Citizenship Cards

Question 1

Citizenship Responsibilites

Answer 1

1. Obeying the Law
2. Taking Responsibility for oneselfs and ones family
3. Serving on a jury
4. Voting in elections
5. Helping other in the community
6. Protecting and enjoying our heritage and environmen

Question 2

3 founding people in Canada

Answer 2

1. Aborignals
2. English
3. French

Question 3

Aborignals are broken done into what 3 groups?

Answer 3

1. Indian (called First Nations today)
2. Intuit
3. Metis

Question 4

How many anglophones in Canada

Answer 4

About 18 million

Question 5

How many francophones in Canada

Answer 5

About 8 million

Question 6

Which province is officially bilingual?

Answer 6

New Brunswick

Question 7

What happened in the “Great Upheaval

Answer 7

War between Britain and
France, more than two-thirds of the Acadians were deported from their homeland

Question 8

Who are Acardians

Answer 8

Descendants of French colonists that now stay in the Maritime provinces

Question 9

What did the Quebec Act do?

Answer 9

The Quebec Act
restored French civil law while maintaining
British criminal law

Question 10

What was the Underground Railroad used for?

Answer 10

A Christian anti-slavery network. Thousands of slaves escaped from
the United States in 1807

Question 11

When was slavery abolished in the British Empire?

Answer 11

1807

Question 12

Dominion of Canada is called what today?

Answer 12

Canada Day

Question 13

Who assigned Canada’s national flag colors in 1952?

Answer 13

King George V who also is on the 1 dollar bill

Question 14

When was Dominion of Canada officially born?

Answer 14

July 1, 1867 and until 1982 is when July 1st was celebrated when Canada became a self-governing Dominion

Question 15

Who is Sir Leonard Tilley?

Answer 15

An elected official and Father of Confederation from New Brunswick, suggested the term
Dominion of Canada in 1864

Question 16

Who is Canada’s First Prime Minister

Answer 16

In 1867, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, a Father
of Confederation, became Canada’s first Prime
Minister.

Question 17

Who is Canada’s first French Canadian Prime Minister?

Answer 17

Sir Wilfrid Laurier His
portrait is on the $5 bill

Question 18

What is the women’s suffrage
movement?

Answer 18

The effort by women to achieve the
right to vote

Question 19

Which province 1st granted women to vote?

Answer 19

Manitoba in 1916

Question 20

The General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is now what today?

Answer 20

The World Trade Organization (WTO)

Question 21

What does the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) do?

Answer 21

A military alliance, and with the United
States in the North American Aerospace Defence
Command (NORAD).

Question 22

Which minority group did not have the right to vote?

Answer 22

In 1948 the last of these, the Japanese-
Canadians, gained the right to vote. Aboriginal
people were granted the vote in 1960.

Question 23

What are 3 key facts about Canada’s system of government?

Answer 23

1. Federal state
2. A parliamentary democracy
3. A constitutional monarchy

Question 24

What does the Federal state constitute of?

Answer 24

The federal government
takes responsibility for matters of national and
international concern. These include
defence, foreign policy, interprovincial trade and communications, currency, navigation, criminal law and citizenship

Question 25

What are the Federal governments in Canada?

Answer 25

Federal, provincial, territorial and municipal

Question 26

What does the provincial government do?

Answer 26

The provinces are responsible
for municipal government, education, health, natural resources, property and civil rights, and highways.

Question 27

What is Federalism?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Parliament is composed of what 3 parts?

Answer 28

1. Sovereign (Queen or King)
2. The Senate
3. The House of Commons

Question 29

What is the role of a Prime Minister

Answer 29

The Prime Minister
selects the Cabinet ministers and is responsible for
the operations and policy of the government

Question 30

What is the role of the House of Commons?

Answer 30

House of Commons is the representative chamber,
made up of members of Parliament elected by the
people, traditionally every four years

Question 31

What is the role of Senators?

Answer 31

Senators are appointed by the Governor General on the advice
of the Prime Minister and serve until age 75. Both the House of Commons and the Senate consider and review bills

Question 32

What is the role of the Governor General?

Answer 32

To represent Canada’s head of state the Sovereign

Question 33

What is the Constitution of Canada also called?

Answer 33

The rule of law

Question 34

Who appoints the Governor General?

Answer 34

The Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister

Question 35

House of Commons are also know as what?

Answer 35

Members of Parliament (MPs)

Question 36

When are federal elections held?

Answer 36

The third Monday in
October every four years following the most
recent general election

Question 37

Canada is divided into how many electoral districts also known as ridings or constituencies?

Answer 37

308 and each electoral is represented by a MP

Question 38

Who elects the MP?

Answer 38

The people

Question 39

What are 3 political parties represented in the House of Commons?

Answer 39

1. Conservative Party
2. New Democratic Party
3. Liberal Party