Canada’s History

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Question 1

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

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

Question 2

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

A	Montréal
B	Québec city
C	Prince Edward Island
D	Toronto

Question 3

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

A	1840
B	1850
C	1860
D	1830

Question 4

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

A	Ethiopia
B	Togo
C	Sierra Leone
D	Nigeria

Question 5

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

A	Toronto
B	Edmonton
C	Montréal
D	Ottawa

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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

A	Iceland
B	Germany
C	Ireland
D	England

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Québec?

A	1776
B	1769
C	1771
D	1775

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

A	Pine timber
B	Gold
C	Beaver pelts
D	Dried fish

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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

A	Execution
B	Warfare
C	Starvation
D	Disease

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

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

A	Africans
B	Indians
C	Chinese
D	Mexicans

Question 17

Sir Wilfred Laurier was the first Canadian Prime Minister…?

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

Question 18

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

A	1660
B	1670
C	1665
D	1675

Question 19

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

A	Manitoba
B	Alberta
C	Ontario
D	British Columbia

Question 20

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

A	Japan
B	Germany
C	Italy
D	Austria

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

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

A	1916
B	1917
C	1918
D	1921

Question 23

Canada became an official title in what year?

A	1776
B	1796
C	1782
D	1791

Question 24

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	Navajo
B	Mohawks
C	Apache
D	Sioux

Question 25

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

A	Sword
B	Gold
C	Juno
D	Omaha

Question 26

The first democratic representative assembly in Canada was elected where?

A	Prince Edward Island
B	New Brunswick
C	Halifax
D	Newfoundland

Question 27

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

A	Highway
B	Railway
C	Telegraph network
D	Canal

Question 28

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	June 1
B	May 1
C	July 1
D	August 1

Question 29

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

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

Question 30

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

A	1512
B	1604
C	1589
D	1608

Question 31

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

A	Huron
B	Algonquin
C	Montagnais
D	Iroquois

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

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

A	1741
B	1681
C	1701
D	1721

Question 34

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

A	Country
B	Village
C	Seashore
D	Lake

Question 35

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

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

Question 36

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 37

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

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

Question 38

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A	Iroquois
B	Sioux
C	Inuit
D	Cree

Question 39

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

A	France
B	Portugal
C	Spain
D	USA

Question 40

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

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

Question 41

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

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

Question 42

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A	Dene
B	Sioux
C	Iroquois
D	Cree

Question 43

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

A	1767
B	1774
C	1779
D	1781

Question 44

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

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

Question 45

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 46

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

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

Question 47

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

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

Question 48

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

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

Question 49

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

A	New Brunswick
B	Newfoundland
C	Nova Scotia
D	Ontario

Question 50

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

A	Kingston
B	Halifax
C	Toronto
D	Montréal

Question 51

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

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

Question 52

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

A	1807
B	1776
C	1793
D	1800

Question 53

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

A	Fur
B	Timber
C	Oil
D	Fish

Question 54

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

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

Question 55

In what year did the Montréal stock exchange open?

A	1782
B	1802
C	1862
D	1832

Question 56

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

A	Yukon
B	Nunavut
C	Alberta
D	Saskatchewan

Question 57

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

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

Question 58

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

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

Question 59

The Québec Act was based on…?

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

Question 60

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

A	England
B	Scotland
C	Wales
D	Canada

Question 61

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

Question 62

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

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

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