Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test

Who were the United Empire Loyalists?

Aboriginals

The first loyalist from Spain in Canada

Loyalists that fled the American Revolution in the colonies and settled in Nova Scotia and Quebec

The Inuit

Correct! Wrong!

Who did King Charles II of England grant exclusive trading rights to for the water draining into Hudson Bay?

The Quebec Fur Trading Company

The First Nations

The Hudson Bay Company

The Montreal Company

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What is the name of the poem often recited on Remembrance Day written by Lt-Colonel John McCrae?

Scattered Crosses

In Flanders Fields

Remembrance

Poppy's Everywhere

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Which of these did the Constitutional Act of 1791 NOT do?

Provide for Aboriginals rights

Divide the Province of Quebec into an Upper and Lower Canada

Grant for the first time, legislative assemblies elected by the people

Make the name Canada official at that time

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What year was the British North American Act passed, officially marking the Dominion of Canada's birth?

1848

1840

1867

1864

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How many Canadians served in World War II?

110,000

500,000

750,000

Over a million

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What would you bring to a Hudson's Bay Company store if you belonged to a First Nations tribe in Canada?

Food

Totem poles

Beaver pelts

Guns

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הֶסבֵּר:
First Nations individuals in Canada were often involved in the fur trade and would bring beaver pelts to Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) stores.

Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?

Sir Leonard Tilley

Sir John Alexander Macdonald

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

Lord Elgin

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What was the outcome of the English and French war that battled for control of North America?

The French were able to freely govern themselves apart from British Empire rule

It was a stalemate and neither was a victor and both withdrew

The French were defeated and England renamed the colony Province of Quebec

The French won and the English were defeated

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Who are the 'Bluebirds'?

Nurses in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Woman farmers in Ontario

Women teachers in Toronto

Women aviators

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Where does the inspiration for the term Dominion of Canada come from?

The Canadian Constitution

The Monarchy

The Quebec people

The Bible

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Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?

Count Frontenac

Bishop Laval

Pierre de Monts

Jacques Cartier

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The first people that First Nations encountered when they interacted with European immigrants and explorers often consisted of traders and _____.

Soldiers

Sailors

Farmers

Missionaries

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הֶסבֵּר:
In addition to traders, missionaries were another group of people that First Nations encountered when they interacted with European immigrants and explorers.

Which was the first British North American colony to attain full responsible government?

The Canadas

נובה סקוטיה

Upper Canada

Lower Canada

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What group of people were significant in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?

Acadians

Chinese

African slaves

Aboriginals

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Which was the first province in the Empire to abolish slavery?

נובה סקוטיה

ניו - ברונסוויק

Upper Canada

Lower Canada

Correct! Wrong!

Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test – History 3

Who were the United Empire Loyalists?

Who did King Charles II of England grant exclusive trading rights to for the water draining into Hudson Bay?

What is the name of the poem often recited on Remembrance Day written by Lt-Colonel John McCrae?

Which of these did the Constitutional Act of 1791 NOT do?

What year was the British North American Act passed, officially marking the Dominion of Canada's birth?

How many Canadians served in World War II?

What would you bring to a Hudson's Bay Company store if you belonged to a First Nations tribe in Canada?

Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?

What was the outcome of the English and French war that battled for control of North America?

Who are the 'Bluebirds'?

Where does the inspiration for the term Dominion of Canada come from?

Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?

The first people that First Nations encountered when they interacted with European immigrants and explorers often consisted of traders and _____.

Which was the first British North American colony to attain full responsible government?

What group of people were significant in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?

Which was the first province in the Empire to abolish slavery?

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