Canada’s History

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Question 1

The name Canada derives from the Iroquois word kanata, which means what?

A	Country
B	Village
C	Lake
D	Seashore

Question 2

Who was the first person to draw a map of the east coast of Canada?

A	Ferdinand Magellan
B	Jacques Cartier
C	John Cabot
D	Christopher Columbus

Question 3

Around what time did the word Canada first begin appearing on maps?

A	1550s
B	1650s
C	1750s
D	1450s

Question 4

Sir Wilfred Laurier was the first Canadian Prime Minister…?

A	Who was French Canadian
B	All of these
C	Who was an immigrant
D	Who was born in Canada

Question 5

In 1813 American invaders burnt down Government House and the Parliament Buildings in York. What is that city now called?

A	Halifax
B	Montréal
C	Kingston
D	Toronto

Question 6

How many Canadians lost their lives in the First World War?

A	80,000
B	40,000
C	60,000
D	20,000

Question 7

Who was the first European to explore the St Lawrence River?

A	Christopher Columbus
B	Jacques Cartier
C	William Cormack
D	John Cabot

Question 8

The first democratic representative assembly in Canada was elected where?

A	Halifax
B	New Brunswick
C	Prince Edward Island
D	Newfoundland

Question 9

When European settlers first came to Canada, they caused large numbers of Aboriginal people to die due to…?

A	Execution
B	Warfare
C	Disease
D	Starvation

Question 10

In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Québec?

A	1775
B	1769
C	1771
D	1776

Question 11

At the turn of the 19th/20th century, more than 260 Canadians died in which war?

A	The American war
B	The Boer War
C	The Mexican War
D	The Indian war

Question 12

Along with other former countries of the British Empire, Canada is part of which organisation?

A	The Commonwealth of Nations
B	The Former Empire Club
C	The Colonial Society
D	The British Protectorate

Question 13

Which were the first group of women to be given the right to vote in federal elections in Canada?

A	Women working in munitions factories in World War I
B	Women who lost a family member in World War I
C	Women married to soldiers in World War I
D	Women serving as nurses in World War I

Question 14

In what year did King Charles II give the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay area?

A	1675
B	1660
C	1670
D	1665

Question 15

Which of these First Nations tribes did not become allies of the original French settlers?

A	Huron
B	Iroquois
C	Algonquin
D	Montagnais

Question 16

To defend Canada, the Duke of Wellington chose Bytown as the endpoint of his network of forts. What is it called today?

A	Edmonton
B	Montréal
C	Ottawa
D	Toronto

Question 17

Having beaten the French, the British renamed the area of the Battle of the Plains what?

A	Newfoundland
B	Prince Edward Island
C	New Britain
D	Province of Québec

Question 18

In what year did the Montréal stock exchange open?

A	1782
B	1832
C	1802
D	1862

Question 19

In what year were Upper and Lower Canada united as the Province of Canada?

A	1860
B	1830
C	1850
D	1840

Question 20

In 1812, in revenge for British interference with their shipping, which country attempted to invade Canada?

A	Spain
B	France
C	USA
D	Portugal

Question 21

Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts established the first European settlement north of Florida in which year?

A	1512
B	1608
C	1604
D	1589

Question 22

In what year did the British Parliament pass the Québec act?

A	1767
B	1774
C	1781
D	1779

Question 23

In 1792, black immigrants to Nova Scotia established a colony for free slaves where?

A	Sierra Leone
B	Nigeria
C	Togo
D	Ethiopia

Question 24

During the Second World War, Canadians with origins in which country were unfairly discriminated against in British Columbia?

A	Japan
B	Germany
C	Austria
D	Italy

Question 25

Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day, is celebrated to mark the date of the Dominion of Canada formally came into being in 1867, which is…?

A	May 1
B	August 1
C	July 1
D	June 1

Question 26

British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 when Ottawa promised to build a linking…?

A	Canal
B	Highway
C	Telegraph network
D	Railway

Question 27

Why did European explorers call the native people they found in Canada Indians?

A	They thought they looked like Indians
B	It was the native people’s word for themselves
C	It was short for “Independents”
D	They thought they were in the East Indies

Question 28

In what year were the majority of female Canadian citizens aged 21 or over given the right to vote in federal elections?

A	1921
B	1916
C	1918
D	1917

Question 29

In 1608 Samuel de Champlain built a fortress in an area which is now…?

A	Prince Edward Island
B	Québec city
C	Montréal
D	Toronto

Question 30

Canada became an official title in what year?

A	1796
B	1782
C	1791
D	1776

Question 31

France’s empire in North America came to an end at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 in which part of Canada?

A	Hudson’s Bay
B	Prince Edward Island
C	Montréal
D	Québec City

Question 32

On what day of the year to Canadians remember all those who have served and died for Canada?

A	July 1
B	April 3
C	August 25
D	November 11

Question 33

To mark a remarkable victory in April 1917, April 9 is now celebrated as…?

A	Passchendaele Day
B	Gallipoli Day
C	Ypres Day
D	Vimy Day

Question 34

In the D-Day invasion of Western Europe on June 6, 1944, Canadian forces stormed and took which beach from the German army?

A	Gold
B	Sword
C	Omaha
D	Juno

Question 35

Louis Riel led uprisings against the Dominion of Canada in 1869 and 1885, leading which people?

A	Inuit
B	Sioux
C	Métis and Indians
D	Iroquois

Question 36

During the American Revolution, Joseph Brant led thousands of Native Americans into Canada who were loyal to the British. Which tribe did they represent?

A	Sioux
B	Apache
C	Navajo
D	Mohawks

Question 37

The original French economy of Canada was driven by the trade in what?

A	Beaver pelts
B	Pine timber
C	Gold
D	Dried fish

Question 38

Which Act of 1791 divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada?

A	The Division Act
B	The Constitutional Act
C	The Québec Act
D	The Canada Act

Question 39

The Atlantic colonies and Upper and Lower Canada were collectively known as what?

A	Greater Canada
B	British North America
C	Northern States
D	British Canada

Question 40

In the 1920s, it was suggested that what area should become a part of Canada?

A	British West Indies
B	The Falkland Islands
C	Alaska
D	Ireland

Question 41

Sir John Alexander MacDonald, first Prime Minister of Canada, is represented on what Canadian currency?

A	$1 bill
B	$20 bill
C	$10 bill
D	$5 bill

Question 42

In 1885 a Head Tax was established to attempt to block the immigration of which people to Canada?

A	Indians
B	Africans
C	Chinese
D	Mexicans

Question 43

The Québec Act was based on…?

A	French criminal law and French civil law
B	British criminal law and French civil law
C	British criminal law and British civil law
D	French criminal law and British civil law

Question 44

The first people to set foot in Canada apart from Aboriginal peoples are thought to have come from where?

A	Iceland
B	Ireland
C	England
D	Germany

Question 45

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A	Cree
B	Sioux
C	Iroquois
D	Inuit

Question 46

In 1867, which of these provinces was not part of the new country called the Dominion of Canada?

A	Nova Scotia
B	New Brunswick
C	Ontario
D	Newfoundland

Question 47

The first British North American colony to truly govern itself was…?

A	Prince Edward Island
B	Newfoundland
C	Nova Scotia
D	New Brunswick

Question 48

The Québec Act allowed Catholics in Canada to do what that they could not, at the time, do in Britain?

A	Buy property
B	Get married
C	Hold public office
D	Celebrate mass

Question 49

What was the last territory to become part of the Dominion of Canada, in 1999?

A	Saskatchewan
B	Yukon
C	Nunavut
D	Alberta

Question 50

The commander of the victorious British Army in the Battle of the Plains was…?

A	Arthur Wellesley
B	James Wolfe
C	Charles Cadogan
D	The Duke of Marlborough

Question 51

Upper Canada became the first province of the British Empire to start to introduce abolition of slavery in what year?

A	1800
B	1776
C	1793
D	1807

Question 52

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A	Sioux
B	Dene
C	Cree
D	Iroquois

Question 53

Out of a population of 8 million, how many Canadians fought in the First World War?

A	200,000
B	400,000
C	100,000
D	600,000

Question 54

At the time of the American Revolution, how many Loyalists fled to Canada?

A	40,000+
B	30,000+
C	60,000+
D	50,000+

Question 55

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are now the national police force of Canada. What were they originally called when they were established to help pacify the west of Canada?

A	The Western Provinces Mounted Police
B	The North West Mounted Police
C	Her Majesty’s Mounted Police
D	The Canada Mounted Police

Question 56

In which year did the French make peace with the Iroquois?

A	1741
B	1721
C	1681
D	1701

Question 57

The export of which of these was not a major part of the Canadian economy when it was first founded?

A	Oil
B	Fish
C	Fur
D	Timber

Question 58

Which was the first Canadian province to give women the right to vote?

A	Alberta
B	British Columbia
C	Manitoba
D	Ontario

Question 59

Many slaves escaped from the United States to Canada using…?

A	The Underground Canal
B	The Underground Highway
C	The Underground Tramway
D	The Underground Railroad

Question 60

Sir John Alexander McDonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, was born in what country?

A	Wales
B	Scotland
C	Canada
D	England

Question 61

The cities of Edmonton, Langley and Victoria all began as what?

A	Army bases
B	Landing stages
C	Religious settlements
D	Trading posts

Question 62

How many Canadian and Newfoundland servicemen served in World War II?

A	500,000
B	1 million+
C	250,000
D	100,000

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