1. In Canada, are you allowed to question the police about their service or conduct?
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No, police service and conduct is not open to discussion with Canadians
Yes, you can question their service but not their conduct.
Yes, if you feel the need to
Yes, you can question their conduct but not their service.
2. Where is the Canadian Shield?
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Ontario
Quebec
Alberta and Ontario and Labrador
Northern Quebec and Ontario and Labrador
3. What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
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Highway
Roads
Waterways
Railway
4. Where are the highest tides in the world?
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Hudson's Bay, between Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nunavut
James Bay, between Ontario and Quebec
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia
The Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
5. Which national project to connect Canadians across the country began in 1871 and was completed six years ahead of schedule in 1885, with the final section constructed in Craigellachie, British Columbia?
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Trans-Canada Highway
Telephone lines
Trans-Canada Trail
6. Who are the Acadians?
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The descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604
English-speaking refugees who settled in Louisiana
French-speaking Catholics living in Ontario
Aboriginal people of the arctic
7. When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?
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Early 1700s.
Early 1800s.
1890s.
1790s.
8. "For here [in Canada], I want the marble to remain the marble; the granite to remain the granite; the oak to remain the oak; and out of these elements, I would build a nation great among the nations of the world." Which Prime Minister of Canada said this?
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Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Richard B. Bennett
Pierre E. Trudeau
9. Who donated the Stanley Cup to the National Hockey League?
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Lord Stanley, Governor General (1888 - 1893)
Bill Stanley
Stanley Bill
Stanley Lord
10. Give an example of where English and French have equal status in Canada.
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In the School
In Day to day life
In parliament of Canada
In workplace
11. What is the capital city of Northwest Territories?
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Yellowknife
Whitehorse
Halifax
Ottawa
12. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of federal government?
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National defence, foreign policy, international trade and aboriginal affairs.
Education, foreign policy, recycling programs and aboriginal affairs.
Highways, policing, international trade and criminal justice.
National defence, health care, international trade and aboriginal affairs.
13. 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.
14. Which legal documents protect the rights of Canadians with regards to the official languages?
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British Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Official English Act.
Canadian Constitution and Official Languages Act.
Canadian Constitution.
15. For what is the Okanagan Valley famous?
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Salmon
Fruit orchards & vineyards
Country Life
Grapes
16. Who was Louis Riel?
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The Prime Minister of Canada during World War I
A winner of the Victoria Cross
A Metis leader and the Father of Manitoba
A Mounted Policeman and soldier of the Queen
17. What did the Suffrage movement achieve?
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Abolished slavery in Canada
Women achieved the right to vote
Introduction of employment insurance
Quebec experienced an era of rapid change
18. What is another name given to Great Charter of Freedoms
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Magnum Carti
Great Charter
Diversity Charter
Magna Carta
19. What is the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador?
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Windsor
St. Lawrence
St. John's
St. George's
20. Who are the Métis?
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The distinct aboriginal people of Atlantic Canada
First Nations people speaking the Michif dialect
People of mixed Inuit/First Nations ancestry most of whom live in Prairies
Distinct People of mixed Aboriginal and European Ancestry