5. What was the head Tax?
Select One:
A tax based on the number of children per family
A discriminatory race-based entry fee to Canada
A discriminatory kind of property tax
A fee charged for riding the railroad
6. What year women got the right to vote in Federal election?
Select One:
1919
1917
1918
1916
7. In the 1960s Quebec experienced rapid change. What is this period called?
Select One:
The French Rebellion
The Quiet Revolution
The People's Revolution
The Riel Rebellion
8. What is the Canadian Constitution?
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The laws which formed the country.
A system of laws and conventions which our country governs itself by.
Municipal and local bylaws.
The laws which govern the Territories in Canada.
9. 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
10. Where do more than half of the people in Canada live?
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Atlantic Canada
Central Canada
Prairies
Coastal Pacific
11. How many Canadians served in the First World War?
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More than 600,000.
About 10,000.
More than 60,000.
About 170,000.
12. What is the Motto of Canada?
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UT INCEPIT FIDELIS SIC PERMANET (
Loyal she began, loyal she remains)
a mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)
Je me souviens (I remember)
Vigilamus pro Te (We Stand on Guard for Thee)
13. Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?
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To look for new mines
To fish and trade with First Nations people
To run away from religious persecution
To build immigration sites for settlers
14. Which two are Great Lakes?
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Huron and Erie
St. Lawrence and Superior
Michigan and Okanagan
Ontario and Okanagan
15. Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada in the Canada-Soviet Summit Series in hockey. In what year was this goal, often referred to as "the goal heard around the world," scored?
Select One:
1972
1967
1983
1980
16. Select the answer that lists the Canadian Symbols.
Select One:
the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, the Parliament Buildings and the beaver
the maple leaf, Basketball and the beaver
the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, Niagra Fall and the beaver
the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf and the beaver
17. What part of the Constitution legally protects basic rights and freedoms of Canadians?
Select One:
The British Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Canadian Charter of Responsibilities.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Canadian Charter of Freedoms.
18. What does equality under the law mean?
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To be protected against any discrimination.
To be discriminated against.
To be the same as anywhere in the world.
To be like anyone else in Canada.
19. How are Senators chosen?
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By the Premiers of all provinces
Appointed by the Prime Minister
Chosen by Prime Minister and appointed by the Governor General of Canada
Appointed by the Queen
20. What level of government passes by-laws?
Select One:
Provincial government
Municipal or local government.
Regional government
Territorial government