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Question 1: What does the word “Inuit” mean?

  • The people in Inuktitut
  • Eskimo in Inuktitut
  • House in English
  • Arctic land in Inuktitut

Question 2: Where are the Parliament Buildings located?

  • Ottawa.
  • Quebec City.
  • Hull.
  • Toronto.

Question 3: Fatima is a new immigrant in Canada. What law allows her to take a job at par with a man?

  • Equality of women and men
  • Equality of all races.
  • Equal pay for equal work.
  • Equal rights.

Question 4: What three industries are important to New Brunswick’s economy today?

  • Forestry, agriculture and mining
  • Forestry, hydro-electric power generation, oil
  • Fisheries, oil, tourism
  • Atlantic trade, fishing and oil

Question 5: Which was the last province to join Canada?

  • Newfoundland.
  • Alberta.
  • Saskatchewan.
  • British Columbia.

Question 6: From where does the name “Canada” come from?

  • From "Kanata", the Huron-Iroquois word for village.
  • From the Inuit word meaning country.
  • From the French word meaning joining.
  • From the Métis word meaning rivers.

Question 7: Which province was the first to grant voting rights to women?

  • Manitoba
  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • Nova Scotia

Question 8: Which province is the main producer of pulp and paper and hydro-electricity?

  • Quebec
  • Ontario
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba

Question 9: What are the provinces of the Atlantic region and their capital cities?

  • Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's), Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Fredericton) and Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown).
  • Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) and Quebec (Quebec).
  • Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's), Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Fredericton) and Quebec (Quebec).
  • Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Quebec (Quebec City)and Ontario (Toronto).

Question 10: Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.

  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Magna Carta (the Great Charter of Freedoms).
  • The Canadian Constitution and English common law.
  • Civil code of France and the Canadian Constitution.
  • Laws passed by Parliament and English common law.

Question 11: What is the name of the Premier of British Columbia?

  • Premier David Eby
  • Premier Adrian Dix
  • Premier John Horgan
  • Premier Christy Clark

Question 12: What is the role of the Opposition parties?

  • To oppose or try to improve government proposals.
  • To assist the Prime Minister.
  • To sign bills.
  • To put forward bills to be passed.

Question 13: Which party is the Official Opposition at the federal level?

  • The Conservative Party.
  • The New Democratic Party.
  • The Liberal Party.
  • The Independent Party.

Question 14: Which port is the largest and busiest in Canada?

  • The Port of Vancouver
  • The Port of Halifax
  • The Port of Montreal
  • The Port of Victoria

Question 15: Which region covers more than one-third of Canada?

  • Northern Territories.
  • Central Canada.
  • Prairies.
  • Atlantic Canada.

Question 16: Who is the Head of Government?

  • The Prime Minister
  • The President
  • The King
  • The Governor General

Question 17: What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

  • Insulin has saved 16 million lives worldwide.
  • Insulin is a hormone that permits you to eat anything you wish.
  • Discovering insulin opened the doors to more discoveries.
  • Discovering insulin made Drs. Banting and Best famous.

Question 18: Which political party is in power in Nunavut?

  • Governed by consensus
  • Progressive Conservative
  • Liberal
  • Nunavut Party

Question 19: Which of the following is NOT a feature of Canada’s system of government?

  • Dictatorship.
  • A federal state.
  • Parliamentary democracy.
  • Constitutional Monarchy.

Question 20: Which of the following sentences best describes the War of 1812?

  • The USA invaded Canada and was defeated, which ensured that Canada would remain independent of the United States.
  • Napoleon's fleet was defeated by the Royal Navy in the war.
  • The USA became independent from the British Empire after the war.
  • Canada joined the United States after the war.