Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test - Who We Are

Who speak the dialect known as Michif?

The Inuit and Métis

The Métis

The Inuit

The Inuit and First Nations

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Define Francophones.

People who speak French as their second language

Aboriginal people who speak English as their first language

Aboriginal people who speak English as their second language

People who speak French as their first language

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What key phrase in the British North American Act of 1867 do institutions uphold a commitment to?

Peace and ordered liberty

Liberty and good government

Peace, order and good government

Freedom, happiness and enterprise

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Since the 1970s, what country has the majority of immigrants to Canada come from?

The United States

England

Scotland

Asian Countries

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Population wise, which group of Aboriginals is the largest in Canada?

Métis

Acadian

First Nations

Inuit

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Define Anglophones.

People who speak English as their second language

People who speak French as their first language

People who speak French as their second language

People who speak English as their first language

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Which is the only officially bilingual province?

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

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The majority of the Métis live where?

In Quebec

In the Atlantic Provinces

In the Prairie Provinces

In Central Canada

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The majority of Francophones live in the Province of:

Ontario

New Brunswick

Manitoba

Quebec

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What is Canada's largest religious affiliation?

Muslim

Catholic

Protestant

Jewish

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What is known as the Great Upheaval?

When the Aboriginals were assimilated into Canadian culture

When Aboriginal children were placed in residential schools

When the Acadians deported the British during the war between Britain and France

When Acadians were deported during the war between Britain and France

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Poets and songwriters have hailed Canada as:

The Aboriginal Country

the Great Dominion

The Constitutional Monarchy of North America

The Great White Expanse

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Which of these peoples were NOT one of the founding peoples of Canada?

British

Aboriginal

French

Spanish

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What recognition was given in 2006 by the House of Commons for its unique identity and culture?

To the Quebecois that form a nation within a united Canada

To English Canadians (English, Welsh, Scottiish and Irish) that form a nation within Canada

To the Indians that form a nation within Canada

To all Aboriginal People that form a nation within Canada

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What was Canada's original constitutional document of 1867 known as?

The British North American Act

The Great Charter of Freedoms

The Canadian Magna Carta

The Canadian Constitution

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Who are the Acadians?

Descendants of French colonists

Descendants of Asian colonists

Descendants of the Inuit

Descendants of the Spanish

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