ALBERTA SOCIAL 20-1 EXAMINATION TEST
2026 COMPREHENSIVE Q&A STUDY GUIDE
◉[Referenda]. Answer: Plural of referendum; direct vote by the
public on a political issue.
◉[Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples]. Answer: Canadian
inquiry addressing Indigenous issues.
◉[Self-Determination]. Answer: Right of a group to determine its
own political status.
◉[Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism]. Answer:
Canadian inquiry on official languages and cultural diversity.
◉[Official Languages Act]. Answer: Canadian law recognizing
English and French as official languages.
◉[Bill 101]. Answer: Quebec law promoting French as the official
language.
,◉[Western Alienation]. Answer: Perceived disconnection of Western
Canada from the federal government.
◉[National Energy Programme (NEP)]. Answer: Canadian policy
addressing energy issues, fixing a Canadian cost to the detriment of
the Albertan Oil Industry during Pierre Trudeau's government.
◉[Cultural Pluralism]. Answer: Acceptance of diverse cultural
identities within a society.
◉[Appeasement]. Answer: Diplomatic strategy to avoid conflict by
making concessions.
◉[Lebensraum]. Answer: Nazi ideology of territorial expansion for
German living space.
◉[National Interests]. Answer: State's objectives in international
relations.
◉[Franz Ferdinand]. Answer: Archduke whose assassination
triggered WWI.
◉[Triple Alliance]. Answer: Pre-WWI alliance of Germany, Austria-
Hungary, and Italy.
, ◉[Triple Entente]. Answer: Pre-WWI alliance of France, Russia, and
the UK.
◉[Vimy Ridge]. Answer: WWI battle significant for Canadian
identity.
◉[Arms Race]. Answer: Pre-WWI competition in military buildup.
◉[Genocide]. Answer: Systematic elimination of a particular ethnic
or social group.
◉[League of Nations]. Answer: Interwar international organization
to prevent conflict.
◉[Treaty of Versailles]. Answer: WWI peace treaty imposing
conditions on Germany.
◉[Ottoman Empire]. Answer: Dissolved empire, post-WWI.
◉[Armenian Genocide]. Answer: Systematic mass killing of
Armenians during WWI.
2026 COMPREHENSIVE Q&A STUDY GUIDE
◉[Referenda]. Answer: Plural of referendum; direct vote by the
public on a political issue.
◉[Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples]. Answer: Canadian
inquiry addressing Indigenous issues.
◉[Self-Determination]. Answer: Right of a group to determine its
own political status.
◉[Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism]. Answer:
Canadian inquiry on official languages and cultural diversity.
◉[Official Languages Act]. Answer: Canadian law recognizing
English and French as official languages.
◉[Bill 101]. Answer: Quebec law promoting French as the official
language.
,◉[Western Alienation]. Answer: Perceived disconnection of Western
Canada from the federal government.
◉[National Energy Programme (NEP)]. Answer: Canadian policy
addressing energy issues, fixing a Canadian cost to the detriment of
the Albertan Oil Industry during Pierre Trudeau's government.
◉[Cultural Pluralism]. Answer: Acceptance of diverse cultural
identities within a society.
◉[Appeasement]. Answer: Diplomatic strategy to avoid conflict by
making concessions.
◉[Lebensraum]. Answer: Nazi ideology of territorial expansion for
German living space.
◉[National Interests]. Answer: State's objectives in international
relations.
◉[Franz Ferdinand]. Answer: Archduke whose assassination
triggered WWI.
◉[Triple Alliance]. Answer: Pre-WWI alliance of Germany, Austria-
Hungary, and Italy.
, ◉[Triple Entente]. Answer: Pre-WWI alliance of France, Russia, and
the UK.
◉[Vimy Ridge]. Answer: WWI battle significant for Canadian
identity.
◉[Arms Race]. Answer: Pre-WWI competition in military buildup.
◉[Genocide]. Answer: Systematic elimination of a particular ethnic
or social group.
◉[League of Nations]. Answer: Interwar international organization
to prevent conflict.
◉[Treaty of Versailles]. Answer: WWI peace treaty imposing
conditions on Germany.
◉[Ottoman Empire]. Answer: Dissolved empire, post-WWI.
◉[Armenian Genocide]. Answer: Systematic mass killing of
Armenians during WWI.
