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