Canada Practice Test 2

Correct! Three founding peoples— Aboriginal, French and British.

Correct! Canada institutions uphold a commitment to Peace, Order and Good Government, a key phrase in Canada’s original constitutional document in 1867, the British North America Act.

Correct! "So much so that poets and songwriters have hailed Canada as the “Great Dominion."

Correct! Canada is known around the world as a strong and free country. Canadians are proud of their unique identity. We have inherited the oldest continuous constitutional tradition in the world. We are the only constitutional monarchy in North America

Correct! Canada is being regarded around the world as Strong and Free.

Correct! Canadians are proud of their unique identity. We have inherited the oldest continuous constitutional tradition in the world. We are the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

Correct! Canadian Citizens that are neither Inuit or Metis are known as First Nation

Correct! John Buchan, the 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a popular Governor General of Canada (1935–40). Immigrant groups, he said, “should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character.”

Correct! The Inuit, which means “the people” in the Inuktitut language, live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic."

Correct! "From the 1800s until the 1980s, the federal government placed many Aborigina children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture.

Correct! The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, the majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces.

Correct! Territorial rights were first guaranteed through the Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George III

Correct! The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry.

Correct! The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, come from English and French backgrounds.

Correct! The ancestors of Aboriginal peoples are believed to have migrated from Asia many thousands of years ago.

Correct! Today, the term Aboriginal peoples refers to three distinct groups: 1 : Indians 2 : Inuit 3 : Metis

Correct! The Inuit, which means “the people” in the Inuktitut language.

Correct! In 2008, Ottawa formally apologized to the former Aboriginal students.

Correct! Each could learn from the other, while cherishing their own special loyalties and traditions

Correct! Canada’s greatest strength is its diversity

Correct! There are seven million Francophones—people who speak French as their first language

Correct! "Today, Acadian culture is flourishing and is a lively part of French-speaking Canada.

Correct! 4% of Aboriginal peoples are Inuit.

Correct! The majority of Francophones live in the province of Quebec

Correct! Quebecers are the people of Quebec, the vast majority French-speaking peoples.

Correct! The House of Commons recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada.

Correct! Today, there are 18 million Anglophones—people who speak English as a first language

Correct! The Acadians are the descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.

Correct! English and French are the Official Languages of Canada

Correct! The Acadians are the descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.

Correct! New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province.

Correct! Between 1755 and 1763, during the war between Britain and France, more than two-thirds of the Acadians were deported from their homeland. Despite this ordeal, known as the “ Great Upheaval

Correct! Anglophones are the people who speak English as a first language.

Correct! Francophones—people who speak French as their first language.

Correct! Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants

Correct! In becoming Canadian, newcomers are expected to embrace democratic principles such as the rule of law

Correct! The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians

Correct! In Canada the state has traditionally partnered with faith communities to promote social welfare, harmony and mutual respect; to provide schools and health care; to resettle refugees; and to uphold religious freedom, religious expression and freedom of conscience

Correct! Since the 1970s, most immigrants have come from Asian countries.

Correct! Non-official languages are widely spoken in Canadian homes. Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home, after English, in two of Canada’s biggest cities.

Correct! Canada’s diversity includes gay and lesbian Canadians, who enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage

Correct! Canada’s diversity includes gay and lesbian Canadians, who enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage.