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Question 1

Which province was split into two at Confederation?

Answer 1

The province of canada

Question 2

Who were the Voyagers?

Answer 2

Montreal-based traders who travelled by canoe

Question 3

Give the first two lines of Canada’s national anthem?

Answer 3

o Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command

Question 4

What is a major river in Quebec?

Answer 4

St. Lawrence River

Question 5

What is Canada’s system of government called

Answer 5

Parliamentary government

Question 6

In the 1960s, Quebec experienced an era of rapid change. What is this called?

Answer 6

The Quiet Revolution

Question 7

Who are the founding peoples of Canada?

Answer 7

Aboriginal, French and British

Question 8

what year was the confederation?

Answer 8

1867

Question 9

Name the five regions of Canada

Answer 9

Atlantic, Central, Prairie, West Coast, and North

Question 10

What is the name of the Governor General

Answer 10

david johnson

Question 11

What was the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Answer 11

The effort by women to achieve the right to vote

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a feature of Canada’s system of government

Answer 12

Dictatorship

Question 13

What is the name of the Royal Anthem of Canada

Answer 13

God Save the Queen (or King)

Question 14

In Canada’s justice system what does “presumption of innocence” mean?

Everyone is guilty until proven innocent

Answer 14

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty

Question 15

From where does the name “Canada” come from?

Answer 15

From “Kanata”, the Huron-Iroquois word for village

Question 16

Which region covers more than one-third of Canada

Answer 16

Northern Territories

Question 17

In what industry do most Canadians work?

Answer 17

Service

Question 18

What are the three parts of Parliament?

Answer 18

The Queen, the House of Commons and the Senate

Question 19

What do you call a law before it is passed?

Answer 19

A bill

Question 20

What is a voter information card?

Answer 20

A form that tells you when and where to vote

Question 21

What is meant by the equality of women and men

Answer 21

men and women are equal under the law

Question 22

What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize

Answer 22

unity

Question 23

Name two responsibilities of the provincial and territorial government

Answer 23

health and education

Question 24

Which province was to first to grant voting rights to women

Answer 24

manitoba

Question 25

Which provincial flag features the fleur-de-lys

Answer 25

Quebec