Quiz 3: Canada’s History Parts 3 and 4 By CC Test Kit | August 1, 2014 - 3:11 am |September 20, 2017 Practice Question 1What the most significant battle of the First World War for Canada? The Battle of Paadeberg The Battle of the Somme The Second Battle of Ypres The Battle of Vimy Ridge Question 2What does the phrase "the last spike" refer to? The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway The price of the Canadian Pacific Railway The re-building of the Canadian Pacific Railway The beginning of the Canadian Pacific Railway Question 3What year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Confederation? 1905 1949 1989 1999 Question 4How was the railway important in the settlement of the West? It allowed large numbers of people to travel to the West quickly and easily It allowed people to send letters quickly and easily It allowed large numbers of people to visit the West as tourists Hearing the train whistle let people they were not alone Question 5What two things did the government do to Canadians of Japanese origin during the Second World War? Sold their possessions and moved them to camps against their will Took their jobs and made them speak only English Made it illegal to speak Japanese, and made men join the army Took their Japanese books and made them learn English Question 6What was the "Head Tax"? A tax that was put on every head of lettuce that was imported from the USA A tax that all American travellers had to pay to travel through Canada to get to Alaska A tax that Chinese people had to pay if they wanted to immigrate to Canada A tax that everybody had to pay to the federal government to pay for the Canadian Pacific Railway Question 7What Fort did Louis Riel seize? Fort Calgary Fort Garry Fort Manitoba Fort Edmonton Question 8What was the main job of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War? Protecting all of North America from attack Protecting convoys of merchant ships Stopping whales from interfering with heavy shipping Building troop-carrying ships Question 9"It was Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific on parade? In those few moments, I witnessed the birth of a nation." What does this quote refer to? The Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of Paadeberg The Second Battle of Ypres The Battle of the Somme Question 10What does the phrase "ribbons of steel" refer to? The first national telephone wire system in Canada The telephone wires that Alexander Graham Bell used for his telephones The Canadian Pacific Railway, which connected Canada from east to west The Canadian National Railway, which connected Canada from east to west Question 11What year did Confederation take place? 1871 1870 1867 1791 Question 12When Riel and the Metis seized Fort Garry, how did Ottawa respond? Ottawa immediately started negotiations with the Metis Ottawa sent soldiers to retake Fort Garry Ottawa debated for many months about what to do next Ottawa struck a Royal Commission Question 13What is the common name for the South African War? Southy War Boer War The Battle of Paadeberg South African Conflict Question 14Whom did Ottawa intern in labour camps from 1914 to 1920? Enemy soldiers Former Austro-Hungarian subjects Canadians who disagreed with the war Canadians of Japanese origin Question 15What year did the stock market crash, leading to the "Dirty Thirties"? 1930 1929 1932 1931 Quiz 3: Canada’s History Parts 3 and 4 was last modified: September 20th, 2017 by CC Test Kit Bookmark the permalink.
