5. On June 6, 1944, in a bid to roll back the Nazi regime, 15,000 Canadian soldiers stormed which Normandy beach on a day otherwise known as D-Day?
Select One:
Juno Beach
Jupiter Beach
C?te d'Azur Beach
Miami Beach
6. To what ocean is Newfoundland closest?
Select One:
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
Labrador Sea
7. What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
Select One:
Highway
Roads
Waterways
Railway
8. Where do most French speaking Canadians live?
Select One:
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Quebec
None of above
9. What is a “party platform”?
Select One:
Place where the party headquarter exists
the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government
policies developed by the leaders of each party
Place where party was officially started
10. Which is the capital city of Alberta?
Select One:
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
11. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?
Select One:
Late 1600s.
Late 1700s.
Late 1800s.
Early 1700s.
12. Which of following sports are official in Canada?
Select One:
Basketball and curling
Hockey and basketball
Soccer and curling
Hockey and Lacrosse
13. What is a major river in Quebec?
Select One:
St. Lawrence River
Fraser River
Hudson Bay River
Amazon River
14. Where did the name Alberta came from ?
Select One:
Comes from the Huron-Iroquois language
Named after a French Leader
Named after a daughter of Queen Victoria
Was proposed when it officially became a province in 1905
15. Who was the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas in 1849?
Select One:
Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
Sir John A Macdonald
Louis Riel
Robert Baldwin
16. 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
17. 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.
18. 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
19. What is the Canada Health Act?
Select One:
Ensures availability of drugs
Ensures availability of Doctors and Nurses
Ensures common elements and a basic standard of coverage
Ensures availability of doctors, Drug and Nurses to Canadians
20. 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.