5. What does equality under the law mean?
Select One:
To be protected against any discrimination.
To be discriminated against.
To be the same as anywhere in the world.
To be like anyone else in Canada.
6. Where are the Great Lakes?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
Southern Ontario along the border between Canada and the United States.
Near Niagara Falls
7. Which is the capital city of Alberta?
Select One:
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
8. 'Habeas corpus' became part of Canadian Rights and Responsibility. Where was the concept of 'Habeas corpus' taken from ?
Select One:
A word that came from Aboriginal language
It was part of aboriginal culture
It came from French Common Law
It came from English common law
9. Who invented the snowmobile?
Select One:
Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Sandford Fleming
10. What is the capital city of Northwest Territories?
Select One:
Yellowknife
Whitehorse
Halifax
Ottawa
11. Which Canadian province has Chinese and Punjabi as the most spoken languages in the cities after English ?
Select One:
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
12. How is the Prime Minister chosen?
Select One:
The leader of the party with the most elected Members of Parliament.
The Queen appoints the Prime Minister.
The Governor General appoints the Prime Minister.
The Members of Parliament vote for the Prime Minister.
13. Which group of people was important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Select One:
French
Métis
Chinese
English
14. 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
15. Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada in the Canada-Soviet Summit Series in hockey. In what year was this goal, often referred to as "the goal heard around the world," scored?
Select One:
1972
1967
1983
1980
16. The cornerstone of Centre Block in the Parliament Buildings was laid by Prince ______ in 1860; the son of Queen Victoria.
Select One:
Harry
Albert
Charles
William
17. Select the answer that lists the Canadian Symbols.
Select One:
the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, the Parliament Buildings and the beaver
the maple leaf, Basketball and the beaver
the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, Niagra Fall and the beaver
the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf and the beaver
18. What does the word "Inuit" mean?
Select One:
"Eskimo" in Inuktitut language
"The Arctic Land" in Inuktitut language
"Home" in English
"The people" in the Inuktitut language
19. What is the capital city of Ontario?
Select One:
Hamilton
Toronto
Ottawa
Windsor
20. 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