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Question 1What were the dates of the South African War? 1890 - 1905 1899 - 1902 1897 - 1901 1897 - 1903 Question 2What does the phrase "the last spike" refer to? The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway The re-building of the Canadian Pacific Railway The beginning of the Canadian Pacific Railway The price of the Canadian Pacific Railway Question 3How was the railway important in the settlement of the West? It allowed large numbers of people to travel to the West quickly and easily Hearing the train whistle let people they were not alone It allowed people to send letters quickly and easily It allowed large numbers of people to visit the West as tourists Question 4Whom did Ottawa intern in labour camps from 1914 to 1920? Enemy soldiers Canadians who disagreed with the war Canadians of Japanese origin Former Austro-Hungarian subjects Question 5What is June 6th, 1944 known as? Liberation Day Attack Day The Black Day for the German Army D-Day Question 6What day is observed on November 11 in Canada? Canada Day St Crispin's Day Thanksgiving Day Remembrance Day Question 7What year did British Columbia join Confederation? 1870 1871 1880 1873 Question 8What year did Quebec women gain the right to vote in provincial elections? 1933 1920 1940 1935 Question 9What year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Confederation? 1989 1905 1949 1999 Question 10What year did Yukon Territory join Confederation? 1898 1880 1905 1873 Question 11Who was Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister? Cartier McGee Guillaume Laurent Sir Wilfred Laurier Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Question 12When do Canadians observe a moment of silence to honour the sacrifices of over one million brave men and women who have served, and the 110,000 who have given their lives? The second Monday of October, Thanksgiving Day July 1st, Canada Day January 3, International Day of the Soldier On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month Question 13What year did the stock market crash, leading to the "Dirty Thirties"? 1929 1930 1931 1932 Question 14What was the name of the Canadian beach on D-Day? Juno Omaha Sword Gold Question 15What did the British Empire evolve into after the First World War? The Commonwealth of British Nations The Empire The British Commonwealth of Nations The British Empire of Commonwealth Nations
What were the dates of the South African War?
What does the phrase "the last spike" refer to?
How was the railway important in the settlement of the West?
Whom did Ottawa intern in labour camps from 1914 to 1920?
What is June 6th, 1944 known as?
What day is observed on November 11 in Canada?
What year did British Columbia join Confederation?
What year did Quebec women gain the right to vote in provincial elections?
What year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Confederation?
What year did Yukon Territory join Confederation?
Who was Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister?
When do Canadians observe a moment of silence to honour the sacrifices of over one million brave men and women who have served, and the 110,000 who have given their lives?
What year did the stock market crash, leading to the "Dirty Thirties"?
What was the name of the Canadian beach on D-Day?
What did the British Empire evolve into after the First World War?
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