Canadians differ in pleasure? - CORRECT ANSWER -
English: balance with work Choose improving activities over wasteful hedonism French:
pleasure through the catholic church
Two concerns for the mass production of sporting equipment - CORRECT ANSWER -The demand
& A competitive market
Baseball provided what? - CORRECT ANSWER -An early model for the possibility and legitimacy
of professional team sport in canada
What were the different championship trophies? - CORRECT ANSWER -Senior Amatery trophy
,Crosby Cup ,Dominion Championship
, Canadian players migrated to where in hoping to make a living? - CORRECT ANSWER -Michigan
and pennsylvania
What games resembled hockey? - CORRECT ANSWER -Brandy, hurley, shinty, ricket
What year were skates invented? - CORRECT ANSWER -1866
Who made the early hockey sticks? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mi'kmaq
What was considered rational recreation? - CORRECT ANSWER -Walking, reading, playing sports
Who created the "official rules"? - CORRECT ANSWER -James Creighton
What games did hockey borrow from as it modernized? - CORRECT ANSWER -Lacrosse, rugby,
field hockey, cricket
As violence grew, line between what became smaller.. - CORRECT ANSWER -"Brutality" and
"manly"
What is addressed as a social need? - CORRECT ANSWER -violence
What was the new ideal that began to emerge? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fast and clean, looking for
the puck, not the man; aiming for the goal, and not with vicious intent to hurt or maim
What were the expectations for ice hockey players to enlist? - CORRECT ANSWER -Dutty to the
nation, manliness, loyalty to one's team-mates
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Attachment to places, times, and social influences are all? - CORRECT ANSWER -part of our
identity
Hockey is considered what? - CORRECT ANSWER -A natural extension of seasonal rhythms
The most obvious manifestation of nation building was? - CORRECT ANSWER -John A.
McDonald- National Policy
What sports were predominantly winter and summer sports? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hockey &
Baseball
What provided a common experience and shared identity for Canadians? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Stanley Cup, Allen Cup, Grey Cup
What was implemented in 1943 and removed in 1954? - CORRECT ANSWER -National Fitness
Act
Where and When was the First Canadian Games held? - CORRECT ANSWER -Quebec City, 1967
National symbols are? - CORRECT ANSWER -Reductive and exclusive
What was removed from Canada in 1964? - CORRECT ANSWER -Red ensign on our flag
First modern games took place when and where? - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal- Victoria Rink,
March 2nd 1875
,When was the first puck used? - CORRECT ANSWER -Kingston, 1869
An assertion that Kingston was the true birthplace of hockey in Canada was made by who? -
CORRECT ANSWER -James Sutherland
Hockey games played earlier on combined rules and equipment from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lacrosse, rugby, shinty
When was the early institutionalization of hockey in canada? - CORRECT ANSWER -1886
(dominion championship)
What was considered irrational leisure? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gambling, drinking, and "rough"
sports
Pleasure of sporting were: - CORRECT ANSWER -Enjoyment, Thrill,Sociability ,Well-being
How did English Canadians and French Canadians differ in pleasure? - CORRECT ANSWER -
English: balance with work Choose improving activities over wasteful hedonism French:
pleasure through the catholic church
Two concerns for the mass production of sporting equipment - CORRECT ANSWER -The demand
& A competitive market
Baseball provided what? - CORRECT ANSWER -An early model for the possibility and legitimacy
of professional team sport in canada
What were the different championship trophies? - CORRECT ANSWER -Senior Amatery trophy
,Crosby Cup ,Dominion Championship
, Canadian players migrated to where in hoping to make a living? - CORRECT ANSWER -Michigan
and pennsylvania
What games resembled hockey? - CORRECT ANSWER -Brandy, hurley, shinty, ricket
What year were skates invented? - CORRECT ANSWER -1866
Who made the early hockey sticks? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mi'kmaq
What was considered rational recreation? - CORRECT ANSWER -Walking, reading, playing sports
Who created the "official rules"? - CORRECT ANSWER -James Creighton
What games did hockey borrow from as it modernized? - CORRECT ANSWER -Lacrosse, rugby,
field hockey, cricket
As violence grew, line between what became smaller.. - CORRECT ANSWER -"Brutality" and
"manly"
What is addressed as a social need? - CORRECT ANSWER -violence
What was the new ideal that began to emerge? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fast and clean, looking for
the puck, not the man; aiming for the goal, and not with vicious intent to hurt or maim
What were the expectations for ice hockey players to enlist? - CORRECT ANSWER -Dutty to the
nation, manliness, loyalty to one's team-mates
