Practice Questions Free - Page 9

1) Trading rights in favour of which of these companies and in which year was issued for watershed drainage into Hudson Bay?

• Hudson's Bay Company, in 1650
• Hudson's Bay Company, in 1701
• Hudson's Bay Company, in 1759
• Hudson's Bay Company, in 1670

2) What does it mean by the word Kanata in Iroquoian?

• Sky
• Forest
• Village
• Sea

3) In 1942 the government of Canada forcibly removed the Japanese Canadians from the west coast and relocated them at different places, also confiscated their property.

• True
• False

4) Who was the greatest soldier of Canada?

• Phil Edwards
• General Sir Arthur Currie
• Sir Robert Borden
• Lt.Col. John McCrae

5) In which year RED was assigned as the national colour of Canada?

• In 1921
• In 1991
• In 1821
• In 1721

6) Lower Canadians were Protestant and upper Canadians were Catholic in Canada.

• True
• False

7) What was the name of the greatest leader of Metis army?

• John A. MacDonald
• Jim Balsillie
• Sir Sam Steele
• Gabriel Dumont

8) What did we find from the Raid on Dieppe (1942) and Defence of Hong Kong (1941)?

• Battles that took place during
• Canadian victories
• Battles where Canada did not participate
• Battles lost by Canadians

9) Where on a D-Day of 6 June 1944 troops of around 15000 Canadians were stormed and captured?

• Newfoundland
• Trafalgar
• Juno Beach
• Berlin

10) In which month of 1918 did the First World War end?

• March
• July
• November
• December

11) Between 1914 and 1920, nearly 8000 people, mostly Ukrainians, were forced to work across Canada in 24 labour camps.

• True
• False

12) For what reason was Major General Sam Steele famous?

• A Mountie
• Inventor of the BlackBerry
• A railway lawyer
• A Prime Minister

13) From which year the map of Canada started appearing on the World maps?

• The 1450s
• The 1550s
• The 1650s
• The 1950s

14) What profession did these three people ‘The Cree’, ‘The Huron -Wend’ and ‘Dene’ had?

• Living off the Arctic wildlife
• Farmers
• Nomads
• Hunter-gatherers

15) In 1814 the British demolished and burned the white house in the Washington, DC.

• True
• False

16) Name the place where the Huron Wend live?

• Off the Arctic wildlife
• In the Great Lakes region
• In many places, following the
• In the Northwest

17) Peace between the French and the Iroquois was established in the year ______ .

• 1501
• 1901
• 1701
• 1801

18) What is the estimated death toll of Canadians in the First World War?

• 40000
• 70000
• 60000
• 90000

19) Who was the founder of Canadian women's suffrage movement?

• Chantal Petitclerc
• Dr. Emily Stowe
• Norah Michener
• Mary Ann (Shadd) Cary

20) Since 1918 Canadian women received the right to vote in the federal elections.

• True
• False