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3 founding people of Canada

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Aboriginal, French and British

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1763

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Territorial rights guaranteed through Royal Proclamation by King George III

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2008

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Canada apologizes to the former Aboriginal students

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3 distinct groups of Aboriginal peoples

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Indian
Inuit
Metis

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When was the term First Nations began to be used

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1970s

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4 Freedoms that Canadians enjoy

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Freedom of conscience and religion, speech, peaceful assembly, and association

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What document is known as the Great Charter of Freedoms

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Magna Carta signed in England in 1215

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Habeas corpus

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the right to challenge unlawful detention by the state

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When was the constitution of Canada changed

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1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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4 rights that Canadian enjoy

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Mobility, Aboriginal, Official Language and Multiculturalism

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Inuit means

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people

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12
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Where does Aboriginal people live

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600 communities on reserve land and other half in urban centres

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What does language does Inuit speak

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Inuktitut

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Where does Inuit live

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across the Arctic

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Metis

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mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry

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16
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Where does majority of Metis live

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in the Prairie provinces

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Popular Governor General of Canada in 1935-40

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John Buchan

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18
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How many Anglophones in Canada

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18 M

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19
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Official bilingual province in Canada

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New Brunswick

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Who are the Acadians

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descendants of French colonists who settled in Maritime provinces in 1604

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Great Upheaval

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more than 2/3rds of Acadians were deported during war between Britain and France

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22
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When did they House of Commons recognized QC is a nation within Canada

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2006

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23
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How old is heritage of Anglo Quebecers

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250 years

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24
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Canada is referred to as

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land of immigrants

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25
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Great majority of Canadians identify as

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Christians

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26
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Canadas population

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About 36 M

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27
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Why did the Europeans call the natives Indians

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They thought they had reached the East Indies

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28
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When did the European exploration began

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1497

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29
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Who drew the first map of Canadas East Coast

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John Cabot

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30
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When did the name Canada begin to appear on maps

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By 1550s

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31
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Iroquoian word Kanata means

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village

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32
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Who did Jacques Cartier claim land for across the Atlantic

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King Francis I

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33
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Who established the first European settlement in 1604 in Maine

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Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain

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34
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Who and when built a fortress in QC city

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Champlain 1608

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35
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When did the French and the Iroquois made peace

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1701

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Jean Talon, Bishop Laval and Count Frontenac

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Leaders who built a French empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to Gulf of Mexico

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1690

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Count Frontenac refused to surrender QC to the English

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38
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Who is Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester)

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Governor of QC who defended the rights of the Canadiens during American invasion of QC in 1775

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39
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Who supervised the Loyalists migration to Nova Scotia and Quebec in 1782-83

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Lord Dorchester

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Who and when did the Hudsons Bay Company granted exclusive trading rights

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1670 King Charle II

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41
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When did the France empire ended in America

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1759

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42
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Who passed the Quebec Act in 1774

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British Parliament

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43
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1776

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13 British colonies to the south of QC declared independence and formed the US

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44
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Where and when was the first representative assembly

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Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1758

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45
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Which act divided the Province of QC into Upper Canada (Ontario)

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The Constitutional Act 1791

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46
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When was the first elected Assembly of Lower Canada

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Quebec City in 1793

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47
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Who is Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe

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First Lieutenant Governor and founder city of Toronto

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48
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When was slavery abolished throughout the Empire

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1833

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49
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The North Star

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Slaves escaped from US via Canadian Underground Railroad, a Christian anti-slavery network

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50
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When did the Montreal Stock Exchange open

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1832

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51
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary

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an activist in the movement to abolish slavery in the USA; first woman publisher in Canada

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52
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When did US try to launch invasion in Canada

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June 1812

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53
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When did America burned down Parliament Building in York

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1812

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54
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What did the British and Canadian do in return to US during the invasion in 1814

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Burned the White House in DC

55
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Who is Duke Wellington

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Defeated Napoleon in 1815 by sending troops to defend Canada

56
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Laura Secord

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journeyed on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack

57
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Lord Durham

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an English reformer who recommended to merge Upper and Lower Canada

58
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What is a responsible government

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the ministers of the Crown must have the support of a majority of the elected representatives in order to govern

59
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The Fathers of Confederation

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Sir Etienne Pascal Tache, Sir George Etienne Cartier and Sir John A Macdonald

60
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When did Upper and Lower Canada united

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1840, united as Province of Canada

61
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Who is Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

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champion of French language rights
1st head of a responsible government in 1849

62
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2 levels of government

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federal and provincial

63
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What does Confederation mean

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Federal union
Old province of Canada split into 2 new provinces: Ontario and Quebec
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia formed a new country Dominion of Canada

64
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When was the Dominion of Canada officially born

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July 1 1867

65
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Dominion Day meaning

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When Canada became a self-governing Dominion

66
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When was British North America Act passed

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1867

67
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Who assigned Canadas national colours

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King George V in 1921

68
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Who suggested the term Dominion of Canada in 1864

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Sir Leonard Tilley

69
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Where was Dominion of Canada inspired from

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Bible refers to dominion from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth

70
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When was the Expansion of Dominion of Northwest Territories and Manitoba

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1870

71
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Expansion of Dominion of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

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1867

72
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Expansion of Dominion of P.E.I

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1873

73
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Expansion of Dominion of Newfoundland and Labrador

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1949

74
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Expansion of Dominion of Yukon Territory

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1898

75
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Expansion of Dominion of British Columbia

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1871

76
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Expansion of Dominion of Alberta and Saskatchewan

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1905

77
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Expansion of Dominion of Nunavut

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1999

78
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Expansion of Dominion of Transfer of the Arctic Islands

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1880

79
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The first Prime Minister of Canada

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Sir John A. Macdonald in 10$ bill

80
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key architect of Confederation from QC

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Sir George Etienne Cartier

81
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Louis Riel

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a defender of Metis rights and the father of Manitoba

82
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When was North West Mounted Police established

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1873 by Macdonald to pacify the West and assist in negotiations with Indians

83
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Where is the NWMP headquarters

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Regina

84
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Who are the national police force and one of Canadas best-known symbols

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Mounties

85
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What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize

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Unity

86
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Who built the Canadian Pacific Railway

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Chinese and European

87
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What is Head Tax

A

race based entry fee

88
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Who is Sir Wilfrid Laurier

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first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation, 5$ bill

89
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What is Vimy Memorial in France

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honours those who served and died in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917

90
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How many Canadians served the First World War

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More then 600 000

91
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Who is Bluebirds

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More than 3000 nurses who served in Royal Canadian Army Medical

92
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Who is Agnes Macphail

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1st woman MP in 1921

93
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Which is the first province to grant voting rights to women in Canada

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1916 in Manitoba

94
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First woman to practise medicine in Canada

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Dr Emily Stowe

95
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1918

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Most Canadian female citizens aged 21 and over were granted the right to vote in federal elections

96
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Who granted women the vote in 1940

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Therese Casgrain

97
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What do Canadians wear in Remembrance Day

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Red poppy

98
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When is Canadas Ramembrance Day

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Nov 11

99
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Who composed the poem In Flanders Fields in 1915

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Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

100
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What is Roaring Twenties

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the boom times with prosperity for business and low unemployment

101
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What is the Great Depression or Dirty Thirties

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Stock market crashes in 1929

102
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When was the Bank of Canada created

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1934

103
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How many were killed in 2nd World War

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44 000

104
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What started Canadas modern energy industry

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Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947

105
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Who provides publicly funded education

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provinces and territories

106
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When was the employment insurance introduced

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1940 by federal government

107
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1965

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Canada and Quebec Pension Plans

108
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1960s

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Quiet Revolution

109
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What does Canada Health Act ensure

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Common elements and a basic standard of coverage

110
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Which act guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada

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Official Language Act 1969

111
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La Francophonie

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international association of French speaking countries

112
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When did the Japanese-Canadians gain the right to vote

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1948

113
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When did Aboriginal people granted vote

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1960

114
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Who hit the idea of telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

115
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Invented snowmobile

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Joseph Armand Bombardier

116
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Invented the world system of standard time zones

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Sir Sandford Fleming

117
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Invented first electric light bulb

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Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward

118
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Invented radio

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Reginald Fessenden

119
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Known as greater living Canadian

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Dr Wilder Penfield

120
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Invented first cardiac pacemaker

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Dr John A Hopps

121
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Invented Canadarm

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SPAR Aerospace; National Research Council

122
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Invented Blackberry

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Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie

123
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3 key facts about Canadas system of government

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our country is a federal state, parliamentary democracy, and constitutional monarchy

124
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3 different governments in Canada

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federal, provincial, territorial and municipal

125
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What is British North America Act called now

A

Constitution Act 1867

126
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Who takes responsibility for national and international matters

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Federal state

127
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Which responsibility does provincial state take

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municipal government, education, health, natural resources, property, civil rights and highways

128
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Which responsibility does federal state take

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defence, foreign policy, interprovincial trade and communications, currency, navigation, criminal law and citizenship

129
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What task does the federal government and the provincial government share

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agriculture and immigration

130
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What is federalism

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allows different provinces to adopt policies tailored to their own populations, and gives provinces the flexibility to experiment with new ideas and policies

131
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Does every provinces has its own elected Legislative Assembly

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True

132
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3 parts of Parliament

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Sovereign, Senate, House of Commons

133
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