1. Q. 1. What are the three main groups of Aboriginal Peoples?
A. Inuit, First Nations, Metis 2. Q. 2. Why did the early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?
A. to fish and trade with the aboriginal people
3. Q. 3. When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?
A. 1775 to 1783
4. Q. 4. How long did the Hudson's Bay Company control the northern lands?
A. 300 years
5. Q. 5. What did the government do to make immigration to Western Canada easier?
A. built a railroad
6. Q. 6. Which document made Confederation legal?
A. The British North America Act
7. Q. 7. Which four provinces first formed the Confederation?
A. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
8. Q. 8. Which was the last province to join Canada?
A. Newfoundland
9. Q. 9. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
A. Sir John A. Macdonald
10. Q. 10. When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?
A. 1982
11. Q. 11. Which province is the only officially bilingual one?
A. New Brunswick
12. Q. 12. What are the Prairie provinces?
A. Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan
13. Q. 13. Where is the Canadian Shield?
A. Northern Quebec and Ontario
14. Q. 14. Name three minerals still being mined in the territories.
A. gold, lead, zinc
15. Q. 15. What country is Canada's largest trading partner?
A. U.S.A.
16. Q. 16. Who is Canada's head of state?
A. the Queen
17. Q. 17. What is an "electoral district"?
A. a geographical area represented by a member of the House of Commons
18. Q. 18. What is a "party platform"?
A. the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government
19. Q. 19. What do you call a law before it is passed?
A. a bill
20. Q. 20. What are the three parts of Parliament?
A. the Queen, the House of Commons and the Senate
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