1. What is written on an election ballot?
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The names of the candidates in your electoral district.
The names of Canadians eligible to vote.
The candidates running for Prime Minister listed.
The results of the election.
2. Select the answer that lists the Canadian Symbols.
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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
3. What is the difference between the role of the Sovereign (Queen) and that of the Prime Minister?
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The Sovereign is Head of State, the Prime Minister oversees provincial policies.
The Sovereign is the guardian of Constitutional freedoms, the Prime Minister selects the Cabinet ministers and is responsible for operations and policy of government.
The Sovereign links Canada to 52 other nations and the Prime Minister is the guardian of Constitutional freedoms.
The Sovereign is the symbol of Canadian sovereignty and the Prime Minister is her aide.
4. What is the name of the Canadian who created worldwide system of standard time zones?
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Sir Sandford Fleming
Reginald Fessenden
Matthew Evans
Henry Woodward
5. Which province has the largest Francophone community in western Canada?
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Manitoba
6. Who was the Group of Seven in modern Canada?
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Seven Canadian soldiers in World War I.
A group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s
A group of Aboriginal peoples.
Seven athletes who won Olympic gold medals.
7. What does a Member of Parliament do?
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He or she liaises with the municipal government.
He or she represents the Queen.
He or she links Canadians to the federal government.
He or she works for the Governor General.
8. Canada has what percentage of the world's forests?
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20 %
10 %
5 %
50 %
9. What is the government of all of Canada called?
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National assembly
Legislature
Council
Federal
10. 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
11. What is the most significant difference between Canadian football and American football?
Select One:
Canadian football uses a bigger ball
Canadian football allows three downs instead of four
Canadian football is played on a bigger field
All of above
12. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer of Grains and Oilseed?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
13. Who is above law according to Canadian Constitution?
Select One:
Judges
Police
No one
Queen and her representatives
14. Who are Anglophones?
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People speaking English as a first language.
English speaking Aboriginal peoples.
British people
People speaking French as a first language
15. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of Canadian citizenship?
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Protecting our environment, buying a house and voting in elections.
Obeying the law, serving on a jury, voting in elections and helping others in the community.
Serving in an army, obeying the law and taking responsibility for oneself and one's family.
Obeying the law, getting a job in the government and serving in Canadian Forces.
16. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of provincial government?
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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.
17. What are the provinces of Central Canada?
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Ontario and Alberta
Ontario and Quebec
Quebec and Alberta
Quebec and Nova Scotia
18. Which province has the most valuable forest industry in Canada?
Select One:
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia.
Quebec
19. Where is the Canadian Shield?
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Ontario
Quebec
Alberta and Ontario and Labrador
Northern Quebec and Ontario and Labrador
20. What is another name given to Great Charter of Freedoms
Select One:
Magnum Carti
Great Charter
Diversity Charter
Magna Carta