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