5. How many Canadians served in the World War II?
Select One:
More than one million.
About 100,000.
About 800,000.
About 440,000
6. What does Confederation mean?
Select One:
The combination of neighborhood to build a larger community.
The joining of provinces to become a new country.
The United States Confederate army came to settle in Canada.
The merger of colonies to form a province.
7. What is a major river in Quebec?
Select One:
St. Lawrence River
Fraser River
Hudson Bay River
Amazon River
8. Select four rights "Canadian Citizens" have under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
Select One:
Leave Canada freely, apply for a Canadian passport, be educated
Work in Canada, vote, educated, drive
Be educated in either official language, apply for a Canadian passport, to drive, exit Canada
Be educated in either official language, apply for a passport,vote,enter/exit Canada freely
9. 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.
10. What year was Confederation?
Select One:
1871
1870
1898
1867
11. What are the parties that are not in power called?
Select One:
Opposition Parties.
Without power Parties
Out of Power Parties
Side Parties
12. 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.
13. Which province is on the Pacific coast of Canada?
Select One:
Nova Scotia.
Yukon
British Columbia
Quebec
14. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer and exporter of maple syrup?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
15. What is the role of the Opposition parties?
Select One:
To draft bills to be passed.
To cause problems for the Prime Minister.
To oppose or try to improve government proposals.
To help the Prime Minister.
16. What did the Suffrage movement achieve?
Select One:
Abolished slavery in Canada
Women achieved the right to vote
Introduction of employment insurance
Quebec experienced an era of rapid change
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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.
20. Who was Louis Riel?
Select One:
The Prime Minister of Canada during World War I
A winner of the Victoria Cross
A Metis leader and the Father of Manitoba
A Mounted Policeman and soldier of the Queen