5. 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.
6. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer of Grains and Oilseed?
Select One:
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
7. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?
Select One:
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Québec, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Halifax, Nova Scotia
8. What are the first two lines of Canada's national anthem?
Select One:
O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command.
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.
O Canadian! Our home and private land! True love in all thy sons command.
9. What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
Select One:
Highway
Roads
Waterways
Railway
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 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?
Select One:
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trans-Canada Highway
Telephone lines
Trans-Canada Trail
12. In which type of industry did most early European settlers work?
Select One:
Farming
Fur trading
Mining
Forestry
13. Who are Anglophones?
Select One:
People speaking English as a first language.
English speaking Aboriginal peoples.
British people
People speaking French as a first language
14. What was the head Tax?
Select One:
A tax based on the number of children per family
A discriminatory race-based entry fee to Canada
A discriminatory kind of property tax
A fee charged for riding the railroad
15. Name three requirements you must meet in order to vote in a federal election.
Select One:
Canadian citizen, at least 21 years old, and on the list of electors.
Working for the government, at least 21 years old, and Canadian citizen.
Canadian citizen, at least 16 years old, and on the list of voters.
Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old and on the voters' list.
16. In 1980, Terry Fox began a cross-country run, the "Marathon of Hope", to raise money for what cause?
Select One:
Diabetic Research
Cancer research
Heart disease
AIDS
17. From where does the name Canada come?
Select One:
From Kanata, the First Nations word for village.
From the Inuit word meaning home.
From the First Nations word meaning land.
From the Inuit word Kanata meaning nations.
18. Name the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons and their leaders
Select One:
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu), Green Party (Elizabeth May)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Green Party (Elizabeth May), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Green Party (Elizabeth May)
19. What are the regions of Canada?
Select One:
West Coast, Central, East, Canadian Shield and South
Atlantic, North, Central, Prairies and West Coast
West, North, South, East, Central
Rockies, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies
20. Who was the first explorer to reach Canada in 1497?
Select One:
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain