Online Canadian Citizenship Quiz - Northwest Territories 3

Question 1

What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?

Accepted Answer

Yellowknife

Answer

Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories. Known as the "Diamond Capital of North America," it sits on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake.

Question 2

What is the Northwest Territories known as the "Diamond Capital of North America"?

Accepted Answer

Because it contains some of the world's richest diamond mines, including Ekati and Diavik, discovered in the 1990s

Answer

Diamond deposits discovered near Lac de Gras in the 1990s transformed the NWT's economy. Major mines like Ekati (1998) and Diavik (2003) made the NWT one of the world's top diamond producers by value.

Question 3

The Northwest Territories is governed by a unique system called "consensus government." What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

There are no political parties; all Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected as independents, and the Premier and Cabinet are chosen by and accountable to all MLAs

Answer

The NWT uses a consensus (non-partisan) model of government. MLAs are elected as independents with no party affiliation. All MLAs collectively choose the Premier and Cabinet, and all members participate in governing rather than dividing into government and opposition parties.

Question 4

Which Indigenous group has land rights over much of the Mackenzie Delta and western Arctic coast in the NWT?

Accepted Answer

The Inuvialuit — the western Arctic Inuit who signed the Inuvialuit Final Agreement in 1984

Answer

The Inuvialuit are the western Arctic Inuit of the NWT's Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea region. They signed the Inuvialuit Final Agreement in 1984 — one of Canada's first comprehensive land claims settlements — securing land rights and self-governance.

Question 5

The Mackenzie River is Canada's longest river system. Where does it flow and empty?

Accepted Answer

It flows northwest across the NWT, emptying into the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) near Inuvik

Answer

The Mackenzie River flows approximately 4,241 km from Great Slave Lake northwest across the NWT to the Mackenzie Delta near Inuvik, where it empties into the Beaufort Sea. It is the second-longest river system in North America after the Mississippi-Missouri.

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