Quiz 3: Canada's History Parts 1 and 2 - Canadian Citizenship Test Kit

Question 1

During and after the American Revolution, where did most United Empire Loyalists settle?

	Quebec and Ontario
	All over Canada
	Ontario and the Maritime Provinces
	Nova Scotia and Ontario

Question 2

In responsible government, what kind of vote must the government lose for the government to be forced to resign?

Question 3

What did the British hope to accomplish with the Quebec Act?

	The Quebec Act later became one of the constitutional foundations of Canada
	The Quebec Act was a way for the British to keep English colonists happy after the war
	The Quebec Act accommodated the principles of British institutions to the reality that most of the inhabitants of the province were French and Catholic
	The Quebec Act was designed to force the French to live in more or less the same way as the British did

Question 4

What was the result of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham for the French?

	The loss of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ended France's empire in North America
	The loss of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham was bad for the French fur trade
	The loss of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham was not really that important to the French
	The loss of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a major embarrassment to the French

Question 5

Who was the leader of the Shawnee during the war of 1812?

	Brigadier General William Hull
	Major-General Robert Ross
	Chief Tecumseh
	Major-General Sir Isaac Brock

Question 6

In the early days of Canada, what was the economy mostly based on?

	Tourism, farming, and publishing
	Publishing, fine art, and entertainment
	Farming and exporting natural resources such as fur, fish, and timber
	Oil, inventions, and mining of asbestos, nickel, and iron

Question 7

What was the most important outcome of the War of 1812?

	The War of 1812 was the last time that Canadians fought a war
	The War of 1812 ensured that Canada would remain independent of the USA
	The War of 1812 was the most popular war in Canadian history
	The War of 1812 made Canadians enthusiastic about war

Question 8

When did the name "Canada" first begin appearing on maps?

Question 9

How far did the French trading network extend in North America?

	From Quebec to Ontario
	From Nova Scotia to the Great Lakes
	From the east to the west of Quebec
	From Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico

Question 10

What effect did the arrival of European traders, missionaries, soldiers, and colonists have on the Aboriginals?

	The arrival of the Europeans had a short-term effect on the native ways of life
	The arrival of the Europeans had relatively little effect on the Aboriginals' way of life
	The arrival of the Europeans changed the native way of life forever
	The arrival of the Europeans had only positive effects on the native way of life

Question 11

Where was the law that actually created the Dominion of Canada passed?

	On the Plains of Abraham
	In Ottawa
	In the British Parliament
	In all of the provincial legislatures

Question 12

How many voyages did Jacques Cartier make between 1534 and 1542?

Question 13

What is the name of the law that actually created the Dominion of Canada?

Question 14

In 1814, Major-General Robert Ross led an expedition from Nova Scotia that burned the White House in Washington, DC. Why?

	To get back at the Americans for invading Canada
	To make the Americans want to end the war quickly
	To settle a personal grievance he had with the American President
	In retaliation for the burning of York (now Toronto)

Question 15

Why did Europeans call the Aboriginals "Indians"?

	Because they though they were in the East Indies
	They thought that the Aboriginals needed to be more like the people in the East Indies
	They thought that that was a new word
	They thought that the Aboriginals were cousins of the people in the East Indies

Quiz 3: Canada’s History Parts 1 and 2