5. How is a Cabinet Minister chosen ?
Select One:
By the Queen
By the Governor General
By the voters
By the Prime Minister
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. What battle can be described as the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?
Select One:
Battle of the Pacific
Battle of the Caribbean Sea
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Arctic
8. Which province is Canada's leading wheat producer?
Select One:
New Brunswick.
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
9. Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?
Select One:
Inuit
First Nations
Métis
Acadians and Inuit
10. What are the three branches of the Canadian government?
Select One:
Executive, Legislative and Judicial
Executive, Legislative and Monarchy
Executive, Senate and Judicial
Executive, Police and Judicial
11. Which year is associated by many with Québec's "Quiet Revolution," a period of social, political and cultural change.
Select One:
1840
1960
1980
1970
12. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?
Select One:
Late 1600s.
Late 1700s.
Late 1800s.
Early 1700s.
13. What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?
Select One:
New Glasgow
Halifax
Cape Breton
Amherst
14. Canada's national colours are:
Select One:
Red and white and blue
Red and White
Red and Blue
White and Blue
15. Name the battle which United States lost near Niagara Falls, in the War of 1812. Hint: Sir Isaac Brock, Governor of Upper Canada and Commander-in-Chief, was killed in the battle.
Select One:
Plains of Abraham
Niagara Falls
Queenston Heights
Independence
16. How does a bill become a law?
Select One:
Must be approved by the Members of the Parliament.
Must be approved by a majority in the House of Commons and Senate, and received royal assent.
Must be signed by the Queen or King.
The Governors of each province must approve the bill.
17. What did the government do to make immigration to western Canada much easier?
Select One:
Completed the Trans Canada Railway.
Completed the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Offered land at very low cost.
Completed the St. Lawrence Waterway.
18. Which famous Canadian composed the Canadian national anthem?
Select One:
Céline Dion
Bryan Adams
Gordon Lightfoot
Calixa Lavall&eactue;e
19. During the Second World War, thousands of Canadians were forcibly evacuated from the West Coast of Canada because of their ethnic origin. Who were these Canadians
Select One:
Japanese-Canadians
Black-Canadian
Indians
Chinese-Canadians
20. In which year Aboriginal people were given the name 'First Nation'?
Select One:
1980s
1970s
2000
1820s