1. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of provincial government?
Select One:
Education, health care, natural resources and policing.
National defence, foreign policy, highways and aboriginal affairs.
Education, foreign policy, natural resources and policing.
National defence, health care, citizenship and firefighting.
2. What are the three branches of the Canadian government?
Select One:
Executive, Legislative and Judicial
Executive, Legislative and Monarchy
Executive, Senate and Judicial
Executive, Police and Judicial
3. Who do Members of Parliament represent?
Select One:
People living in the city in which he/she was elected.
All of the Canadians living in his/her province.
Everyone who lives in his or her electoral district.
Only Canadians living in Central Canada.
4. What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?
Select One:
Kingston
Alberton
Charlottetown
Cornwall
5. Which of the following is NOT and official Symbol of Canada recognized by Federal goverment?
Select One:
The Beaver
The Moose
The Maple Tree
The Canada Coats of Arms
6. Which province has the largest Francophone community in western Canada?
Select One:
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Manitoba
7. How is the Prime Minister chosen?
Select One:
The leader of the party with the most elected Members of Parliament.
The Queen appoints the Prime Minister.
The Governor General appoints the Prime Minister.
The Members of Parliament vote for the Prime Minister.
8. What are the regions of Canada?
Select One:
West Coast, Central, East, Canadian Shield and South
Atlantic, North, Central, Prairies and West Coast
West, North, South, East, Central
Rockies, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies
9. What is a Cabinet Minister?
Select One:
MP selected by the Queen to make laws.
MP appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
MP picked by the Premier of each province.
Persons appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
10. One third of all Canadians live in which province?
Select One:
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Northwest Territories
11. What is Canada's national winter sport ?
Select One:
Ice Hockey
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Figure skating
12. Which city provides important shipping and air links across the Pacific Ocean?
Select One:
Vancouver
Edmonton
Victoria
Calgary
13. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer and exporter of maple syrup?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
14. In what sorts of jobs do most Canadians work?
Select One:
Natural resources
Auto Industry
Farming
Service
15. How is a Cabinet Minister chosen ?
Select One:
By the Queen
By the Governor General
By the voters
By the Prime Minister
16. Which province is the only officially bilingual province?
Select One:
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Ontario
17. What is the name of the dried meat, made by Plains Indians and M?tis peoples, that became a staple during the fur trade?
Select One:
Bison
Jerk Meat
Pemmican
Bannock
18. What was the name of the new country formed in Confederation?
Select One:
Canadian Confederation
Dominion of Canada
Britain
Canada
19. During the Second World War, thousands of Canadians were forcibly evacuated from the West Coast of Canada because of their ethnic origin. Who were these Canadians
Select One:
Japanese-Canadians
Black-Canadian
Indians
Chinese-Canadians
20. Les Automatistes of Québec were:
Select One:
A political organisation
Pioneering modern abstract artists
A musical group who raised Quebecers? morale during the Depression
One of largest mechanical engineering companies