Quiz 1 Questions

Question 1

What is the capital of Canada?

Answer 1

Ottawa

Question 2

What is Canada’s form of government?

Answer 2

(Federal parliamentary) constitutional monarchy

Question 3

Who is Canada’s head of state?

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth

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.

75 cents (U.S)= 1 Canadian dollar

Question 6

What do you call Canada’s political division (in U.S they are called 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

Pacific, Atlantic, artic

Question 9

Is Canada north or south of Cali?

Answer 9

South

Question 10

What is the population of Canada?

Answer 10

35.16 million

Question 11

What is Canada’s most populous (highest population) city?

Answer 11

Toronto

Question 12

Name the Canadian cities with a population of over 1 million

Answer 12

Vancouver

Montreal

Ottawa

Toronto

Edmonton

Calgary

Question 13

What percent of Canada’s population was born outside of 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 languages

Answer 16

French, English

Question 17

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

Answer 17

English, French, mandarin (Chinese)

Question 18

What is Canada’s official state religion?

Answer 18

They don’t have one

Question 19

What is Canada’s economic system?

Answer 19

Capitalist

Question 20

Which European country first “discovered” Canada? Which country first colonized it?

Answer 20

France, france

Question 21

What are Canada’s most valuable exports?

Answer 21

Oil

Vehicles

Car parts

Question 22

How far are we from Canada right now?

Answer 22

20-25 miles

Question 23

Have Canada and the U.S ever been at war? If yes, when and who won

Answer 23

Yes they have and it was a tie

Question 24

Which side did Canada support in the U.S civil war? Why?

Answer 24

South

It split U.S into two countries so they could take over the north.

Question 25

When did Canada gain its independence and from whom?

Answer 25

July 1st 1867

Britain

Question 26

Why did the first permanent settlers come to Canada?

Answer 26

To convert native Americans to catholic religion

Question 27

Is gay marriage legal in Canada?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

What is the legal age to drive in Canada? To vote? To drink? To smoke marijuana?

Answer 28

Drink: 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec and 19 everywhere else

Vote: 18

Drive: 16

Marijuana: illegal

Question 29

How long is maternity leave in Canada?

Answer 29

1 year

Question 30

Which people do not recognize the US-Canadian border? Why?

Answer 30

Native Americans.

Question 31

What are some differences between the Canadian and American dialect of English?

Answer 31

Canada- British spelling system and french words

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Iroquois word meaning village