Canadian History Quiz #1 Flashcards
Who was Canada’s first francophone Prime Minister?
Wilfrid Laurier
What term is used to describe the severe economic hardships of the 1930s?
The Great Depression
Whose picture is on the new Canadian $10 dollar bill?
Viola Desmond
During the Second World War, thousands of Canadians were forcibly removed from the West Coast of Canada because of their ethnic origin. Who were these Canadians?
Japanese-Canadians
In what year were Indigenous peoples eligible to vote in federal elections?
1960
Which province was the last to join Canada?
Newfoundland and Labrador
What is the name of the beach in northern France on which Canadian forces landed in June 1944?
Juno Beach
Remembrance Day in Canada falls on November 11. November 11, 1918 was the last day of which war?
WWI
What are the two official national sports of Canada?
Ice hockey and lacrosse
Which province was first to grant women the right to vote? Which province was last to grant women the right to vote?
Manitoba (1916)
Quebec (1940)
The members of which ethnic group were once forced to pay a head tax to immigrate to Canada?
Chinese-Canadians
What is the date of Confederation?
July 1, 1867
Name the Canadian who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957 for his efforts to resolve the Suez Crisis peacefully, and then went on to become Prime Minister.
Lester Bowles Pearson
What name was given to the political and social movement that swept Quebec in the beginning of the 1960s?
The Quiet Revolution
Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
John Alexander Macdonald
