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The Canadian Museum of Civilization collects:
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Only toys made in Canada
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Only toys from England and France
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Only toys made by Aboriginal people
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Toys made or played with in Canada
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Toys can reveal:
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Evolving technological sophistication
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Conspiracy theories
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Plant biology
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Mitochondrial abnormalities
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Typically, toys that survive more than a century were:
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Very expensive
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Unpopular
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Not exposed to hard play
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Made of stone
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The Canadian Museum of Civilization only collects toys that are:
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Valuable
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Made in Ontario and Quebec
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Relate to a famous person
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None of the above
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What is the primary way that folklorists collect clapping songs and skipping rhymes?
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Through toy catalogues
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Interviews
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At history trade shows and conventions
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From recordings
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Clapping songs are an example of what kind of artifact?
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Ephemeral
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Missing
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Fractured
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Material
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Collections can be examined by:
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Era
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Manufacturer
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Culture
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Type
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All of the above
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The first Canadian toys were made by:
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Americans
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Europeans
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The Haida
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Aboriginal peoples
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What was an ideal time to make handmade toys?
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After supper
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Long winter nights
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Summer
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During migration
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Traditionally, Aboriginal women made dolls from:
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Ivory and cloth
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Wool and iron
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Sinew and ivory
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Bone, stone and prepared animal skins
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Why did the Copper Inuit people clothe their dolls in women’s garb?
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All the dolls were female
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No one wanted to play with a male doll
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Women’s clothing took more skill to make
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Women’s clothing was more fashionable
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How do anthropologists know about how Aboriginal people made and used toys?
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Talking with elders
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Observation
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Material culture
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Traditionally, why were Aboriginal children given miniature cooking pots and weapons?
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So the adults didn’t need to hunt or cook
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To mimic the toys of European children
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To teach adult skills
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To teach fine motor skills
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The Copper Inuit people were studied by:
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Members of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1999
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Members of a British Museum expedition, 1908
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Members of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918
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Members of the Franklin Expedition, 1845
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The toys of pioneer children were usually:
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Store bought
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Ordered from Eaton’s catalogues
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Hand-made and short-lived
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Cheap, less than a penny
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Which one is not a typical pioneer child’s toy?
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Miniature tools
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Cradle
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Cricket bat
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Doll
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Remnants of these pioneer children’s play structures can still be found in farmer’s fields and woods:
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Log cabins
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Doll houses
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Rock foundations of forts
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An early type of jungle gym
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Penny dolls were:
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Made in Germany and England
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A penny each
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Made of wood
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Surviving toys from pioneer children are often made of:
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Metal
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Wool
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Stone
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Wood
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Handmade toys became less common in the late 1800s because:
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Children hoarded them
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Adults had no time to make them
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The children kept losing them on their way to school
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Kids thought they were boring and preferred manufactured toys
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Handmade toys often make a re-appearance when:
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The economy takes a downturn
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Social movements such as “back to the land” emerge
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The manufacturing sector raises prices
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Educators advocate “back to basics” schooling
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Many toys and games:
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Teach manners
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Challenge traditional gender roles
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Elicit aggressive behaviour
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Develop physical and intellectual skills
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The typical construction set is an obvious example of:
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The Post-War building boom
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Western expansion
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Skill-building “extra play value” useful to children in later years
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Gender stereotyping
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Construction sets from the last half-century are usually made from:
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Wood
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Metal
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Plastic
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All of the above
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None of the above
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The Allen Wood Products Co. made wooden toys for:
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Younger children
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Teenagers
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Children in the 1920s
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Tinkertoy
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The Hardwood Specialties Ltd. company is notable because:
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It employed transient workers in the 1930s
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It was located in the Maritimes
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It made mechanized toys
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It made plastic toys
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Which one of these companies did not make metal construction sets?
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Meccano
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Lego
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Canadian Metal Toy Company
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Manual Construction Company
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Victorian-era toy figures were usually made from:
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Clay
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Stone
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Ivory
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Lead
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When was the height of toy figurine popularity?
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1800–1850
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Victorian era
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Victorian era to 1950s
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1940s
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Which famous toy company made replicas of battles and sets of soldiers from virtually every country in the world, including Canada?
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Breslin Industries
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Manoil
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Brittains Toy Company
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British Toy International
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When did Canadian boys find it difficult to get toy soldiers?
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During the swinging ’60s
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During the Depression
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During the Second World War
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During the First World War
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What toy became all the rage after toy soldiers waned in popularity?
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Farm sets
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Airports
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Racing cars
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My Littlest Pet Shop toys
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Today, toy figurines often reflect:
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Music trends
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Manufacturing regulations
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Sports heroes
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Movie and television characters
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Why was there a switch to plastic toy soldiers in the 1950s?
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Metals were too expensive
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Lead was discovered to be toxic
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Both
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Neither
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What is the connection between chemistry kits, miniature pianos and gardening sets?
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They were all banned by the U.S. Congress in the 1950s
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They all contain lead
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They all mimic adult skills
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They were all sold by Reliable Toy Company
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In the 1920s, what replaced toy telegraph kits?
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Toy phones
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Miniature radar kits
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Portable computer games
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Radio Games for Little Folks
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What is the only difference between the Doctor’s Kit and the Nurse’s Kit?
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The stethoscope design
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The packaging and the colour
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The colour and the instruction booklet
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The television advertising campaign
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The 1924 Christmas Eaton’s Toy book suggests:
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Buying everything
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Buy what your parents can afford
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Writing a letter to Santa
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Things for Girls to Do
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What did patterns in the Miss Canada Embroidery Set of 1924 encourage girls to make?
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Dolls’ rompers
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A shirt
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A dress
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An apron for “Mother”
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In Quebec during the early twentieth century, a set of communion vessels encouraged:
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Priests to play
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Boys to play priest
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Boys to play house
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Girls to become priests
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By the time of Confederation, small metal toy industries could be found in:
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Rural centres across the country
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Montréal and Quebec City
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Toronto and Windsor
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Toronto and Montréal
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When was the apex of Canadian toy-making?
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The early 1880s
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The turn of the century
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Second World War
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The 1950s
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What was a common way to indicate a toy was made in Canada?
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Higher price
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No indication
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A maple leaf symbol
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A beaver symbol
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Reliable Toy Company’s Avro “Canuck” jet fighter is a rare example of:
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A Canadian plastic toy
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A Canadian-made toy of the 1970s
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A toy designed and manufactured in Canada with a Canadian theme
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A Canadian-themed toy made in China
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian toy industry collapsed due to:
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Increased production from China
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Increased production from the United States
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Increased production from Japan
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Increased production from the United States and Japan
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What Canadian toy company began in Toronto in the 1920s by making plush toys and small novelties?
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Mattel
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Reliable Toy Company
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Dominion Toy
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Viceroy Manufacturing Company
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During the Second World War, Reliable Toy Company made:
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Tanks and jeeps
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Plastic aircraft
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Plastic convoy sets
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Aircraft ships
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Reliable Toy’s 1948 Sikorsky-type pull-toy is notable because:
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It was the only helicopter pull-toy in the world
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The Royal Canadian Air Force only started to use helicopters the year before
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There were no helicopters in Canada at that time
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Only American-made helicopters were made into toys
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Reliable Toy Company merged with what other Canadian giant?
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Eaton’s
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Dominion Toy
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General Metal
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Viceroy Manufacturing Company
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Early pull-toys manufactured by General Metal Toys of Toronto included:
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A helicopter
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A drum-playing Mickey Mouse
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A Mountie on a horse
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A penguin
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General Metal Toy company is remarkable because:
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It merged with Reliable Toy Company
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It made both wooden and metal toys
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It was the only Canadian manufacturer of lead soldiers
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It was the only Canadian manufacturer of mechanical toys
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Information about Canadian toy production and marketing during the first half of the twentieth century is generally available through the study of:
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Oral interviews of factory workers
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Industry records
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Toy catalogues
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Production machinery
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The most intricate of General Metal’s mechanical toys was a:
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Mountie on a horse
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A Ferris wheel
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A steam locomotive
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A jumping clown
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General Metal’s toys were based on designs from:
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Western Canada
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Quebec
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United States of America
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Japan
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In addition to mechanical toys, General Metal also made:
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Wind chimes
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Window frames
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Telephones
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Construction sets
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Lincoln Toys was based in:
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Victoria, British Columbia
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London, Ontario
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Montréal, Quebec
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Windsor, Ontario
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Lincoln Toys usually made toys from:
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Logs
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Cast iron
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Pressed steel
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Plastic
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Toys are most valuable to museums when:
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They show signs of obvious play
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They are in mint condition, still in their original box
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They are collected from the original owner with all accompanying information, including the oral history
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They are missing pieces
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Viceroy Manufacturing Company originally made toys from:
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Wood
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Pressed steel
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Rubber
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Plastic
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The first Canadian toys were probably made from:
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Soap stone
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Feathers
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Dried grasses
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Wood
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In order of age, from oldest to newest, the most common toy-making materials are:
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Wood, metal, rubber, plastic
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Metal, wood, rubber, wool
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Plastic, metal, chemical compounds
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Rubber, metal, plastic
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As a toy-making material, rubber first made an appearance in:
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1950
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1800
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1750
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1850
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The Auburn Rubber Company switched from making tires to making toys because:
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The owner’s children begged him for inexpensive toys
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The market for tires declined during the 1930s
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Another company started to make tires
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Another company started to make toys
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During the Second World War, rubber toy production ceased because:
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Rubber was needed for the war effort
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Rubber was deemed “un-Canadian”
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Most rubber came from Asia and was unavailable
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The production of metal toys replaced rubber as a cheaper alternative
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Which is not an example of a rubber toy made by Viceroy Manufacturing Company?
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Sports balls
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Bath toys
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Toy cars
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Bouncy castle
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As they age, rubber toys:
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Gain value
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Fade
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Become brittle
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Shrink
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Cast iron was a popular toy-making material during:
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The French Revolution
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The American Revolution
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The Victorian era
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Post-Second World War Baby Boom
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Examples of cast-iron toys include:
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Complex fire engines
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Dolls
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Building set
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Toy soldiers
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A number of cast-iron toys marked “Made in Canada” are:
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Actually made in China
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Similar to German toys
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Similar to toys made by the A.C. Williams Company (U.S.)
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Similar to promotional toy banks made for the Bank of Canada
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Many “Made in Canada” toys are based on:
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Movie characters
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Folk heroes
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Hockey legends
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Defunct American designs
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Wooden toys were more popular during:
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The Great Depression
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The Red River Rebellion
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First and Second World Wars
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The 1950s
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Between 1940 and 1960, the three most productive makers of wooden toys in Canada were:
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Viceroy Manufacturing Company, Noma Toys and Reliable Toy
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Reliable Toy, Toyland and Viceroy Manufacturing Company
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Noma Toys, Toyland and Monarch
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Monarch, Viceroy Manufacturing Company and Reliable Toy