5. When does a federal election have to be held under legislation passed by Parliament?
Select One:
Within 4 years of the most recent election.
When the Queen wants to replace the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister can call the election any time at his own will
Within 5 years of the last election
6. Which province is Canada's major producer of oil and gas?
Select One:
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Yukon
7. What does the word "Inuit" mean?
Select One:
"Eskimo" in Inuktitut language
"The Arctic Land" in Inuktitut language
"Home" in English
"The people" in the Inuktitut language
8. What are the provinces of Central Canada?
Select One:
Ontario and Alberta
Ontario and Quebec
Quebec and Alberta
Quebec and Nova Scotia
9. What are the three group of nations that are considered founding peoples for Canada ?
Select One:
Metis, British, French
Metis, Americans, British
French, British, Aboriginals
Aboriginals, Americans, British
10. What year women got rights to vote in Manitoba ?
Select One:
1984
1916
1918
1922
11. What important trade did the Hudson Bay Company control?
Select One:
Fur
Gold
Oil
Medicine
12. Ms X immigrated to Canada and She can work and earn as much money as a man would. Why is that?
Select One:
Because her degree is acceptable here in Canada
Because of acceptance of diversity
Because of Freedom of Speech
Because of equality between sexes (Equal rights of Man and Woman)
13. Which three legal rights are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Select One:
Mobility rights, official language rights and Aboriginal peoples' rights.
Freedom of expression, right to buy a property and right to a fair trial.
Right to have a job, to live and work anywhere in Canada and right to life.
Right to become a Prime Minister, freedom of life and freedom of voting.
14. When is Canada Day?
Select One:
July 1st every year
The second Monday of July.
September 6th of each year.
The third Monday of May.
15. What was the significance of June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy?
Select One:
Canadians made a significant contribution to the defeat of Nazism and Fascism during WWII
It resulted in the forcible relocation of Canadians of Japanese origin
It liberated North Africa from Nazi occupation
It led to the establishment of the Juno Award
16. Who are Anglophones?
Select One:
People speaking English as a first language.
English speaking Aboriginal peoples.
British people
People speaking French as a first language
17. Which three oceans line Canada's frontiers?
Select One:
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
Atlantic, Pacific, Bering
Atlantic, Hudson's Bay, Pacific
Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctic
18. What battle can be described as the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?
Select One:
Battle of the Pacific
Battle of the Caribbean Sea
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Arctic
19. What are the provinces of the Atlantic region?
Select One:
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.
20. From whom are the Acadians descended?
Select One:
French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime Provinces in 1604.
Métis and Inuit.
First Nations who began settling in what are now the Prairie Provinces in 1600s.
British colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime Provinces in 1604.