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Canada's Regions
Alberta and Lake Louise were named after whom?
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Question 1. Alberta and Lake Louise were named after whom?
- A. A daughter of Queen Victoria
- B. A daughter of King George III
- C. The wife of Lord Strathcona
- D. A French explorer of the 1600s
Answer: A. A daughter of Queen Victoria
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, gave her name to both.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)
Question 2. What is the climate of the Prairie Provinces?
- A. Wet and mild through the whole year
- B. Cool and humid through the whole year
- C. Dry for the most part, with hot summers and cold winters
- D. Hot and rainy through the whole year
Answer: C. Dry for the most part, with hot summers and cold winters
On the Prairies the weather is mainly dry, with hot summers and cold winters.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)
Question 3. With which country did Canada set up NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command?
- A. The United Kingdom
- B. Mexico
- C. France
- D. The United States
Answer: D. The United States
Canada and the United States founded NORAD together.
In Discover Canada: Modern Canada (International Engagement)
Question 4. Who may be a candidate in a federal election?
- A. Any resident of Canada, of any age
- B. Any citizen of Canada aged 18 or older
- C. Only members of a large political party
- D. Only people who own land or a house in Canada
Answer: B. Any citizen of Canada aged 18 or older
Canadian citizens aged 18 or older may run as candidates.
In Discover Canada: Federal Elections
Question 5. Which document first guaranteed Aboriginal territorial rights and set the basis for treaties?
- A. The Royal Proclamation of 1763
- B. The Quebec Act of 1774
- C. The Constitutional Act of 1791
- D. The Official Languages Act of 1969
Answer: A. The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 guaranteed territorial rights and set the basis for treaties with newcomers.
In Discover Canada: Who We Are (Aboriginal Peoples)
Question 6. Where did people first elect an assembly to represent them, in 1758?
- A. Québec City
- B. York, Upper Canada
- C. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- D. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Answer: D. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia elected the first representative assembly, in Halifax, in 1758.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (The Beginnings of Democracy)
Question 7. What was the purpose of the North West Mounted Police, formed by Macdonald in 1873?
- A. To build the railway to the Pacific coast quickly
- B. To fight the American army along the western border
- C. To collect taxes from farmers and ranchers on the Prairies
- D. To bring peace to the West and help in talks with Indians
Answer: D. To bring peace to the West and help in talks with Indians
The NWMP was set up to bring peace to the West and to help in negotiations with First Nations.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Challenge in the West)
Question 8. By the end of the Second World War, how did Canada's navy rank in size?
- A. The biggest navy of all
- B. Tenth-largest in the world
- C. Smallest of the Allies
- D. Third-largest in the world
Answer: D. Third-largest in the world
Canada ended the war with the third-largest navy in the world.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (The Second World War)
Question 9. Where was ice hockey developed in the 1800s?
- A. The United States
- B. Russia
- C. Canada
- D. Sweden
Answer: C. Canada
Canada is where ice hockey was developed, in the 1800s.
In Discover Canada: Canadian Symbols (Popular Sports)
Question 10. Corporal Filip Konowal, born in Ukraine, earned the Victoria Cross at which battle?
- A. The Battle of Hill 70 (1917)
- B. The Battle of Vimy Ridge
- C. The Siege of Lucknow
- D. The Battle of Balaclava
Answer: A. The Battle of Hill 70 (1917)
Konowal was brave at Hill 70 in 1917. He was the first Canadian Corps member born outside the Empire to win the V.C.
In Discover Canada: Canadian Symbols (Honours)
Question 11. If you cannot pay for a lawyer, what is available in most communities?
- A. Legal aid services, free or at low cost
- B. A judge who acts as your lawyer
- C. Nothing; you must pay
- D. A police officer who represents you
Answer: A. Legal aid services, free or at low cost
Most communities have legal aid services that are free or low-cost.
In Discover Canada: The Justice System
Question 12. Which northern city is known as North America's diamond capital?
- A. Whitehorse
- B. Yellowknife
- C. Iqaluit
- D. Saskatoon
Answer: B. Yellowknife
Yellowknife, capital of the NWT, has about 20,000 people and is known as the diamond capital of North America.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Northern Territories)
Question 13. True or false. Much of what Canada sells to other countries is natural resources.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A. True
Natural resources have been important through Canada's history, and many exports are still natural resource commodities.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Three Main Types of Industries)
Question 14. In what year did the French and the Iroquois make peace?
- A. 1608
- B. 1701
- C. 1759
- D. 1774
Answer: B. 1701
After about a century of fighting, the French and the Iroquois made peace in 1701.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Royal New France)
Question 15. Who drove the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885?
- A. Sir John A. Macdonald
- B. Sir Sandford Fleming
- C. Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona
- D. Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Answer: C. Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona
Donald Smith, the Scottish-born director of the CPR, drove the last spike on November 7, 1885.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (A Railway from Sea to Sea)
Question 16. Which English document, also called the Great Charter of Freedoms, is the root of Canada's long tradition of freedom under the law?
- A. The British North America Act
- B. The Quebec Act
- C. Magna Carta
- D. The Royal Proclamation
Answer: C. Magna Carta
Magna Carta, the Great Charter of Freedoms, was signed in England. Canada's tradition of ordered liberty goes back to it.
In Discover Canada: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship (Sources of rights and freedoms)
Question 17. Which Nobel Prize-winning scientist came to Canada as a refugee from Nazi Germany?
- A. John Polanyi
- B. Gerhard Herzberg
- C. Michael Smith
- D. Sidney Altman
Answer: B. Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg, a refugee from Nazi Germany, is one of Canada's Nobel Prize winners.
In Discover Canada: Modern Canada (Science and Technology)
Question 18. After a bill passes the House of Commons, what happens next?
- A. It goes straight to the Supreme Court for review
- B. Each of the provinces votes on it
- C. It goes through a similar process in the Senate
- D. It becomes law at once, the same day
Answer: C. It goes through a similar process in the Senate
The Senate considers the bill in a similar way before Royal Assent.
In Discover Canada: How Canadians Govern Themselves (Making Laws)
Question 19. What is a minority government?
- A. A government elected only by minority groups
- B. A government that has no Cabinet ministers
- C. A government chosen by the Senate alone
- D. A government whose party has fewer than half the seats
Answer: D. A government whose party has fewer than half the seats
If the governing party holds less than half the seats, it is a minority government.
In Discover Canada: Federal Elections (After an Election)
Question 20. What drove the fur trade between the French and Aboriginal peoples?
- A. Demand in Europe for beaver pelts
- B. Demand in Europe for gold
- C. Demand in Asia for bison meat
- D. Demand in America for fish
Answer: A. Demand in Europe for beaver pelts
Europeans wanted beaver pelts, so the French and Aboriginal peoples worked together in the fur trade.
In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Royal New France)
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