1. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer and exporter of maple syrup?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
2. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologize in the House of Commons for the Chinese Head Tax that was imposed on Chinese newcomers in 1885?
Select One:
2005
2000
2006
2007
3. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of federal government?
Select One:
National defence, foreign policy, international trade and aboriginal affairs.
Education, foreign policy, recycling programs and aboriginal affairs.
Highways, policing, international trade and criminal justice.
National defence, health care, international trade and aboriginal affairs.
4. What was the first province in Canada to recognize Women right to vote ?
Select One:
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec
British Columbia
5. What does the National Register of electors contain?
Select One:
Database of landed immigrants
Database of Canadian citizens at least 18 years of age who are qualified to vote in federal elections and referendums
Database of all Canadian citizens
Database of Canadian tax payers
6. What is the name of the highest mountain in Canada?
Select One:
Rocky Mountains
Mount Logan
Blackcomb Mountain
Yoho Mountain
7. "O Canada" was sung for over a century before becoming Canada's national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?
Select One:
1980
1958
1920
1899
8. In which type of industry did most early European settlers work?
Select One:
Farming
Fur trading
Mining
Forestry
9. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
Select One:
Louis St. Laurent
Robert Borden
Sir John A. Macdonald
Queen Elizabeth
10. Under Canadian law, why is everybody presumed to be innocent until proven guilty?
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No person or group is above the law
To guarantee the due process under the law
Men and women are equal under the law
Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression
11. What was the first language O Canada was written in ?
Select One:
Inuit & Huron Language (Aboriginal)
French
English
Both English and French
12. What is Canada's system of governance?
Select One:
Police state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Federal state, Provincial state and constitutional monarchy
Federal state, parliamentary democracy and dictatorship
Federal state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
13. What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?
Select One:
Kingston
Alberton
Charlottetown
Cornwall
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. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of local government?
Select One:
Education, foreign policy and transportation
Health care, natural resources and transportation
National defence, health care and transportation
Social and community Health, snow removal and transportation.
16. Who are the Aboriginal people of Canada?
Select One:
The descendents of first Australian Immigrants
The first European settlers to arrive in Canada
The first people to live in Canada
The first settlers of Newfoundland
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?
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Bison
Jerk Meat
Pemmican
Bannock
18. How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?
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Ten provinces and three territories.
Eight provinces and three territories.
Nine provinces and two territory.
Ten provinces and two territories.
19. How does a bill become a law?
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Must be approved by the Members of the Parliament.
Must be approved by a majority in the House of Commons and Senate, and received royal assent.
Must be signed by the Queen or King.
The Governors of each province must approve the bill.
20. Which province is Canada's leading wheat producer?
Select One:
New Brunswick.
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta