5. How old is the Canadian Shield?
Select One:
More than 2.0 Billion years
More than 3.96 Billion years
More than 6.0 Billion years
More than 5.03 Billion years
6. How can you contact your Member of Parliament?
Select One:
Write a letter to the House of Commons.
Write a letter to the Premier of your province.
Write a letter to the Prime Minister.
Call the office of the party in power.
7. In 1980, Terry Fox began a cross-country run, the "Marathon of Hope", to raise money for what cause?
Select One:
Diabetic Research
Cancer research
Heart disease
AIDS
8. What is a ballot?
Select One:
A form that tells you when and where to vote.
A dance.
A form for voting.
An official who counts the number of votes.
9. 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
10. What is the highest court in Canada?
Select One:
Supreme Court
Federal Judiciary
Superior Court
High Court
11. Name the battle which United States lost near Niagara Falls, in the War of 1812. Hint: Sir Isaac Brock, Governor of Upper Canada and Commander-in-Chief, was killed in the battle.
Select One:
Plains of Abraham
Niagara Falls
Queenston Heights
Independence
12. 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
13. 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?
Select One:
Underground Railroad Conductors
Black Loyalists
Young Canadians for Freedom
None of the above
14. For how long did the Hudson Bay Company control the northern lands?
Select One:
Around 100 years.
Around 200 years.
More than 300 years
More than 178 years.
15. Name the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons and their leaders
Select One:
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu), Green Party (Elizabeth May)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Green Party (Elizabeth May), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Green Party (Elizabeth May)
16. For what is the Okanagan Valley famous?
Select One:
Salmon
Fruit orchards & vineyards
Country Life
Grapes
17. What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?
Select One:
Early French settlers, Métis and Indian.
Métis, First Nations and Inuit.
Acadians, Métis and First Nations.
Métis, Inuit and United Empire Loyalists.
18. Which province is the only officially bilingual province?
Select One:
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Ontario
19. What is the capital city of Quebec?
Select One:
Gatineau
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
20. Who do Members of Parliament represent?
Select One:
People living in the city in which he/she was elected.
All of the Canadians living in his/her province.
Everyone who lives in his or her electoral district.
Only Canadians living in Central Canada.