Quiz 2: Who We Are - Canadian Citizenship Test Kit

Question 1

Which of these organizations is required by law to provide services in both English and French?

	All businesses
	All provincial legislatures
	Only those organizations that choose to do so
	The federal government

Question 2

How are the rights of gays and lesbians limited in Canada?

	Gays and lesbians must apply for special permission to work in certain types of jobs in Canada
	Gays and lesbians are allowed to live together, but not to marry in Canada
	Gays and lesbians are asked to keep to themselves in Canada
	There are no limits on the rights of gays and lesbians in Canada

Question 3

Where did the Acadians first settle?

	In what is now Central Canada
	In what are now the Maritime provinces
	In what are now the Prairie provinces
	In what is now the USA

Question 4

Approximately how many Anglo-Quebecers are there?

Question 5

Where are the ancestors of Aboriginals believed to have migrated from?

Question 6

What is the name given to the time when two thirds of Acadians were deported from their homeland?

Question 7

What does the word "Inuit" mean in the Inuktitut language?

Question 8

What is the name we give to formal agreements between the federal government and Aboriginal peoples?

Question 9

What were the goals of residential schools?

	To allow Europeans to learn from Aboriginals
	To educate and assimilate Aboriginals into mainstream Canadian culture
	To encourage Aboriginals to retain their heritage and customs
	To keep Aboriginals away from mainstream Canadian culture

Question 10

Which sovereign was responsible for the Royal Proclamation, which guaranteed territorial rights of Aboriginals?

Question 11

Why are Anglophones generally referred to as "English Canadians"?

	Because English is the language that people in these areas speak
	"English Canadians" is just a different way to say "Anglophones"
	This is just a way to distinguish them from Francophones
	The basic way of life in English-speaking areas was established by hundreds of thousands of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish settlers

Question 12

About what percentage of First Nations peoples live on reserves?

Question 13

What is the name of Canada's original constitutional document?

Question 14

With regards to the Quebecois, what did the House of Commons recognize in 2006?

	That the Quebecois also speak English
	That the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada
	That the Quebecois speaks only French
	That the Quebecois are a separate part of a united Canada

Question 15

Who are most French-speaking Quebecers descendants of?

	8,500 French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s
	8,500 French settlers from the 1500s to the 1800s
	8,500 French settlers from the 1600s to the 1900s
	8,500 French settlers from the 1500s and 1600s