HIST2280 MIDTERM STUDY SET EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
The national game has reflected prevailing Canadian attitudes toward many issues including: -
CORRECT ANSWER -national identity;
societal norms and values;
war and militarism;
manliness and femininity;
professionalism and amateurism;
class and race;
memory and mythmaking.
Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Policy": - CORRECT ANSWER -High protective tariffs;
Settling the west;
A national railway to unite the new country.
Modernization/Urbanization/Industrialization: - CORRECT ANSWER -The railroad connects
people and businesses;
Industrialization causes urbanization.
In 1867, 80% of Canadians live on farms, in hamlets or small villages. How many Canadians lived
in urban centres in 1914? - CORRECT ANSWER -50%: a 30% decrease since 1867
How did Hockey reflect the scientific age? - CORRECT ANSWER -Old folk games were associated
with old traditions, superstitions and religion. New modern games, such as hockey, reflected the
scientific age and had to be organized and "orderly".
, There were a great many folk games being played in Canada and the British Isles that resembled
ice hockey. These sports included: - CORRECT ANSWER -Ricket: popular in Halifax which used a
cricket ball on ice.
Shinty: from the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks (If you've seen the Disney
movie Brave, this is the game that Merida is playing at the beginning of the movie).
Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks.
Bandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside.
There were also several modern games that hockey borrowed from as it became modernized.
These games include: - CORRECT ANSWER -Rugby: from which hockey borrowed the "on-side"
format and physical contact
Cricket: from which hockey took some of the equipment, including the ball (before the puck)
and later, the wicket-keeper's pads for the gaoler
Lacrosse: the First Nations' game which hockey borrowed the 7-man aside approach and the
"bully-off" to commence play
Field Hockey: from which the Halifax-born and McGill-educated lawyer James Creighton derived
most of the "Montreal Rules" for the ice version
James Creighton organized the first "modern" game of ice hockey on - CORRECT ANSWER -
March 3rd, 1875 (between two teams from McGill University.)
James Creighton organized the first "modern" game of ice hockey (indoors) at - CORRECT
ANSWER -Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink. Creighton later published the "official rules" in the
Montreal Gazette in 1877.
Rules of the game were incredibly important and reflected the need to organize sports. In this
way, hockey became - CORRECT ANSWER -institutionalized (Standardized) (as Gruneau and
Whitson (1993) described: "a way of doing things" (p.34))
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
The national game has reflected prevailing Canadian attitudes toward many issues including: -
CORRECT ANSWER -national identity;
societal norms and values;
war and militarism;
manliness and femininity;
professionalism and amateurism;
class and race;
memory and mythmaking.
Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Policy": - CORRECT ANSWER -High protective tariffs;
Settling the west;
A national railway to unite the new country.
Modernization/Urbanization/Industrialization: - CORRECT ANSWER -The railroad connects
people and businesses;
Industrialization causes urbanization.
In 1867, 80% of Canadians live on farms, in hamlets or small villages. How many Canadians lived
in urban centres in 1914? - CORRECT ANSWER -50%: a 30% decrease since 1867
How did Hockey reflect the scientific age? - CORRECT ANSWER -Old folk games were associated
with old traditions, superstitions and religion. New modern games, such as hockey, reflected the
scientific age and had to be organized and "orderly".
, There were a great many folk games being played in Canada and the British Isles that resembled
ice hockey. These sports included: - CORRECT ANSWER -Ricket: popular in Halifax which used a
cricket ball on ice.
Shinty: from the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks (If you've seen the Disney
movie Brave, this is the game that Merida is playing at the beginning of the movie).
Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks.
Bandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside.
There were also several modern games that hockey borrowed from as it became modernized.
These games include: - CORRECT ANSWER -Rugby: from which hockey borrowed the "on-side"
format and physical contact
Cricket: from which hockey took some of the equipment, including the ball (before the puck)
and later, the wicket-keeper's pads for the gaoler
Lacrosse: the First Nations' game which hockey borrowed the 7-man aside approach and the
"bully-off" to commence play
Field Hockey: from which the Halifax-born and McGill-educated lawyer James Creighton derived
most of the "Montreal Rules" for the ice version
James Creighton organized the first "modern" game of ice hockey on - CORRECT ANSWER -
March 3rd, 1875 (between two teams from McGill University.)
James Creighton organized the first "modern" game of ice hockey (indoors) at - CORRECT
ANSWER -Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink. Creighton later published the "official rules" in the
Montreal Gazette in 1877.
Rules of the game were incredibly important and reflected the need to organize sports. In this
way, hockey became - CORRECT ANSWER -institutionalized (Standardized) (as Gruneau and
Whitson (1993) described: "a way of doing things" (p.34))
