Alberta Province Practice Tests - Page 3

1) Who is the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta?

• Lois Hole
• Ed Stelmach
• Danielle Smith
• Donald Ethell

2) What level of government passes "by-laws"?

• Municipal or local government
• Regional government
• Territorial government
• None of the above

3) What is the name of the Prime Minister of Canada?

• Alexa McDonough
• Paul Martin
• Stephen Harper
• None of the above

4) What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

• Master of the Province
• Member of the Patriots
• Minister of Parliament
• Member of Parliament

5) What do you mark on a federal election ballot?

• An "X"
• The party's name
• The candidate's name
• The number for the candidate

6) What important trade did the Hudson Bay Company control?

• Fishery
• Fur
• Oil
• Gold

7) How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?

• Eight provinces and three territories
• Ten provinces and two territories
• Ten provinces and three territories
• Nine provinces and two territories

8) What is a Cabinet Minister?

• MP selected by the Prime Minister to run federal departments
• MP selected by the Queen to make laws
• Candidate picked by the Prime Minister
• MP picked by the Premier of each province

9) When did Canada establish its own honours system after using British honours for years?

• 1867
• 1957
• 1917
• 1967

10) When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?

• 1971
• 1990
• 1942
• 1982

11) What do you call the Queen's representative in the provinces?

• Member of parliament
• Premier
• Lieutenant-Governor
• Member of the Legislative Assembly

12) When is Canada Day?

• April 1st
• August 1st
• January 1st
• July 1st

13) What country is Canada's largest trading partner?

• UK
• Australia
• India
• USA

14) Who invented the snowmobile?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
• Sir Sandford Fleming
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier

15) Which province has the most bilingual Canadians?

• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Ontario
• Quebec

16) Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?

• Inuit
• Métis
• First Nations
• Acadians and Inuit

17) What are the parties that are not in power called?

• Opposition parties
• Out of power
• Candidates
• None of the above

18) Who was the Group of Seven in modern Canada?

• A group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s
• Seven athletes who won Olympic gold medals
• Seven Canadian soldiers in World War I
• A group of Aboriginal peoples

19) Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments?

• The British North America Act
• The Federal Act
• The Constitution Act, 1982
• The Confederation Act

20) Which region covers more than one-third of Canada?

• Atlantic Canada
• Northern Canada
• Southern Ontario
• Central Canada