CAN 500Q-2 AC 31-60 Flashcards
31-60 AC
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31. Which of the following is the name of the military forces in Canada?
Answer: Canadian Forces.
Info: The Canadian Forces include the Navy, Army, and Air Force.
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32. The teenagers who can’t join the Canadian Army can become?
Answer: A Cadet.
**Info: Young people can learn discipline and responsibility by becoming cadets.
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33. The founding peoples of Canada are?
Answer: All of these (Aboriginal, French, British).
Info: Canada’s founding peoples include Aboriginal, French, and British.
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34. Canada’s institutions uphold a commitment in the British North America Act 1867 about?
Answer: Peace, order, and good government.
Info: This phrase reflects the values upheld by Canadian institutions.
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35. Which of the following is often referred to as the great Dominion?
Answer: Canada.
Info: Canada is often hailed as the great Dominion by poets and songwriters.
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36. Canada is being regarded around the world as?
Answer: Strong and free.
Info: Canada is known globally as a strong and free country.
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37. It is the only constitutional monarchy in North America?
Answer: Canada.
Info: Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America, with a continuous constitutional tradition.
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38. The Canadian system of government is based on?
Answer: Constitutional monarchy.
Info: Canada’s government is based on a constitutional monarchy.
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39. Territorial rights were first guaranteed through the Royal Proclamation of 1763 by?
Answer: King George III.
Info: The Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George III guaranteed territorial rights.
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40. Most of the Métis people live in?
Answer: Prairie Provinces.
Info: The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, mainly residing in the Prairie Provinces.
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41. Canadian citizens who are neither Inuit nor Métis are known as?
Answer: First Nation.
Info: Canadian citizens who are neither Inuit nor Métis are often referred to as First Nation.
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42. What is the meaning of the word Inuit in the Inuktitut language?
Answer: The people.
Info: Inuktitut language refers to Inuit as “the people.”
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43. Until which date did the federal government force Aboriginal students to assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture?
Answer: The 1990s.
Info: The residential school system, designed to assimilate Aboriginal children, operated until the late 20th century.
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44. The first European settlers in Canada were?
Answer: Vikings from Iceland.
Info: Vikings from Iceland settled in Newfoundland and Labrador around the year 1000.
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45. Jacques Cartier made three voyages across the Atlantic, claiming the land for?
Answer: King Francis I of France.
Info: Jacques Cartier claimed what is now Canada for France in the 16th century.
