Canadian Citizenship Preparation Test 16

1. Which city sent soldiers to retake Fort Garry in 1870?

A. Ottawa
B. Montreal
C. Winnipeg
D. Edmonton

2. What is the key fact about Canada's system of government?

A. The Sovereign (Queen or King), the Senate and the House of Commons.
B. The Sovereign (Queen or King), the Prime Minister and the House of Commons.
C. A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
D. A federal state, a parliamentary dictatorship and a constitutional monarchy.

3. Who suggest 'unity in diversity'?

A. Marjorie Turner-Bailey
B. Jacques Cartier
C. John Cabot
D. John Buchan

4. What is the Official Summer Sport?

A. Lacrosse
B. Hockey
C. Canadian Football
D. Basketball

5. Who selects Member of House of Commons?

A. The Prime Minister.
B. The Governor General.
C. The Sovereign.
D. The general public.

6. What did Billy Bishop contribute to be awarded the Victoria Cross?

A. Flying ace Captain Billy Bishop earned the V.C. in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
B. Lieutenant Billy Bishop served in the British Army in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (1854) in the Crimean War.
C. Billy Bishop showed exceptional courage in the Battle of Hill 70 in 1917, and became the first member of the Canadian Corps not born in the British Empire to be awarded the V.C.
D. Captain Billy Bishop leading his men and a handful of tanks in the attack on Casa Berardi in Italy in 1943 during the Second World War.

7. Who passed the British North America Act in 1867?

A. The Sovereign.
B. The Prime Minister.
C. The British Parliament.
D. The Governor General.

8. Where is St. Croix Island located at in present-day?

A. Maine
B. Nova Scotia
C. Québec City
D. Halifax

9. When did Newfoundland and Labrador join into the Dominion?

A. 1867
B. 1871
C. 1905
D. 1949

10. Which description about the Aboriginal children's residential school is right?

A. To educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.
B. The schools were poorly funded and inflicted hardship on the students.
C. Some Aboriginal children were physically abused.
D. All of the above.

11. When did the stock market crash?

A. 1909
B. 1919
C. 1929
D. 1939

12. Who was also know as a champion of democracy and French language rights?

A. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
B. Sir Leonard Tilley
C. King George V
D. Sir John Alexander Macdonald

13. Who introduced the ice game, curling?

A. Lord Grey
B. James Naismith
C. Donovan Bailey
D. Scottish pioneers

14. What kind of minerals are in the Northern Territories?

A. Gold, lead, copper, diamond and zinc.
B. Gold, lead, copper, diamond and oil.
C. Gold, lead, gas, diamond and zinc.
D. Gold, silver, copper, diamond and zinc.

15. What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?

A. St. John's
B. Charlottetown
C. Halifax
D. Fredericton

16. Which year was the British defeated the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City?

A. 1759
B. 1769
C. 1779
D. 1789

17. What is the percentage of First Nations are the Aboriginal people?

A. 55%
B. 60%
C. 65%
D. 70%

18. Who became the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas?

A. Lord Durham
B. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
C. Robert Baldwin
D. Sir John Alexander Macdonald

19. What is Magna Carta include?

A. Freedom of conscience and religion.
B. Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of speech and of the press.
C. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
D. All of the above.

20. When is Boxing Day?

A. December 24
B. December 25
C. December 26
D. December 31