Categories: Canadian Citizenship

Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test – History 4

What is a head tax?

Tax on the number of children in a household

Race-based entrance fee

Tax on those moving to the west

Fee charged to emigrate to Canada in 1867

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Which of these did the Quebec Act of 1774 not accomplish?

Maintain British criminal law

Denounce religious freedom

Allow Catholics to hold public office

Restore French civil law

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Who is the first European explorer to draw the map of Canada's east coast and claiming the land for England?

Christopher Columbus

Vasco de Gama

Sir Walter Raleigh

John Cabot

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Which is NOT true about Canada's early economy?

The exporting of natural resources was done mainly by rivers, canals, lakes and roads

It could only trade with the United States

It was based mainly on farming

It was based on exporting natural resources such as fur, fish and timber

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Who is on the Dominion of Canada's $1 and assigned Canada's national colors of white and red?

Joseph Howe

Sir John Macdonald

George V

Elizabeth II

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What group of people, who also colonized Greenland, first colonized Canada?

The Vikings

Europeans

The French

The English

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Which is NOT true about Mary Ann Shadd Cary?

She was the first woman publisher in Canada

She founded and edited the weekly newspaper The Provincial Freeman

She was an outspoken activist in the movement to abolish slavery

She was pro-slavery

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Which is NOT true about Louis Riel?

He led an armed uprising and seized Fort Garry

He is seen as the father of Manitoba

He was a North West Mounted Police Officer

He is a defender of Métis rights

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How many Canadians have lost their lives in wars up to present day?

500,000

250,000

1 million

110,000

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Who was a key architect of Confederation from Quebec?

Joseph Howe

Robert Baldwin

John Macdonald

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

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Which of these concerns is most closely associated with Canadian culture?

Healthcare

Gun control

Islamophobia

Freedom of speech

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Explanation:
Healthcare is indeed an important aspect of Canadian national culture, and most Canadians generally uphold certain principles and values associated with their healthcare system.

What day celebrates Canada Day and the anniversary of Confederation?

April 9th

June 30th

July 1st

January 11th

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Who are the Canadiens or habitants?

The French-speaking Catholic people of the Province of Quebec

The French-speaking people from Upper Canada

The English-speaking people of Quebec

The French-speaking people of New Brunswick

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The Canadian government made many First Nations kids attend boarding schools for what reason?

To 'civilize' them by forcing them to act like the European settlers

To protect them from smallpox and measles

To train them as warriors to fight against the Americans

Because their parents had died in wars between the French and the British

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Explanation:
Canadian government implemented a policy known as the Indian Residential School System, which forcibly enrolled many Indigenous children in boarding schools with the goal of assimilating them into Euro-Canadian culture.