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The Canadian Wheat Board and Its Role in Agricultural Trade
  • 1. What was the primary purpose of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)?
A) To import food from other countries
B) To regulate all agricultural products
C) To market and sell wheat and barley
D) To provide loans to farmers
  • 2. In what year was the Canadian Wheat Board established?
A) 1920
B) 1935
C) 1945
D) 1960
  • 3. Who appointed the members of the Canadian Wheat Board?
A) Provincial governments
B) The federal government
C) The wheat farmers themselves
D) The Canadian farmers' union
  • 4. What was the CWB's primary source of revenue?
A) Taxpayer funding
B) Foreign investments
C) Government grants
D) The sale of wheat and barley
  • 5. When was the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on marketing Western wheat and barley dismantled?
A) 2000
B) 2015
C) 2012
D) 2005
  • 6. Which crops were primarily managed by the Canadian Wheat Board?
A) Canola and pulses
B) Wheat and barley
C) Rice and oats
D) Corn and soybeans
  • 7. In terms of exports, which country was a significant market for Canadian wheat?
A) Brazil
B) Australia
C) Russia
D) The United States
  • 8. What did the CWB do to help stabilize farm incomes?
A) Offered pooling of grain sales
B) Provided insurance for crops
C) Guaranteed minimum prices
D) Subsidized production costs
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