1. Who governs Canada on daily basis at the federal level?
Select One:
Prime Minister
Premier
The Queen
Governor General
2. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of federal government?
Select One:
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.
3. Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?
Select One:
Inuit
First Nations
Métis
Acadians and Inuit
4. 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
5. Who was the first explorer to reach Canada in 1497?
Select One:
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
6. 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.
7. Who was the leader that led the expedition that burnt down the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C.?
Select One:
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock
The Duke of Wellington
Major-General Robert Ross
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry
8. Which biennial sports event that began in 1970 features such sports as snowshoeing and dog sledding, as well as athletes from northern communities like the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland and several northern Russian provinces?
Select One:
Arctic Cup
Northern Winter Olympics
Arctic Winter Games
Northern Games
9. Which Canadian province has Chinese and Punjabi as the most spoken languages in the cities after English ?
Select One:
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
10. Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?
Select One:
To look for new mines
To fish and trade with First Nations people
To run away from religious persecution
To build immigration sites for settlers
11. What should you do if you don't receive a voter's card?
Select One:
Call the police
Call your Member of Parliament
Contact Elections Canada or visit their website to ensure your name is on the voter's list
Assume you cannot vote
12. Who are Francophone?
Select One:
People speaking French as a first language.
Descendants of French colonists
People speaking English as a first language
French people.
13. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologized to First Nation for taking their children and putting them in separate school camps to better assimilate in Canadian Culture
Select One:
2008
2001
1990
2010
14. How many Territories are there in Canada ?
Select One:
7
13
10
3
15. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologize in the House of Commons for the Chinese Head Tax that was imposed on Chinese newcomers in 1885?
Select One:
2005
2000
2006
2007
16. When did the name Canada begin first appearing on maps?
Select One:
1880
1920
1550
1760
17. Which party becomes Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition?
Select One:
The party the Queen selects
The party with the second most elected representatives.
The party with the fewest number of elected representatives
The party that Queen's representative selects
18. 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
19. What year Magna Carta was signed in ?
Select One:
1245
1215
1615
1125
20. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of:
Select One:
25
20
15
17