Citizenship Test Practice Test 8

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1. A teenager wants to learn discipline and responsibility through a youth program linked to the military. What does the guide suggest?

   1. Serving on a jury
   2. Enlisting in the RCMP
   3. Joining the Senate pages
   4. Joining the cadets

2. When new Canadians take the Oath of Citizenship, to whom do they pledge loyalty?

   1. The flag of Canada
   2. The Prime Minister
   3. The Supreme Court
   4. The Sovereign

3. About how many refugees did Canada welcome from Hungary after 1956?

   1. About 50,000
   2. About 370,000
   3. About 3,700
   4. About 37,000

4. Which athlete became a world-record sprinter and double gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics?

   1. Mark Tewksbury
   2. Phil Edwards
   3. Donovan Bailey
   4. Terry Fox

5. Who usually sits on a municipal council?

   1. The Premier and Cabinet ministers
   2. The Lieutenant Governor and provincial court judges
   3. MPs and senators
   4. A mayor or reeve, and councillors or aldermen

6. Which date is listed in the guide as Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day?

   1. June 24
   2. January 11
   3. July 1
   4. November 20

7. For what is the Victoria Cross awarded?

   1. Long service in the public service
   2. Outstanding lifetime achievement in the arts or sciences
   3. Winning an Olympic gold medal
   4. Conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy

8. Which of these does the Crown symbolize in Canada?

   1. Government, including Parliament and the courts
   2. The Prime Minister's political party
   3. Only the Royal Family's private property
   4. The provinces' independence from Ottawa

9. Which party is the Official Opposition?

   1. The opposition party with the most MPs
   2. The party with the most senators
   3. The party that came last in the election
   4. The party chosen by the Governor General

10. Which federal trial court handles judicial review of many immigration and other federal administrative decisions?

    1. The Federal Court of Canada
    2. Small claims court
    3. The Supreme Court of Canada
    4. Family court

11. In 1793, which province became the first in the British Empire to move toward abolishing slavery?

    1. Lower Canada
    2. Upper Canada
    3. New Brunswick
    4. Nova Scotia

12. Who wrote Anne of Green Gables, set in Prince Edward Island?

    1. Emily Carr
    2. Margaret Laurence
    3. Pauline Johnson
    4. Lucy Maud Montgomery

13. Canada's tradition of ordered liberty dates back to the signing of which document?

    1. The Treaty of Paris
    2. The Constitution Act, 1867
    3. The Quebec Act
    4. Magna Carta

14. Which famous street intersection is in Winnipeg's Exchange District?

    1. Yonge and Bloor
    2. Jasper and 101st
    3. Granville and Robson
    4. Portage and Main

15. Which two areas do the federal government and the provinces share, according to the federal state section?

    1. Criminal law and highways
    2. Defence and education
    3. Agriculture and immigration
    4. Currency and health

16. In what year did the original Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement enter into force?

    1. 1994
    2. 1965
    3. 1989
    4. 2008

17. What were the skilled fur traders who travelled by canoe called?

    1. Loyalists and Patriotes
    2. Voyageurs and coureurs des bois
    3. Habitants and seigneurs
    4. Mounties and Rangers

18. In 2006, what did the House of Commons recognize about the Québécois?

    1. Quebec is a separate country
    2. They are exempt from federal law
    3. They may hold a referendum every year
    4. They form a nation within a united Canada

19. Which battle on August 8, 1918, did the Germans call "the black day of the German Army"?

    1. The Battle of Mons
    2. The Battle of Vimy Ridge
    3. The Battle of Hill 70
    4. The Battle of Amiens

20. Which explorer mapped Canada’s Atlantic coast on the 1497 expedition described in Discover Canada?

    1. Jacques Cartier
    2. Henry Hudson
    3. John Cabot
    4. Samuel de Champlain