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Question 1: What is meant by the equality of women and men?

  • Men and women are equal under the law.
  • Men and women must both do housework.
  • Women may now go to school and enter the professional workforce.
  • A woman may now become Prime Minister.

Question 2: When asked, who must you tell how you voted in a federal election?

  • No one.
  • Your employer.
  • A police officer.
  • An Elections Canada official.

Question 3: When did the British North America Act come into effect?

  • 1867.
  • 1871.
  • 1898.
  • 1905.

Question 4: What three oceans border Canada?

  • Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific.
  • Atlantic, Arctic and Bering.
  • Pacific, Indian and Atlantic.
  • Hudson, Pacific and Atlantic.

Question 5: What was the “Underground Railroad”?

  • An anti-slavery network that helped thousands of slaves escape the United States and settle in Canada
  • A railroad through the Rockies that was mainly through mountain tunnels
  • A network fur traders used to transport beaver pelts to the United States
  • The first underground subway tunnel in Toronto

Question 6: What does the Canadian flag look like?

  • White with a red border on each end and a red maple leaf in the centre.
  • Red and white with provincial emblems.
  • Red and white with a beaver.
  • Red with a white maple leaf.

Question 7: What is a voter information card?

  • A form that tells you when and where to vote.
  • Tells you who the candidates are in your electoral district.
  • Tells you what province to vote in.
  • A form that lets you know your voting time.

Question 8: When is Remembrance Day celebrated?

  • November 11th.
  • July 1st
  • October 1st.
  • December 25th

Question 9: What does the term “responsible government” mean?

  • The ministers of the Crown must have the support of a majority of the elected representatives in order to govern.
  • Each person in each electoral district is responsible for voting.
  • The Governor General is responsible for the actions of the Prime Minister.
  • All Canadians are responsible for each other.

Question 10: Give the first line of Canada’s national anthem?

  • O Canada! Our home and native land!
  • O Canada! Our province and native land!
  • O Canada! From far and wide, O Canada,
  • O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.

Question 11: What is a Francophone?

  • A person who speaks French as their first language
  • A person who speaks English as their first language
  • A smartphone designed by the Canadian company RIM
  • The first phone in Canada, invented by Alexander Graham Bell

Question 12: What is the capital city of Canada?

  • Ottawa.
  • Toronto.
  • Montreal.
  • Hull.

Question 13: What does the “right to a secret ballot” mean?

  • No one can watch your vote and no one should look at how you voted
  • No one should tell you where to vote
  • A secret vote used by politicians when they are voting on sensitive topics
  • Your right to vote in secret on who to appoint to the Senate

Question 14: What is the name of the leader of the Opposition in Ontario?

  • Marit Stiles
  • Andrea Horwath
  • Peter Tabuns
  • Dalton McGuinty

Question 15: What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

  • First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
  • Acadians, Métis and Inuit.
  • United Empire Loyalists, Métis and Inuit.
  • Inuit, Métis and Acadians.

Question 16: Which of the following statements about residential schools is NOT true?

  • The schools were welcomed by the Aboriginal people.
  • The federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.
  • The schools were poorly funded and inflicted hardship on the students.
  • Aboriginal language and cultural practices were mostly prohibited.

Question 17: Which political party is in power in the Northwest Territories?

  • Governed by consensus
  • Yukon Party
  • Liberals
  • New Democrats

Question 18: In Canada’s justice system what does “presumption of innocence” mean?

  • Everyone is innocent until proven guilty
  • Everyone is guilty until proven innocent
  • Guilt is decided by public opinion
  • Innocence is decided by public opinion

Question 19: What is the capital city of New Brunswick?

  • Fredericton
  • Victoria
  • Winnipeg
  • Montreal

Question 20: What is the name of the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island?

  • Honourable Dr. Wassim Salamoun
  • Honourable H. Frank Lewis
  • Honourable Barbara Oliver Hagerman
  • Honourable Léonce Barnard