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Question 1: What is the name of the Premier of Ontario?

  • Premier Doug Ford
  • Premier Jack Layton
  • Premier Kathleen Wynne
  • Premier Mike Harris

Question 2: What is the capital city of Saskatchewan?

  • Regina
  • Avonlea
  • Glenavon
  • Fort Qu'Appelle

Question 3: One third of all Canadians live in which province?

  • Ontario.
  • Quebec.
  • Northwest Territories.
  • Manitoba.

Question 4: What is Canada’s national winter sport?

  • Hockey.
  • Golf.
  • Nordic skiing.
  • Lacrosse.

Question 5: How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

  • By the Prime Minister
  • By the King.
  • By the voters.
  • By other Cabinet Ministers.

Question 6: What is the largest religious affiliation in Canada?

  • Catholic.
  • Muslim.
  • Jewish.
  • Hindu.

Question 7: What is the highest military honour a Canadian can receive?

  • Victoria Cross.
  • Purple Cross.
  • Badge of Courage.
  • Order of Merit.

Question 8: 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 9: Which political party is in power in Nunavut?

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

Question 10: What was the significance of June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy?

  • Canadians made a significant contribution to the defeat of Nazism and Fascism in Europe during the Second World War.
  • It led to the establishment of the Juno Awards.
  • It liberated North Africa from Nazi occupation.
  • It resulted in the forcible relocation of Canadians of Japanese origin.

Question 11: What are the territories of Northern Canada and their capital cities?

  • Yukon Territory (Whitehorse), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), and Nunavut (Iqaluit).
  • Alaska (Juneau) and Yukon Territory ( Whitehorse).
  • Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Alaska (Juneau).
  • Northwest Territories (Yellowknife).

Question 12: What is the “head tax”?

  • Race-based entry fee charged for Chinese entering Canada.
  • Fee charged for anyone entering Canada after 1900.
  • A tax imposed on beer beginning in 1867.
  • Fee charged for moving westward in the early 1900s.

Question 13: What country is Canada’s largest trading partner?

  • United States of America.
  • Mexico.
  • China.
  • Japan.

Question 14: What do you mark on a federal election ballot?

  • An x
  • The candidate's name.
  • The number for the candidate.
  • The voter's name.

Question 15: Approximately how many Canadians served in the First World War?

  • More than 600,000.
  • 7000.
  • 8 million.
  • About 60,000.

Question 16: Which country borders Canada on the south?

  • United States of America.
  • Central America.
  • Mexico.
  • Washington.

Question 17: Give an example of how you can show responsibility by participating in your community.

  • Volunteer.
  • Mind your own business.
  • Have a party.
  • Keep your property tidy.

Question 18: What does Confederation mean?

  • Joining of provinces to make a new country.
  • The United States Confederate soldiers came to Canada.
  • Joining of communities to become a province.
  • Joining of suburbs to form a large city.

Question 19: Name two responsibilities of the federal government.

  • National defence and foreign policy.
  • National defence and firefighting.
  • Citizenship and highways.
  • Recycling and education.

Question 20: What did the Fathers of Confederation do?

  • They worked together to establish a new country, the Dominion of Canada
  • They were explorers who formed an expedition to survey Northern Canada
  • They formed a republic state in Canada
  • They were a group of politicians that tried to unite Canada to the United States