Practice Quiz 05Welcome to your Citizenship Practice Quiz 05 1. Who is Filip Knonwal?A Victory Cross recipientA lacrosse playerA hockey playerAn Order of Canada recipient 1 out of 20 2. Where is the home of the training academy for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?VancouverTorontoReginaEdmonton 2 out of 20 3. What does Vimy Day celebrate?Battle of AmeinsThe ArmisticeThe Battle of Vimy RidgeThe end of World War I 3 out of 20 4. Who selects Cabinet Ministers?The citizens of Canada who voteThe Governor GeneralThe SovereignThe Prime Minister 4 out of 20 5. Under Parliamentary legislation, when must federal elections be held?The third Monday in October every five yearsThe third Monday in October every four yearsWhenever the Prime Minister wantsThe first week of November every four years 5 out of 20 6. What is the highest honour that Canadian's can receive?Victoria CrossPurple HeartOrder of the British EmpirePurple Cross 6 out of 20 7. Which province is the only officially bilingual province?QuebecTorontoNew BrunswickManitoba 7 out of 20 8. Which is NOT a characteristic of the terrain of the Northern Territories?It is a vast rocky Arctic plainThe soil is permanently frozenMost of the land is arableIt is made up of tundra 8 out of 20 9. What are the three parts of Parliament?House of Commons, Lt. Governor, elected AssemblySenate, House of Commons, Lt. GovernorSovereign, elected Assembly, Lt. GovernorSovereign, Senate, House of Commons 9 out of 20 10. Where is it known for its spectacular tourist excursion of a railway which crosses many passes and bridges?SaskatchewanYukonAlbertaBritish Columbia 10 out of 20 11. When did English settlement begin in Canada?1610149718671776 11 out of 20 12. What are the Prairie Provinces?Manitoba, Alberta, British ColumbiaAlberta, Nova Scotia, New BrunswickManitoba, Saskatchewan, AlbertaAlberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia 12 out of 20 13. What is contained within the Memorial Chamber within the Tower?The Great Charter of FreedomsThe Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsThe Books of Remembrance, the names of all the fallen servicemenThe Constitution 13 out of 20 14. Who invented the worldwide system of time zones?Reginald FessendenJoseph-Armand BombardierMathew Evans and Henry WoodwardSir Sanford Fleming 14 out of 20 15. What province has one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world connecting to mainland Canada?New BrunswickPrince Edward IslandNova ScotiaNewfoundland and Labrador 15 out of 20 16. In 1980, Terry Fox began a cross-country run, the “Marathon of Hope.” What was its purpose?To raise funds for cancer researchTo raise funds for heart researchTo raise funds for clinical researchTo raise funds for spinal cord research 16 out of 20 17. Who is the current leader of the Federal Opposition and his/her Party?Justin Trudeau, Liberal PartyElizabeth May, Green PartyAndrew Scheer, Conservative PartyThomas Mulcair, New Democratic Party 17 out of 20 18. Where is Mount Logan?AlbertaBritish ColumbiaYukonSaskatchewan 18 out of 20 19. How many Canadians died in World War II?60,000110,0006,00044,000 19 out of 20 20. What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?IqaluitYellowknifeWhitehorseEdmonton 20 out of 20 Time is Up! Alberta Manitoba Yukon Nunavut Ontario Quebec New Brunswick British Columbia Northwest Territories Saskatchewan Prince Edward Island Newfoundland & Labrador
