1. Who governs Canada on daily basis at the federal level?
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Prime Minister
Premier
The Queen
Governor General
2. Who is Canada's Head of State?
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A hereditary Sovereign (Queen or King).
Prime Minister
Members of parliament
Governor General of Canada.
3. Jacques Cartier was the first European to explore which great Canadian river?
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Grand River
Red River
St. Lawrence River
Hillsborough River
4. What are the regions of Canada?
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West Coast, Central, East, Canadian Shield and South
Atlantic, North, Central, Prairies and West Coast
West, North, South, East, Central
Rockies, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies
5. Who invented the snowmobile?
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Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Sandford Fleming
6. What does - official language rights and minority language educational rights - mean?
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French and English have equal status in Parliament and throughout the government.
French is more important in Quebec and English is more important in other provinces.
All languages have equal status in Canada's government.
English is more important than French in Canada.
7. Which group of people was important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
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French
Métis
Chinese
English
8. Which of the following not a Canadian Invention?
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Basketball
Refrigerator
Insulin
Telephone
9. Which year is associated by many with Québec's "Quiet Revolution," a period of social, political and cultural change.
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1840
1960
1980
1970
10. Which Canadian imagined the idea for the first telephone at his summer house in Canada?
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Thomas Edison
Mathew Evans
Henry Woodward
Alexander Graham Bell
11. Nova Scotian and Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey is a descendant of a group of escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin. What is the name of this group who fled to Canada from America in the 1780s?
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Underground Railroad Conductors
Black Loyalists
Young Canadians for Freedom
None of the above
12. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election?
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The best speaker running the election campaign.
Someone to become the Premier of the province.
A candidate whom they want to represent them in Parliament
All candidates in their electoral district.
13. Name the five Great lakes between Canada and United States.
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Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario and Lake Superior
Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe
Lake Erie, Hudson's Bay, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario and Lake Superior
Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Niagara, Lake Ontario and Lake Superior
14. Name the three levels of government in Canada.
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Federal, provincial or territorial and state
Federal, provincial or territorial and municipal
Federal, state and municipal
Federal, provincial or territorial and local
15. Nova Scotia was the first British North American colony to practice responsible government.
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True
False
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16. How can a party in power be defeated in Parliament?
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If Canadians do not approve of the laws to be passed.
If a majority of the MPs vote against a major government decision.
If the Premiers vote against major federal government decisions.
If Canadians vote against the party in power.
17. Which province is known as the Land of 100,000 Lakes?
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Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
18. Give an example of how you can participate in Community?
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Mind your own business. Live and Let Live
Keep your property tidy
Have a party
Join a community group
19. Why is the battle of Vimy Ridge important to Canadians?
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It was the last battle of the First World War
It has come to symbolise Canada's coming of age as a nation
It was an important victory in the Boer War
Out of it was formed the Canadian Corps
20. What important trade did the Hudson Bay Company control?
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Fur
Gold
Oil
Medicine