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1. What is the name of the Canadian who created worldwide system of standard time zones?


Select One:
 Sir Sandford Fleming
 Reginald Fessenden
 Matthew Evans
 Henry Woodward


2. What is a minority government?


Select One:
 The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the Senate.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate.


3. What is a Cabinet Minister?


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 MP selected by the Queen to make laws.
 MP appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
 MP picked by the Premier of each province.
 Persons appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.


4. What are the regions of Canada?


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 West Coast, Central, East, Canadian Shield and South
 Atlantic, North, Central, Prairies and West Coast
 West, North, South, East, Central
 Rockies, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies


5. 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


6. What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?


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 To remember our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
 To celebrate Confederation.
 To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.
 To honour prime ministers who have died.


7. Who is considered the Father of Manitoba ?


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


8. What are three key facts about Canada's system of government?


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 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.


9. Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?


Select One:
 The eagle
 The lion
 The tiger
 The beaver


10. Which party becomes the Official Opposition?


Select One:
 The opposition party with the most MPs.
 The party picked by the Queen.
 The opposition party with the least votes.
 The opposition party with the most votes.


11. Which Province of Canada was once known as "breadbasket of the world"?


Select One:
 British Columbia
 Nova Scotia
 Ontario
 Saskatchewan


12. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election?


Select One:
 The best speaker running the election campaign.
 Someone to become the Premier of the province.
 A candidate whom they want to represent them in Parliament
 All candidates in their electoral district.


13. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?


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 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 Québec, Quebec
 Ottawa, Ontario
 Halifax, Nova Scotia


14. 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


15. Which province is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world?


Select One:
 Saskatchewan
 Manitoba
 Ontario
 Alberta


16. What is the capital city of Nunavut?


Select One:
 Cambridge Bay
 Arviat
 Iqaluit
 Arctic Bay


17. What are the two official languages of Canada?


Select One:
 English and French
 English and Chinese
 Inuit and French
 Canadian English and British English


18. Canada's economy of the 17th and 18th century depended mainly on:


Select One:
 Invensions
 Tourism
 Fur Trade
 All of above


19. Where do the majority of Métis live in Canada?


Select One:
 Central Canada
 Prairie Provinces
 West Coast
 Northern territories


20. What is the name of the dried meat, made by Plains Indians and M?tis peoples, that became a staple during the fur trade?


Select One:
 Bison
 Jerk Meat
 Pemmican
 Bannock


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The passing grade on the Canadian Citizenship test is ..... The Canadian Citizenship Test will consist of 20 questions that will be taken from various sections of "Discover Canada" and you are required to answer 15 questions correctly.

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