5. Which of the following answers is NOT true about the Canada/USA relationship?
Select One:
Canada exports very little goods to USA
They are largest trading partners
The Canada/USA relationship is the closest and the most extensive in the world
They share longest undefended border
6. How can you contact your Member of Parliament?
Select One:
Write a letter to the House of Commons.
Write a letter to the Premier of your province.
Write a letter to the Prime Minister.
Call the office of the party in power.
7. Which federal political party is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition? (After 2015 election)
Select One:
Green Party
New Democratic Party
Liberal Party of Canada
Conservative Party
8. Which group of people was important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Select One:
French
Métis
Chinese
English
9. When was Great Charter of Freedoms signed ?
Select One:
1215
1245
1615
1225
10. Why are the Great Lakes important to Canada?
Select One:
Water for agriculture
Fishing
Fresh water and waterways
Waterways.
11. What do you call the Queen's representative in the Territories?
Select One:
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Lieutenant-Governor
Commissioner
Sir
12. Who is considered the Father of Manitoba ?
Select One:
Louis Riel
Gabriel Dumont
John A. Macdonald
William McDougall
13. List three ways you can protect the environment.
Select One:
Recycle, conserve energy and buy bottled water
Recycle, conserve energy and drive your car to work
Recycle, conserve energy and mow your lawn
Recycle, conserve energy and water and join a car pool
14. In 1957, the Queen officially opened the first session of the 23rd Parliament, becoming the first reigning Canadian monarch to read the ______ from the Throne.
Select One:
Letter
Memorandum
Speech
Document
15. Where do more than half of the people in Canada live?
Select One:
Atlantic Canada
Central Canada
Prairies
Coastal Pacific
16. What is a “party platform”?
Select One:
Place where the party headquarter exists
the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government
policies developed by the leaders of each party
Place where party was officially started
17. Which four provinces first formed the Confederation?
Select One:
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and PEI
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland
Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
18. In the 1960s Quebec experienced rapid change. What is this period called?
Select One:
The French Rebellion
The Quiet Revolution
The People's Revolution
The Riel Rebellion
19. How can a party in power be defeated in Parliament?
Select One:
If Canadians do not approve of the laws to be passed.
If a majority of the MPs vote against a major government decision.
If the Premiers vote against major federal government decisions.
If Canadians vote against the party in power.
20. What is a polling station?
Select One:
Place where you vote.
Campaign offices for candidates.
Member of Parliament's constituency.
Place where the number of votes are counted.