Canadian Citizenship Practice Test - Free Online Exam 5

Q1) The Government House and the Parliament Buildings in York (now Toronto) were burnt by the Americans

FALSE
TRUE

Q2) The current Canada-US border is a result of the war of

1812
1882
1814
1790

Q3) Thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians were led into Canada by

Joseph Brant
Sir Guy Carleton
Sieur dIberville
Samuel de Champlain

Q4) The British and French armies in the battle of the Plains of Abraham were commandeered by

Brigadier James Wolfe and the
Brigadier James Wolfe and Coun
Sir Guy Carleton and the Marqu
Lieutenant Coronel John Graves

Q5) Name the nomadic nation which followed the bison (buffalo) herd

The Sioux
The Iroquois
The Inuit
The Cree and Dene

Q6) Who was Phil Edwards?

was a Canadian track and field
became a world record sprinter
lost his right leg to cancer a
played for the Edmonton Oilers

Q7) Greenland was colonized

100,000 years ago
100 years ago
10,000 years ago
1,000 years ago

Q8) All the land claimed by Jacques Cartier was explored for

King Francis I of England
King Francis I of France
King Charles II of England
King Francis II of France

Q9) In 1988 Japanese Canadians were apologized to by the Government of Canada for wartime wrongs inflicted on them.

FALSE
TRUE

Q10) Chinese CPR workers were never apologized to by the Government of Canada for the discriminatory Head Tax.

TRUE
FALSE

Q11) In 1864, Sir Leonard Tilley suggested the term Dominion of Canada and that was inspired by

Psalm 72 in the Bible
British North America Act
Indigenous legends
French-Canadian folklore

Q12) What is celebrated on April 9?

Victory Day
Sir John A. MacDonald Day
Currie Day
Vimy Day

Q13) The native peoples of Canada were called Indians by the European explorers because

they thought they had reached
that was the way the natives r
they thought they had reached
they thought they had reached

Q14) The other name of Dominion Day is

Canada Day
Confederation Jubilee
Dominion Birthday
Canadian Day

Q15) Like a prime minister, the first head of a responsible government in Canada is

Lord Grey
Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontain
Sir George-Etienne Cartier
Sir Etienne-Paschal Taché

Q16) The "black day of the German army" is referred by Germans to

Battle of Paardeberg
Battle of Amiens
Battle of the Plains of Abraha
Battle of Trafalgar

Q17) Establishment of the first European settlement in the north of Florida was done by

French explorers Pierre de Mon
John Cabot and Jacques Cartier
French explorer Jacques Cartie
English explorer John Cabot in

Q18) Name the reformer of “The Father of Confederation”

James Naismith
Terry Fox
Sir Etienne-Paschal Taché
Joseph Brant

Q19) The Province of Quebec was divided by the Constitutional Act of 1791 into

Ontario and Quebec
Upper Canada (later Quebec) an
Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebe
Upper Canada (later Ontario) a

Q20) John Cabots expedition began the European exploration of Canada in

1610
1550
1589
1497

Q21) Where was the first representative assembly elected?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1791
Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1758
Vancouver, British Columbia, i
Fort Langley, British Columbia

Q22) Negotiation of the entry of the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, and Manitoba into Canada and leading Quebec into Confederation was

François Cartier
Gabriel Dumont
Sir George-Etienne Cartier
Jacques Cartier

Q23) The skilled and courageous Montreal-based fur traders travelled

by sailboat
by canoe
by car
on foot

Q24) Canada's Atlantic shore was first mapped by

King Francis Wrong
John Cabot
The Vikings
Jacques Cartier

Q25) The White House in Washington, DC was burned in the expedition led by:

Major General Sir Isaac Brock
Chief Tecumseh
Lieutenant Colonel Charles de
Major General Robert Ross

Q26) At the end of 19th century both European and Chinese builders of the CPR had to pay an entry fee called Head Tax was:

FALSE
TRUE