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1. Who was the first explorer to reach Canada in 1497?


Select One:
 Jacques Cartier
 Henry Hudson
 John Cabot
 Samuel de Champlain

2. Where do more than half of the people in Canada live?


Select One:
 Atlantic Canada
 Central Canada
 Prairies
 Coastal Pacific

3. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?


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 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 Québec, Quebec
 Ottawa, Ontario
 Halifax, Nova Scotia

4. What do you mark on a federal election ballot?


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 The candidate's name
 The party's name
 An X
 The number for the candidate

5. Where are the Parliament Buildings located?


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 Ottawa
 Toronto
 Montreal
 Quebec City

6. Which party becomes Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition?


Select One:
 The party the Queen selects
 The party with the second most elected representatives.
 The party with the fewest number of elected representatives
 The party that Queen's representative selects

7. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?


Select One:
 Louis St. Laurent
 Robert Borden
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 Queen Elizabeth

8. Which group of people was important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?


Select One:
 French
 Métis
 Chinese
 English

9. In what year did the Iroquois and the French finally make peace?


Select One:
 1701
 1900
 1804
 1943

10. Which two are Great Lakes?


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 Huron and Erie
 St. Lawrence and Superior
 Michigan and Okanagan
 Ontario and Okanagan

11. How is a Cabinet Minister chosen ?


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 By the Queen
 By the Governor General
 By the voters
 By the Prime Minister

12. Ms X immigrated to Canada and She can work and earn as much money as a man would. Why is that?


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 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. For how long did the Hudson Bay Company control the northern lands?


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 Around 100 years.
 Around 200 years.
 More than 300 years
 More than 178 years.

14. Who are the Métis?


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 The distinct aboriginal people of Atlantic Canada
 First Nations people speaking the Michif dialect
 People of mixed Inuit/First Nations ancestry most of whom live in Prairies
 Distinct People of mixed Aboriginal and European Ancestry

15. Fill in the blank: Canada is ____________ Constitutional monarchy in North America.


Select One:
 First
 Last
 Only
 Not

16. What is known as the effort by women to achieve the right to vote?


Select One:
 The suffrage motion of women
 The election law
 The women's suffrage movement.
 The women's voting law

17. How is the government formed after an election?


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 The Premiers of each province vote for the party to be in power.
 The party with the most elected representatives becomes in power.
 The Queen selects a party to form the government.
 The Governor General proposes a plan to form the government.

18. Give an example of how you can participate in Community?


Select One:
 Mind your own business. Live and Let Live
 Keep your property tidy
 Have a party
 Join a community group

19. What unique art form was developed by First Nations people on the West Coast?


Select One:
 Paintings
 Totem poles
 Kayaks
 Sculptures

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.

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