CANADA’S HISTORY 01
Questions from Discover Canada Chapter – Canada’s History. Detailed chapter-by-chapter questions help students retain and review knowledge from each chapter.
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Who was the first European to explore the St Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
William Cormack
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Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts established the first European settlement north of Florida in which year?
1604
1608
1589
1512
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In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Québec?
1775
1771
1776
1769
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Which Act of 1791 divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada?
The Constitutional Act
The Canada Act
The Division Act
The Québec Act
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The name Canada derives from the Iroquois word kanata, which means what?
Village
Country
Lake
Seashore
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During the American Revolution, Joseph Brant led thousands of Native Americans into Canada who were loyal to the British. Which tribe did they represent?
Mohawks
Navajo
Apache
Sioux
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At the time of the American Revolution, how many Loyalists fled to Canada?
40,000+
30,000+
50,000+
60,000+
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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?
Québec City
Prince Edward Island
Hudson’s Bay
Montréal
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Who was the first person to draw a map of the east coast of Canada?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
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In 1608 Samuel de Champlain built a fortress in an area which is now…?
Québec city
Toronto
Montréal
Prince Edward Island
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When European settlers first came to Canada, they caused large numbers of Aboriginal people to die due to…?
Disease
Warfare
Starvation
Execution
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Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?
Sioux
Cree
Inuit
Iroquois
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Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?
Iroquois
Cree
Sioux
Dene
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In what year did King Charles II give the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay area?
1670
1660
1665
1675
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The first people to set foot in Canada apart from Aboriginal peoples are thought to have come from where?
Iceland
Germany
England
Ireland
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The original French economy of Canada was driven by the trade in what?
Beaver pelts
Dried fish
Gold
Pine timber
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Canada became an official title in what year?
1791
1782
1796
1776
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Upper Canada became the first province of the British Empire to start to introduce the abolition of slavery in what year?
1793
1800
1776
1807
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Having beaten the French, the British renamed the area of the Battle of the Plains what?
Province of Québec
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
New Britain
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The first democratic representative assembly in Canada was elected where?
Halifax
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
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The Québec Act was based on…?
British criminal law and French civil law
French criminal law and British civil law
French criminal law and French civil law
British criminal law and British civil law
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The commander of the victorious British Army in the Battle of the Plains was…?
James Wolfe
The Duke of Marlborough
Arthur Wellesley
Charles Cadogan
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Which of these First Nations tribes did not become allies of the original French settlers?
Iroquois
Huron
Montagnais
Algonquin
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In 1792, black immigrants to Nova Scotia established a colony for free slaves where?
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Togo
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In what year did the British Parliament pass the Québec act?
1774
1767
1781
1779
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The Québec Act allowed Catholics in Canada to do what they could not, at the time, do in Britain?
Hold public office
Celebrate mass
Get married
Buy property
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Around what time did the word Canada first begin appearing on maps?
1550s
15450s
1750s
1650s
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The Atlantic colonies and Upper and Lower Canada were collectively known as what?
British North America
Greater Canada
British Canada
Northern States
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Why did European explorers call the native people they found in Canada Indians?
They thought they were in the East Indies
They thought they looked like Indians
It was short for “Independents”
It was the native people’s word for themselves
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In which year did the French make peace with the Iroquois?
1701
1721
1681
1741
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