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: 1980
Info: From the 1800s until the 1980s, many Aboriginal children were placed in residential schools.
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44. Thousands of years ago, where did the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples migrate from?
Answer: Asia
Info: The ancestors of Aboriginal peoples are believed to have migrated from Asia many thousands of years ago.
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45. Inuit people live across the?
Answer: Arctic
Info: The Inuit live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic.
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46. Who said that immigrant groups should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character?
Answer: John Buchan
Info: John Buchan, the first Baron Tweedsmuir, was a popular Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
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47. In which year did Ottawa formally apologize for its treatment of Aboriginal students?
Answer: 2008
Info: Ottawa formally apologized to former Aboriginal students in 2008.
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48. How many groups of people make up the Aboriginals?
Answer: Three
Info: Today, the term Aboriginal peoples refers to three distinct groups: First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
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49. The Métis are distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry. They come from?
Answer: Both French and English-speaking background
Info: The Métis have both French and English-speaking backgrounds.
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50. Which is considered as Canada’s greatest strength?
Answer: Diversity
Info: Canada’s greatest strength is its diversity.
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51. According to John Buchan, from where should we learn while cherishing our own special loyalties and traditions?
Answer: From others’ traditions
Info: Each group should learn from the other while cherishing their own special loyalties and traditions.
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52. Today, how many Anglophones are present in Canada?
Answer: 18 million
Info: Today, there are 18 million Anglophones, people who speak English as a first language.
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53. What percentage of Aboriginal peoples are Inuit?
Answer: 4%
Info: 4% of Aboriginal peoples are Inuit.
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54. Today, Acadian culture is a lively part of?
Answer: French-speaking Canada
Info: Acadian culture is flourishing and is a lively part of French-speaking Canada.
