5. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of provincial government?
Select One:
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.
6. Who is credited with establishing the first permanent European settlement in what became Canada?
Select One:
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
7. Who has the right to be considered first for a job in the Federal government?
Select One:
Landed immigrants
Canadian citizens.
British citizens
USA citizens
8. Where are the Great Lakes?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
Southern Ontario along the border between Canada and the United States.
Near Niagara Falls
9. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer and exporter of maple syrup?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
10. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer of Grains and Oilseed?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
11. When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?
Select One:
Early 1700s.
Early 1800s.
1890s.
1790s.
12. Which region is known as the industrial and manufacturing heartland of Canada?
Select One:
Prairie provinces
Central Canada
Atlantic provinces
Southern Canada.
13. Who are Francophone?
Select One:
People speaking French as a first language.
Descendants of French colonists
People speaking English as a first language
French people.
14. What is the difference between the role of the Sovereign (Queen) and that of the Prime Minister?
Select One:
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.
15. 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
16. What are three key facts about Canada's system of government?
Select One:
A kingdom, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
A federal nation, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A socialist country, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
17. 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
18. What does crown mean for Canadians?
Select One:
The Crown contain symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland as well as red maple leaves
The Crown is a symbol of Government, including Parliament, legislatures, courts, police services and the armed forces
A national motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, which in Latin means from sea to sea
Reflecting the Greco-Roman heritage of Western civilization in which democracy originated
19. This historic Canadian figure is known as the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada and is also featured on the Canadian $10 bill.
Select One:
Sir Robert Borden
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir Trudeau
William Lyon Mackenzie King
20. 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