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What are three responsibilities of citizenship?
a) Being loyal to Canada, recycling newspapers, serving in the navy, army or air force.
b) Obeying the law, taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family, serving on a jury.
c) Learning both official languages, voting in elections, belonging to a union.
d) Buying Canadian products, owning your own business, using less water.
b) Obeying the law, taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family, serving on a jury.
What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?
a) To remember our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
b) To celebrate Confederation.
c) To honour prime ministers who have died.
d) To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.
d) To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.
how are members of parliament chosen?
a) They are appointed by the United Nations.
b) They are chosen by the provincial premiers.
c) They are elected by voters in their local constituency (riding).
d) They are elected by landowners and police chiefs.
c) They are elected by voters in their local constituency (riding).
Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.
Magna Carta (also known as the Great Charter of Freedoms) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Identify four (4) rights that Canadians enjoy.
Four rights that Canadians enjoy are
1. Mobility Rights (the right to live and work anywhere they choose, enter and leave the country freely, and apply for a passport),
2. Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights (the rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples),
3. Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights (French and English have equal status in Parliament and throughout the government), and
4. Multiculturalism (a fundamental characteristic of the Canadian heritage and identity in which Canadians celebrate the gift of one another’s presence and work had to respect pluralism and live in harmony).
Name four (4) fundamental freedoms that Canadians enjoy.
- Freedom of conscience and religion;
- Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of speech and of the press;
- Freedom of peaceful assembly; and
- Freedom of association.
What is meant by the equality of women and men?
This means that in Canada women and men are equal under the law.
What are some examples of taking responsibility for yourself and your family?
Getting a job, taking care of your family and working hard in keeping with your abilities.
Who were the founding peoples of Canada?
Aboriginals, British, and French
Who are the Métis?
People of Aboriginal and European ancestry that live mostly in the Prairie Provinces.
What does the word “Inuit” mean?
The People in Inuktitut language
What is meant by the term “responsible government”?
It means that ministers of the Crown must have the support of a majority of the elected representatives in order to govern.
Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?
Sir Louise-Hippolyte La Fontaine, a champion of French language rights, became the first head of a responsible government (similar to a prime minister) in Canada in 1849.
What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?
The Canadian Pacific Railway is a symbol of unity, joining Canada from sea to sea.
What does Confederation mean?
From 1864-1867, representatives of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada, with British support, worked together to establish a new country. The old province of Canada was split into two new provinces, Ontario and Quebec, which together with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, formed the new country called the Dominion of Canada. Confederation is the establishment of the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867, the birth of the country we know as Canada.
