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Canada’s History
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Question 1 |
Canada became an official title in what year?
1791 | |
1782 | |
1776 | |
1796 |
Question 2 |
Upper Canada became the first province of the British Empire to start to introduce abolition of slavery in what year?
1793 | |
1776 | |
1807 | |
1800 |
Question 3 |
Along with other former countries of the British Empire, Canada is part of which organisation?
The Commonwealth of Nations | |
The British Protectorate | |
The Colonial Society | |
The Former Empire Club |
Question 4 |
To mark a remarkable victory in April 1917, April 9 is now celebrated as…?
Vimy Day | |
Gallipoli Day | |
Ypres Day | |
Passchendaele Day |
Question 5 |
The first British North American colony to truly govern itself was…?
Prince Edward Island | |
Newfoundland | |
Nova Scotia | |
New Brunswick |
Question 6 |
How many Canadians lost their lives in the First World War?
80,000 | |
20,000 | |
40,000 | |
60,000 |
Question 7 |
In 1608 Samuel de Champlain built a fortress in an area which is now…?
Québec city | |
Toronto | |
Prince Edward Island | |
Montréal |
Question 8 |
At the time of the American Revolution, how many Loyalists fled to Canada?
30,000+ | |
50,000+ | |
60,000+ | |
40,000+ |
Question 9 |
The original French economy of Canada was driven by the trade in what?
Dried fish | |
Gold | |
Pine timber | |
Beaver pelts |
Question 10 |
The commander of the victorious British Army in the Battle of the Plains was…?
The Duke of Marlborough | |
Arthur Wellesley | |
James Wolfe | |
Charles Cadogan |
Question 11 |
What was the last province to become part of the Dominion of Canada, in 1999?
Alberta | |
Nunavut | |
Yukon | |
Saskatchewan |
Question 12 |
Which was the first Canadian province to give women the right to vote?
Alberta | |
Manitoba | |
British Columbia | |
Ontario |
Question 13 |
Which of these First Nations tribes did not become allies of the original French settlers?
Montagnais | |
Iroquois | |
Algonquin | |
Huron |
Question 14 |
In what year did the Montréal stock exchange open?
1782 | |
1832 | |
1862 | |
1802 |
Question 15 |
The cities of Edmonton, Langley and Victoria all began as what?
Trading posts | |
Army bases | |
Religious settlements | |
Landing stages |
Question 16 |
In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Québec?
1775 | |
1769 | |
1771 | |
1776 |
Question 17 |
Who was the first person to draw a map of the east coast of Canada?
John Cabot | |
Jacques Cartier | |
Christopher Columbus | |
Ferdinand Magellan |
Question 18 |
In 1792, black immigrants to Nova Scotia established a colony for free slaves where?
Ethiopia | |
Togo | |
Sierra Leone | |
Nigeria |
Question 19 |
In 1885 a Head Tax was established to attempt to block the immigration of which people to Canada?
Indians | |
Mexicans | |
Africans | |
Chinese |
Question 20 |
In 1812, in revenge for British interference with their shipping, which country attempted to invade Canada?
Spain | |
France | |
Portugal | |
USA |
Question 21 |
The first democratic representative assembly in Canada was elected where?
Prince Edward Island | |
Halifax | |
New Brunswick | |
Newfoundland |
Question 22 |
In the D-Day invasion of Western Europe on June 6, 1944, Canadian forces stormed and took which beach from the German army?
Omaha | |
Sword | |
Gold | |
Juno |
Question 23 |
To defend Canada, the Duke of Wellington chose Bytown as the endpoint of his network of forts. What is it called today?
Edmonton | |
Montréal | |
Toronto | |
Ottawa |
Question 24 |
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…?
June 1 | |
July 1 | |
August 1 | |
May 1 |
Question 25 |
During the Second World War, Canadians with origins in which country were unfairly discriminated against in British Columbia?
Germany | |
Italy | |
Austria | |
Japan |
Question 26 |
The Québec Act was based on…?
French criminal law and British civil law | |
British criminal law and British civil law | |
French criminal law and French civil law | |
British criminal law and French civil law |
Question 27 |
The export of which of these was not a major part of the Canadian economy when it was first founded?
Fish | |
Fur | |
Oil | |
Timber |
Question 28 |
In what year did King Charles II give the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay area?
1665 | |
1660 | |
1675 | |
1670 |
Question 29 |
Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts established the first European settlement north of Florida in which year?
1512 | |
1589 | |
1608 | |
1604 |
Question 30 |
In what year were Upper and Lower Canada united as the Province of Canada?
1840 | |
1860 | |
1830 | |
1850 |
Question 31 |
Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?
Sioux | |
Cree | |
Iroquois | |
Dene |
Question 32 |
At the turn of the 19th/20th century, more than 260 Canadians died in which war?
The Indian war | |
The American war | |
The Mexican War | |
The Boer War |
Question 33 |
Why did European explorers call the native people they found in Canada Indians?
It was the native people’s word for themselves | |
It was short for “Independents” | |
They thought they were in the East Indies | |
They thought they looked like Indians |
Question 34 |
In 1813 American invaders burnt down Government House and the Parliament Buildings in York. What is that city now called?
Kingston | |
Toronto | |
Halifax | |
Montréal |
Question 35 |
The first people to set foot in Canada apart from Aboriginal peoples are thought to have come from where?
England | |
Iceland | |
Germany | |
Ireland |
Question 36 |
Sir John Alexander MacDonald, first Prime Minister of Canada, is represented on what Canadian currency?
$5 bill | |
$10 bill | |
$20 bill | |
$1 bill |
Question 37 |
On what day of the year to Canadians remember all those who have served and died for Canada?
July 1 | |
August 25 | |
November 11 | |
April 3 |
Question 38 |
British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 when Ottawa promised to build a linking…?
Telegraph network | |
Canal | |
Railway | |
Highway |
Question 39 |
The Québec Act allowed Catholics in Canada to do what that they could not, at the time, do in Britain?
Celebrate mass | |
Buy property | |
Get married | |
Hold public office |
Question 40 |
The Atlantic colonies and Upper and Lower Canada were collectively known as what?
Greater Canada | |
British Canada | |
Northern States | |
British North America |
Question 41 |
Sir John Alexander McDonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, was born in what country?
Canada | |
England | |
Scotland | |
Wales |
Question 42 |
In what year were the majority of female Canadian citizens aged 21 or over given the right to vote in federal elections?
1921 | |
1918 | |
1917 | |
1916 |
Question 43 |
Who was the first European to explore the St Lawrence River?
Christopher Columbus | |
Jacques Cartier | |
John Cabot | |
William Cormack |
Question 44 |
How many Canadian and Newfoundland servicemen served in World War II?
500,000 | |
1 million+ | |
250,000 | |
100,000 |
Question 45 |
Out of a population of 8 million, how many Canadians fought in the First World War?
100,000 | |
600,000 | |
200,000 | |
400,000 |
Question 46 |
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?
Montréal | |
Prince Edward Island | |
Québec City | |
Hudson’s Bay |
Question 47 |
During the American Revolution, Joseph Brant led thousands of Native Americans into Canada who were loyal to the British. Which tribe did they represent?
Sioux | |
Apache | |
Mohawks | |
Navajo |
Question 48 |
In which year did the French make peace with the Iroquois?
1681 | |
1721 | |
1701 | |
1741 |
Question 49 |
The name Canada derives from the Iroquois word kanata, which means what?
Country | |
Village | |
Lake | |
Seashore |
Question 50 |
Which Act of 1791 divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada?
The Division Act | |
The Canada Act | |
The Constitutional Act | |
The Québec Act |
Question 51 |
When European settlers first came to Canada, they caused large numbers of Aboriginal people to die due to…?
Starvation | |
Disease | |
Execution | |
Warfare |
Question 52 |
Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?
Iroquois | |
Inuit | |
Sioux | |
Cree |
Question 53 |
In the 1920s, it was suggested that what area should become a part of Canada?
British West Indies | |
Alaska | |
The Falkland Islands | |
Ireland |
Question 54 |
Which were the first group of women to be given the right to vote in federal elections in Canada?
Women working in munitions factories in World War I | |
Women married to soldiers in World War I | |
Women who lost a family member in World War I | |
Women serving as nurses in World War I |
Question 55 |
In what year did the British Parliament pass the Québec act?
1767 | |
1774 | |
1781 | |
1779 |
Question 56 |
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?
The Western Provinces Mounted Police | |
Her Majesty’s Mounted Police | |
The Canada Mounted Police | |
The North West Mounted Police |
Question 57 |
Many slaves escaped from the United States to Canada using…?
The Underground Canal | |
The Underground Highway | |
The Underground Railroad | |
The Underground Tramway |
Question 58 |
Having beaten the French, the British renamed the area of the Battle of the Plains what?
Province of Québec | |
New Britain | |
Newfoundland | |
Prince Edward Island |
Question 59 |
Sir Wilfred Laurier was the first Canadian Prime Minister…?
All of these | |
Who was French Canadian | |
Who was born in Canada | |
Who was an immigrant |
Question 60 |
In 1867, which of these provinces was not part of the new country called the Dominion of Canada?
New Brunswick | |
Ontario | |
Newfoundland | |
Nova Scotia |
Question 61 |
Louis Riel led uprisings against the Dominion of Canada in 1869 and 1885, leading which people?
Inuit | |
Metis | |
Sioux | |
Iroquois |
Question 62 |
Around what time did the word Canada first begin appearing on maps?
1750s | |
1450s | |
1650s | |
1550s |
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