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1. In 1970, there was a major change to the Canadian federal election voting system. What was that change?


Select One:
 Women gained the right to vote
 Personal identification became a necessity to vote
 The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18
 Voting rights were extended to all inmates


2. What is the head of government in Canada called?


Select One:
 President
 Prime Minister or Premier
 Senator
 Governor General


3. Fill in the blank: Canada is ____________ Constitutional monarchy in North America.


Select One:
 First
 Last
 Only
 Not


4. What is the final step before a bill becomes a law?


Select One:
 Approved by the Governor General.
 Approved by the Queen.
 Approved by all the Senators.
 Approved by the Governors.


5. What is a Voter Information Card?


Select One:
 A form that tells you where and when to vote.
 A letter that lets you know the voting schedule.
 A list tells you who the candidates are in your electoral district.
 A card to let you register for voting.


6. Why is the discovery of insulin by Canadians so important?


Select One:
 Helps control abnormal heart beat
 Saves the lives of people with heart disorder
 Insulin treats diabetes which has saved millions of lives worldwide
 Eliminated polio in the World


7. 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.


8. Which famous Canadian composed the Canadian national anthem?


Select One:
 Céline Dion
 Bryan Adams
 Gordon Lightfoot
 Calixa Lavall&eactue;e


9. Who is considered the Father of Manitoba ?


Select One:
 Louis Riel
 Gabriel Dumont
 John A. Macdonald
 William McDougall


10. In what year did the Iroquois and the French finally make peace?


Select One:
 1701
 1900
 1804
 1943


11. Nova Scotia was the first British North American colony to practice responsible government.


Select One:
 True
 False
 ..
 ..


12. What year Indigenous people got rights to vote in Canada on Federal Level?


Select One:
 1960
 1916
 1918
 1922


13. Why is the North sometimes called the - Land of the Midnight Sun- ?


Select One:
 Fall daylight can last up to 24 hours.
 Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours
 Winter daylight can last up to 24 hours
 Spring daylight can last up to 24 hours


14. From where does the name Canada come?


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 From Kanata, the First Nations word for village.
 From the Inuit word meaning home.
 From the First Nations word meaning land.
 From the Inuit word Kanata meaning nations.


15. Why is the battle of Vimy Ridge important to Canadians?


Select One:
 It was the last battle of the First World War
 It has come to symbolise Canada's coming of age as a nation
 It was an important victory in the Boer War
 Out of it was formed the Canadian Corps


16. 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


17. Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?


Select One:
 Inuit
 First Nations
 Métis
 Acadians and Inuit


18. What unique art form was developed by First Nations people on the West Coast?


Select One:
 Paintings
 Totem poles
 Kayaks
 Sculptures


19. The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway in the world.


Select One:
 TRUE
 FALSE
 -
 -


20. 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


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