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Question 1Who is responsible for funding primary and secondary education in Canada? Parents pay tuition The provinces and territories Education is free in Canada The federal government Question 2Today, who may vote in Canadian elections? Everybody who lives in Canada, and who is over the age of 18 Canadian citizens who are over the age of 18 Permanent residents and citizens who are over the age of 18 Everybody who was born in Canada, and who is over the age of 18 Question 3How has the number of women in the professional workforce changed over the past 50 years? The number increased a lot, but since that time, has fallen back to where it was The number has increased The number has decreased The number has remained almost exactly the same Question 4Who circled the globe in a wheelchair in 1985 to raise money for spinal cord research? Catrina Le May Doan Rick Hansen Terry Fox Donovan Bailey Question 5What was entrenched in the Constitution in 1982? The Canadian Charter of Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness The Canadian Charter of Liberties and Privileges The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The Canadian Charter of Political Forwardism Question 6Which organization coordinates Canada's efforts in space? Canadian Outer Space Consortium Outer Realm Scientists Canadian Space Agency C-NASA Question 7What is the name of the historical period that saw the democratic West and the communist East compete for prestige and power? Global Influence War Non-shooting War Prestige & Power War Cold War Question 8Canada accepted a large number of refugees (37,000) from one country in 1956. Where were these refugees from? Poland Czechoslovakia Austria Hungary Question 9What does the Canada Health Act guarantee? Coverage of all medical expenses Healthcare premiums are illegal Coverage of experimental drugs and treatments A basic standard of medical coverage Question 10What is NORAD? An American-Canadian partnership to promote trade An American-Canadian partnership to fight organized crime An American-Canadian partnership to protect North America's airspace An American-Canadian partnership to promote cultural exchange Question 11What do Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith, and Bertram Brockhouse all have in common? They have all won Nobel Prizes in science They have all competed for Canada in the Olympics They have all won international acting awards They have all been to space Question 12What is the name of the international organization that worked to relax restrictive trading policies after the Great Depression? General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Business Trade Circle International Trade Boundaries Commission Trade Council Question 13What does the Official Languages Act guarantee? French and English services in all places and in all ways across Canada French and English services in the federal and provincial governments across Canada French and English services in the federal government across Canada French and English services at all businesses across Canada Question 14How did Terry Fox lose his leg? He was born with only one leg He had a farming accident He had cancer He broke his leg, and then infection set in Question 15What has happened to Canadian social values over the past 50 years? Canada has changed a little in certain areas Canada had changed more than any other country in the world Canada has stayed more or less the same Canada has become a more open and flexible society
Who is responsible for funding primary and secondary education in Canada?
Today, who may vote in Canadian elections?
How has the number of women in the professional workforce changed over the past 50 years?
Who circled the globe in a wheelchair in 1985 to raise money for spinal cord research?
What was entrenched in the Constitution in 1982?
Which organization coordinates Canada's efforts in space?
What is the name of the historical period that saw the democratic West and the communist East compete for prestige and power?
Canada accepted a large number of refugees (37,000) from one country in 1956. Where were these refugees from?
What does the Canada Health Act guarantee?
What is NORAD?
What do Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith, and Bertram Brockhouse all have in common?
What is the name of the international organization that worked to relax restrictive trading policies after the Great Depression?
What does the Official Languages Act guarantee?
How did Terry Fox lose his leg?
What has happened to Canadian social values over the past 50 years?
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