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Jeu de Quizz Canadien

Categories Where do most French-speaking Canadians live? a. Ontario. b. New Brunswick. c. Quebec. d. Prince Edward Island. Question 1

Categories Question 1 Réponse c. Quebec.

Categories Question 2 What are the provinces of the Atlantic region? a. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. b. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. c. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. d. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

Categories Question 2 Réponse b. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Categories Question 3 Name two responsibilities of a provincial or territorial government. a. National defence and highways. b. Policing and firefighting. c. Education and health care. d. Policing and citizenship.

Categories Question 3 Réponse c. Education and health care.

Categories Question 4 How many electoral districts are there in Canada? a. 20. b c d. 59.

Categories Question 4 Réponse b. 308.

Categories Question 5 Who were the United Empire Loyalists? a. Settlers who came to Canada from the United States during and after the American Revolution. b. Aboriginal peoples. c. Métis d. Inuit.

Categories Question 5 Réponse a. Settlers who came to Canada from the United States during and after the American Revolution.

Categories Question 6 What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use to create trading networks in North America? a. Roads. b. Waterways. c. Railway. d. Air.

Categories Question 6 Réponse b. Waterways.

Categories Question 7 What are the territories of Northern Canada and their capital cities? a. Alaska (Juneau) and Yukon Territory ( Whitehorse). b. Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Alaska (Juneau). c. Northwest Territories (Yellowknife). d. Yukon Territory (Whitehorse), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), and Nunavut (Iqaluit).

Categories Question 7 Réponse d. Yukon Territory (Whitehorse), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), and Nunavut (Iqaluit).

Categories Question 8 What are the three main types of industry in Canada? a. Natural resources, tourism and service industries.. b. Tourism, services and manufacturing. c. Natural resources, tourism and manufacturing. d. Natural resources, manufacturing and services.

Categories Question 8 Réponse d. Natural resources, manufacturing and services.

Categories Question 9 What do political parties do? a. Share ideas about how government should work. b. Prepare the celebration after the election. c. Liaise with the provincial governments. d. Liaise with the Queen.

Categories Question 9 Réponse a. Share ideas about how government should work.

Categories Question 10 When did settlers from France first establish communities on the St. Lawrence River? a. 1200s. b. 1700s. c. 1900s. d. early 1600s.

Categories Question 10 Réponse d. early 1600s.

Categories Question 11 What important trade did the Hudson Bay Company control? a. Fishing. b. Agriculture. c. Fur. d. Oil.

Categories Question 11 Réponse c. Fur.

Categories Question 12 Why is the Constitution Act of 1982 important in Canadian history? a. It allows Canada to change the Constitution without asking approval of the British Government. b. It allows Canadians more freedoms. c. It changed the immigration laws. d. The Queen became more involved in Canadian Government.

Categories Question 12 Réponse a. It allows Canada to change the Constitution without asking approval of the British Government.

Categories Question 13 How is the Prime Minister chosen? a. The Queen appoints the Prime Minister. b. The Governor General with the Senate appoint the Prime Minister. c. The leader of the party with the most elected representatives becomes the Prime Minister. d. The MP's vote on the Prime Minister.

Categories Question 13 Réponse c. The leader of the party with the most elected representatives becomes the Prime Minister.

Categories Which party is the Official Opposition at the federal level? a. The New Democratic Party. b. The Liberal Party. c. The Independent Party. d. The Conservative Party. Question 14

Categories b. The Liberal Party. Question 14 Réponse

Categories Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada? a. To establish agricultural communities. b. To escape religious persecution. c. To mine coal. d. To fish and trade with Aboriginal peoples. Question 15

Categories Question 15 Réponse d. To fish and trade with Aboriginal peoples.

Categories Question 16 List three ways in which you can protect the environment. a. Work near where you live, drive to work, take a taxi. b. Use unleaded gas, drive a small car, travel by yourself. c. Compost and recycle, conserve energy and water, walk or join a car pool. d. Pour solvents down storm drains, leave taps running, leave lights on.

Categories Question 16 Réponse c. Compost and recycle, conserve energy and water, walk or join a car pool.

Categories Question 17 What song is Canada’s national anthem? a. God Save the Queen. b. O Canada. c. Star Spangled Banner. d. Amazing Grace.

Categories Question 17 Réponse b. O Canada.

Categories Question 18 What is Canada’s system of government called? a. Dictatorship. b. Parliamentary government. c. Military Rule. d. Communism.

Categories Question 18 Réponse b. Parliamentary government.

Categories Question 19 What are the two official languages of Canada? a. English and Métis. b. Inuit and French. c. English and French. d. English and Inuit.

Categories Question 19 Réponse c. English and French.

Categories Question 20 Which mountain range is on the border between Alberta and British Columbia? a. Coastal Range. b. Columbia Mountains. c. Laurentian Mountains. d. Rocky Mountains.

Categories Question 20 Réponse d. Rocky Mountains.

Categories Question 21 What part of the Constitution legally protects the basic rights and freedoms of all Canadians? a. The British Charter of Rights and Freedoms. b. The Canadian Charter of Rights. c. The Canadian Charter of Freedoms. d. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Categories Question 21 Réponse d. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Categories Question 22 One third of all Canadians live in which province? a. Quebec. b. Ontario. c. Northwest Territories. d. Manitoba.

Categories Question 22 Réponse b. Ontario.

Categories Question 23 Name two responsibilities of municipal (or local) governments. a. Snow removal and recycling. b. Recycling and education. c. Taxation and firefighting. d. Parks and highways.

Categories Question 23 Réponse a. Snow removal and recycling.

Categories Question 24 Why is the British North America Act important in Canadian history? a. It was drafted by the British. b. It made confederation official. c. The Métis signed the act. d. It was agreed to by the Inuit.

Categories Question 24 Réponse b. It made confederation official.

Categories Question 25 When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Canadian Constitution? a b c d. 1878

Categories Question 25 Réponse c. 1982

Categories Félicitations à tout le monde! Maintenant… Une question finale!

Categories La Question Finale

Categories (Canada’s Political system)…

Categories How is the government formed after a federal election? a. The party with the most elected representatives becomes the party in power. The Queen chooses the Prime Minister from this party b. The party with the most elected representatives becomes the party in power. The leader of this party becomes the Prime Minister. c. The Governor General picks a party and a Prime Minister to run the government. d. Each province elects one representative to form the government. The Queen then chooses the Prime Minister.

Categories b. The party with the most elected representatives becomes the party in power. The leader of this party becomes the Prime Minister. RÉPONSE