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Question 1What year did British Columbia join Confederation? 1870 1880 1871 1873 Question 2What year did Nunavut become a territory? 1880 1949 2001 1999 Question 3What was the name of the program in the Second World War that saw thousands of air crews trained in Canada? Canadian Training Plan British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Commonwealth Air Crew Training Plan British Training Plan Question 4What was the "Head Tax"? A tax that everybody had to pay to the federal government to pay for the Canadian Pacific Railway A tax that all American travellers had to pay to travel through Canada to get to Alaska A tax that was put on every head of lettuce that was imported from the USA A tax that Chinese people had to pay if they wanted to immigrate to Canada Question 5What the most significant battle of the First World War for Canada? The Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of the Somme The Battle of Paadeberg The Second Battle of Ypres Question 6What was the name of the Canadian beach on D-Day? Juno Omaha Gold Sword Question 7What year did Alberta and Saskatchewan join Confederation? 1880 1905 1910 1898 Question 8How large was Canada's navy at the end of the Second World War? The third-largest in the world It was still a tiny collection of ships The largest in the world About the same as it had been at the beginning of the war Question 9Who wrote the famous war poem, "In Flanders Fields"? Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae Sir Arthur Currie Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry James Nielle Question 10In what year were the Arctic Islands transferred to the Northwest Territories? 1898 1880 1905 1873 Question 11What does the phrase "the last spike" refer to? The re-building of the Canadian Pacific Railway The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway The price of the Canadian Pacific Railway The beginning of the Canadian Pacific Railway Question 12How did Japan try to attack Canada during the Second World War? Japan launched an invasion of British Columbia Japan tried to get the USA to attack Canada Japan attacked Canadian ships around the world Japan launched fire balloons over British Columbia and the Prairies Question 13When was the North West Mounted Police established? 1885 1873 1890 1870 Question 14Who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament? Emily Stowe (1916) Agnes Macphail (1921) Nellie McClung (1921) Emily Murphy (1927) Question 15What were the dates of the South African War? 1897 - 1901 1890 - 1905 1899 - 1902 1897 - 1903
What year did British Columbia join Confederation?
What year did Nunavut become a territory?
What was the name of the program in the Second World War that saw thousands of air crews trained in Canada?
What was the "Head Tax"?
What the most significant battle of the First World War for Canada?
What was the name of the Canadian beach on D-Day?
What year did Alberta and Saskatchewan join Confederation?
How large was Canada's navy at the end of the Second World War?
Who wrote the famous war poem, "In Flanders Fields"?
In what year were the Arctic Islands transferred to the Northwest Territories?
What does the phrase "the last spike" refer to?
How did Japan try to attack Canada during the Second World War?
When was the North West Mounted Police established?
Who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament?
What were the dates of the South African War?
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