5. How is the government formed after an election?
Select One:
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.
6. What year did Canada enact a free trade agreement with the United States?
Select One:
1988
1967
1982
1990
7. What is meant by the equality of women and men?
Select One:
A woman may now become Prime Minister
Men and women are equal under the law
A Women can now vote as a man can
Men and women must both do housework
8. "For here [in Canada], I want the marble to remain the marble; the granite to remain the granite; the oak to remain the oak; and out of these elements, I would build a nation great among the nations of the world." Which Prime Minister of Canada said this?
Select One:
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Richard B. Bennett
Pierre E. Trudeau
9. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of provincial government?
Select One:
Education, health care, natural resources and policing.
National defence, foreign policy, highways and aboriginal affairs.
Education, foreign policy, natural resources and policing.
National defence, health care, citizenship and firefighting.
10. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
Select One:
Louis St. Laurent
Robert Borden
Sir John A. Macdonald
Queen Elizabeth
11. How can you help to protect the environment?
Select One:
Drive a car to go to and come back from work by yourself.
Walking, cycling, taking transit or carpooling wherever possible.
Use electric car instead of gas car.
Do not buy gas at a higher price.
12. What is the capital city of Canada?
Select One:
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Quebec
13. Which party becomes the Official Opposition?
Select One:
The opposition party with the most MPs.
The party picked by the Queen.
The opposition party with the least votes.
The opposition party with the most votes.
14. Which province is Canada's leading wheat producer?
Select One:
New Brunswick.
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
15. 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
16. What are three key facts about Canada's system of government?
Select One:
A kingdom, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
A federal nation, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A socialist country, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
17. How can a party in power be defeated in Parliament?
Select One:
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.
18. What was the first language O Canada was written in ?
Select One:
Inuit & Huron Language (Aboriginal)
French
English
Both English and French
19. What does -mobility rights- mean?
Select One:
Being able to work and move.
Being able to have freedom of speech.
Being able to live and work anywhere in Canada.
Being able to have a job in any provinces.
20. What should you do if you don't receive a voter's card?
Select One:
Call the police
Call your Member of Parliament
Contact Elections Canada or visit their website to ensure your name is on the voter's list
Assume you cannot vote