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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. The federal government is responsible for which of the following under the Constitution:


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 Citizenship and criminal justice
 International trade and Aboriginal affairs
 National defence and foreign policy
 All of the above

3. When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?


Select One:
 1975
 1982
 1981
 1980

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


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 Sir Sandford Fleming
 Reginald Fessenden
 Matthew Evans
 Henry Woodward

5. What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?


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 Member of Parliament.
 Master of the Province
 Member of the Patriots
 Minister of Parliament.

6. What are the three branches of the Canadian government?


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 Executive, Legislative and Judicial
 Executive, Legislative and Monarchy
 Executive, Senate and Judicial
 Executive, Police and Judicial

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


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 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

8. What is Canada's national winter sport ?


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 Ice Hockey
 Cross-country skiing
 Curling
 Figure skating

9. What is the largest city in Canada?


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 Toronto
 Calgary
 Ottawa
 Montreal

10. Who invented the snowmobile?


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 Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
 Joseph-Armand Bombardier
 Alexander Graham Bell
 Sir Sandford Fleming

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


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 Invensions
 Tourism
 Fur Trade
 All of above

12. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer of Hydro-electricity?


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 Quebec
 Ontario
 British Columbia
 Nova Scotia

13. What is meaning of the Canadian coat of arms and motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare?


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 From coast to coast.
 From sea to sea.
 From land to land.
 From land to sea.

14. Who governs Canada on daily basis at the federal level?


Select One:
 Prime Minister
 Premier
 The Queen
 Governor General

15. Who was the leader that led the expedition that burnt down the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C.?


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 Major-General Sir Isaac Brock
 The Duke of Wellington
 Major-General Robert Ross
 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry

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


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 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

17. 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

18. Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments?


Select One:
 The Constitution Act, 1982.
 The Confederation Act.
 The British North America Act.
 The Multicultural Act

19. When did the name Canada begin first appearing on maps?


Select One:
 1880
 1920
 1550
 1760

20. What do you call a law before it is passed?


Select One:
 A proposal of a law
 A new law.
 A bill.
 A proposed law

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