Exam 1

Question 1

What is the capital of Canada

Answer 1

Ottawa

Question 2

What is Canada’s form of government

Answer 2

Constitutional Monarchy/Parliamentary System

Question 3

Who is Canada’s head of state

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth II

Question 4

What do we call Canada’s political leader? Who is it?

Answer 4

Prime Minister. Steve Harper

Question 5

What is Canada’s monetary unit, and its value in U.S dollars

Answer 5

Canadian Dollar. 0.75 cents U.S dollar

Question 6

What do you call Canada’s political divisions (in the U.S they are states)

Answer 6

Provinces and territories

Question 7

Where does Canada rank in land size

Answer 7

2nd

Question 8

Which oceans make up Canada’s shoreline

Answer 8

Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific

Question 9

Is Canada north or south of California

Answer 9

South

Question 10

What is the population of Canada

Answer 10

35.16 million

Question 11

What is Canada’s most populous city

Answer 11

Toronto

Question 12

Name the Canadian cities with a population of over 1 million

Answer 12

Toronto

Montreal

Vancouver

Calgary

Edmonton

Ottawa

Question 13

What percent of Canada’s population was born outside Canada

Answer 13

20%

Question 14

Which 4 countries supplied the most immigrants to Canada last year

Answer 14

China, India, Philippines, U.S

Question 15

What is Canada’s national sport

Answer 15

Lacrosse

Question 16

What is/are Canada’s official language

Answer 16

English and French

Question 17

Which 3 languages are spoken at home by the largest number of people in Canada

Answer 17

English, French, mandarin

Question 18

What is Canada’s official state religion

Answer 18

Does not have one

Question 19

Where did the name “Canada” originate? What does it mean?

Answer 19

Jacques Cartier was told by 2 Indians that it was called “Kanata”

Iroquois word that means village