5. What year was Confederation?
Select One:
1871
1870
1898
1867
6. How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?
Select One:
Ten provinces and three territories.
Eight provinces and three territories.
Nine provinces and two territory.
Ten provinces and two territories.
7. Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?
Select One:
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
8. Name the three levels of government in Canada.
Select One:
Federal, provincial or territorial and state
Federal, provincial or territorial and municipal
Federal, state and municipal
Federal, provincial or territorial and local
9. What is a minority government?
Select One:
The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the Senate.
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate.
10. What is the head of government in Canada called?
Select One:
President
Prime Minister or Premier
Senator
Governor General
11. What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
Select One:
Highway
Roads
Waterways
Railway
12. Select four rights "Canadian Citizens" have under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
Select One:
Leave Canada freely, apply for a Canadian passport, be educated
Work in Canada, vote, educated, drive
Be educated in either official language, apply for a Canadian passport, to drive, exit Canada
Be educated in either official language, apply for a passport,vote,enter/exit Canada freely
13. The Liberation of Western Europe from Nazi rule began in 1944 on:
Select One:
VE-Day
VJ-Day
D-Day
Remembrance Day
14. What is the final step before a bill becomes a law?
Select One:
Approved by the Governor General.
Approved by the Queen.
Approved by all the Senators.
Approved by the Governors.
15. 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.
16. Which biennial sports event that began in 1970 features such sports as snowshoeing and dog sledding, as well as athletes from northern communities like the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland and several northern Russian provinces?
Select One:
Arctic Cup
Northern Winter Olympics
Arctic Winter Games
Northern Games
17. What is the most popular spectator sport of Canada?
Select One:
Soccer
Cricket
Football
Hockey
18. More than half of Canada's aeronautics and space industry are located in which province?
Select One:
Ontario
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
19. In the 1960s Quebec experienced rapid change. What is this period called?
Select One:
The French Rebellion
The Quiet Revolution
The People's Revolution
The Riel Rebellion
20. What does equality under the law mean?
Select One:
To be protected against any discrimination.
To be discriminated against.
To be the same as anywhere in the world.
To be like anyone else in Canada.