HIST 2280 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
'Nations and nationalism are intrinsic to the nature of the modern world and to the revolution
of modernity.' - CORRECT ANSWER -Professor Anthony Smith
John A Mcdonald "National Policy" - CORRECT ANSWER -High protective tariffs;
Settling the west;
A national railway to unite the new country.
1867 Population Geography - CORRECT ANSWER -80 percent lived on farms, hamlets, small
villages
1914 Population Geography - CORRECT ANSWER -50 percent lived in Urban Centres
Social Entrepreneurs - CORRECT ANSWER -Upper Middle Class Anglos
Social Gospelers - CORRECT ANSWER -Methodists, other religious peoples
Social Entrepreneurs and Gospelers wished to... - CORRECT ANSWER -solve the problems of
modern urban society such as gambling, alcoholism etc by introducing Rational Recreation
Rational recreation - CORRECT ANSWER -walking, reading, playing sports. Inspired by British and
victorian ideals of muscular christianity
Potential Issues of Modernization - CORRECT ANSWER -Nations manhood was becoming
compromized, Hockey provide this as well as means for producing good soldiers for the nation
, Folk Games Inspring Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -Ricket, Hurling, Shinty, Bandy
Things Hockey took from Rugby - CORRECT ANSWER -Onside format and physical Contact
Things Hockey took from Cricket - CORRECT ANSWER -from which hockey took some of the
equipment, including the ball (before the puck) and later, the wicket-keeper's pads for the
gaoler
Things Hockey took from Lacrosse - CORRECT ANSWER -the First Nations' game which hockey
borrowed the 7-man aside approach and the "bully-off" to commence play
Things Hockey took from Field Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -from which the Halifax-born and
McGill-educated lawyer James Creighton derived most of the "Montreal Rules" for the ice
version
The first modern game - CORRECT ANSWER -March 3, 1875 between two Mcgill U teams.
Indoors at Montreal Victoria Skating Rink
Creighton - CORRECT ANSWER -Published official rules in Montreal Gazzete in 1877
Institutionalization of Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -Gruneau and Whitson (1993) described: "a
way of doing things", By 1880s, many teams had official clubs, governing bodies and schedules
Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Early players - CORRECT ANSWER -Made up mostly of
teams from Montreal, several from Ottowa and Quebec. Small circle of elite men
Early teams of elites made up of - CORRECT ANSWER -Doctors
Lawyers
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
'Nations and nationalism are intrinsic to the nature of the modern world and to the revolution
of modernity.' - CORRECT ANSWER -Professor Anthony Smith
John A Mcdonald "National Policy" - CORRECT ANSWER -High protective tariffs;
Settling the west;
A national railway to unite the new country.
1867 Population Geography - CORRECT ANSWER -80 percent lived on farms, hamlets, small
villages
1914 Population Geography - CORRECT ANSWER -50 percent lived in Urban Centres
Social Entrepreneurs - CORRECT ANSWER -Upper Middle Class Anglos
Social Gospelers - CORRECT ANSWER -Methodists, other religious peoples
Social Entrepreneurs and Gospelers wished to... - CORRECT ANSWER -solve the problems of
modern urban society such as gambling, alcoholism etc by introducing Rational Recreation
Rational recreation - CORRECT ANSWER -walking, reading, playing sports. Inspired by British and
victorian ideals of muscular christianity
Potential Issues of Modernization - CORRECT ANSWER -Nations manhood was becoming
compromized, Hockey provide this as well as means for producing good soldiers for the nation
, Folk Games Inspring Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -Ricket, Hurling, Shinty, Bandy
Things Hockey took from Rugby - CORRECT ANSWER -Onside format and physical Contact
Things Hockey took from Cricket - CORRECT ANSWER -from which hockey took some of the
equipment, including the ball (before the puck) and later, the wicket-keeper's pads for the
gaoler
Things Hockey took from Lacrosse - CORRECT ANSWER -the First Nations' game which hockey
borrowed the 7-man aside approach and the "bully-off" to commence play
Things Hockey took from Field Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -from which the Halifax-born and
McGill-educated lawyer James Creighton derived most of the "Montreal Rules" for the ice
version
The first modern game - CORRECT ANSWER -March 3, 1875 between two Mcgill U teams.
Indoors at Montreal Victoria Skating Rink
Creighton - CORRECT ANSWER -Published official rules in Montreal Gazzete in 1877
Institutionalization of Hockey - CORRECT ANSWER -Gruneau and Whitson (1993) described: "a
way of doing things", By 1880s, many teams had official clubs, governing bodies and schedules
Amateur Hockey Association of Canada Early players - CORRECT ANSWER -Made up mostly of
teams from Montreal, several from Ottowa and Quebec. Small circle of elite men
Early teams of elites made up of - CORRECT ANSWER -Doctors
Lawyers
