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Chapter 3.1 – Canada's History

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What is known as the women's suffrage movement?

The effort by women to end suffering

The effort by women to achieve the right to vote

The feminist movement

The war liberation movement by women

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When were most Canadian female citizens, aged 21 and over, granted the right to vote in federal elections?

1918

1921

1889

1945

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Who was the founder of the women's suffrage movement?

Agnes Macphail

Dr. Emily Stowe

Thérèse Casgrain

Marie Howe

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When is Remembrance Day?

First of November

11th of November

11th of September

21st of December

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What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

To remember our Sovereign

To celebrate Confederation

To honour prime ministers who have died

To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day

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What do Canadians remember on Remembrance Day?

The sacrifices of veterans and brave fallen in all wars

Canada's victory in the First World War

Canada's victory in the Second World War

Canada's first settlers

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What do Canadians wear on Remembrance Day?

Red poppy

Blue ribbon

Red ribbon

Red bracelet

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What was the name of the free association of states that the British Empire had evolved into after the First World War?

The British Commonwealth of Nations

The British Empire

The British Armed Nations

The British Colonial Dominion

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When was the Bank of Canada created?

1934

1939

1942

1945

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What led to the Great Depression in the 1930s?

The stock market crash of 1932

Low grain prices and a terrible drought in 1929

The stock market crash of 1929

Low grain prices and a terrible drought in 1932

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In the epic invasion of Normandy in northern France in 1944, known as D-Day, which beach did the Canadians capture?

Juno

Omaha

Utah

Gold

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During the Second World War, what was the ratio of Canadians in the Allied forces on D-Day?

1 in 10

1 in 5

1 in 3

1 in 2

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How many Canadians served in the Second World War?

About 600,00

About 300,000

About 900,000

More than one million

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Who contributed more to the Allied air effort than any other Commonwealth country during the Second World War?

England

Canada

India

Australia

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At the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy was:

The largest in the world

The second largest in the world

The third largest in the world

Canada had no navy at that time

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How did the native people live when the first European arrive in Canada?

Off the land, by hunting and gathering

Off the land, by raising crops

By trading fur with other native in North America

Off the land, some by hunting and gathering, others by raising crops

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Regarding the European – Aboriginal relationship, which of the following statements is false?

The arrival of European traders, missionaries, soldiers and colonists changed the native way of life forever

Large numbers of Aboriginals died of European diseases to which they lacked immunity

Aboriginals and Europeans formed strong economic, religious and military bonds in the first 200 years of coexistence which laid the foundations of Canada

European traders, missionaries, soldiers and colonists killed most of the native population in Canada

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Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River?

Jacques Cartier

Pierre de Monts

Samuel de Champlain

John Cabot

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What is the significance of "l'Anse aux Meadows"?

It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of Jacques Cartier’s first three voyages across the Atlantic

It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the first European town built by the early settlers

It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the Vikings from Iceland who reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland 1,000 years ago

It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the Battle of Trafalgar

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What was driving the vast fur trade economy?

The demand for beaver pelts in Europe

The demand for beaver pelts in Asia

The demand for beaver pelts in the Aboriginal communities

The needs for beaver pelts in the settlers’ communities

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What are leaders like Jean Talon, Bishop Laval, and Count Frontenac famous for?

They built a British Empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico

They built a French Empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico

They defeated the British armies during the War between France and England

They defeated the French armies during the War between France and England

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In Canada, how did democratic institutions develop?

Gradually and with a lot of fighting

Gradually and peacefully

Rapidly and peacefully

Rapidly and with a lot of fighting

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What did Upper Canada mainly consist of?

Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking people

Loyalist, Catholic and English-speaking people

Catholic and French-speaking people

Protestant and French-speaking people

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What did Lower Canada mainly consist of?

Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking people

Loyalist, Catholic and English-speaking people

Catholic and French-speaking people

Protestant and French-speaking people

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Who was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of York (now Toronto)?

Joseph Brant

Joseph Howe

Sir John A. Macdonald

Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe

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What was the Underground Railroad?

A Christian anti-slavery network

The name of the new railroad linking the East to the West of Canada

The name of a famous circle of Canadian artists in the late 1960s

The unofficial railroad network linking small communities across Canada

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When did the Montreal Stock Exchange open?

1932

1832

1887

1905

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Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?

Count Frontenac

Jean Talon

Bishop Laval

Pierre Le Moyne

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What was Pierre Le Moyne famous for?

He was a great hero of New France, winning many victories over the English in the late 17th and early 18th centuries

He was a great hero of New England, winning many victories over the French in the late 17th and early 18th centuries

He defeated the Americans in the Battle of Trafalgar

He was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor

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Who defended the rights of the Canadiens and defeated an American military invasion of Quebec in 1775?

Count Frontenac

Bishop Laval

Sir Guy Carleton

Sir John A. Macdonald

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Who defeated Napoleon in 1815, and therefore played a direct role in founding the national capital?

Bishop Laval

Sir Guy Carleton

Sir John A. Macdonald

The Duke of Wellington

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Who was a champion of French language rights?

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Count Frontenac

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How many Canadians have died in all wars up to the present day?

110,000

220,000

55,000

500,000

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Who composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?

Sir Arthur Currie

Sir Sam Steele

Lt. Col. John McCrae

The Duke of Wellington

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When did Canadian medical officer Lt. Col. John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?

1918

1945

1812

1915