Citizenship Test Practice Test 9

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1. When is Thanksgiving Day in Canada?

   1. The second Monday of October
   2. The third Monday of October
   3. The fourth Thursday of November
   4. The first Monday of September

2. According to Discover Canada, to whom did Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward sell their electric-light patent?

   1. Reginald Fessenden
   2. Alexander Graham Bell
   3. Nikola Tesla
   4. Thomas Edison

3. At the end of the Second World War, how did Canada's navy rank in size?

   1. Largest in the world
   2. Smallest among the Allies
   3. Tenth-largest in the world
   4. Third-largest in the world

4. What is another name for an electoral district?

   1. A county or parish
   2. A riding or constituency
   3. A municipality or ward
   4. A province or territory

5. What brought thousands of miners to Yukon in the 1890s?

   1. The fur trade
   2. Diamond discoveries
   3. The Gold Rush
   4. The building of the CPR

6. Which region does Discover Canada particularly associate with the Métis?

   1. Southern Ontario
   2. The Prairie provinces
   3. Nunavut
   4. The Atlantic provinces

7. Banking, tourism and health care are examples of which type of industry?

   1. Primary industries
   2. Natural resources industries
   3. Service industries
   4. Manufacturing industries

8. Which province was created in 1870 after the first Métis uprising?

   1. Manitoba
   2. Alberta
   3. Saskatchewan
   4. British Columbia

9. How did the Huron-Wendat of the Great Lakes region live?

   1. As farmers and hunters
   2. As fishers who never farmed
   3. As nomads following the bison
   4. As whale hunters on the Arctic coast

10. Which of these is one of Canada's five regions?

    1. The Great Basin
    2. The Maritime Territories
    3. The Southern Plains
    4. The Prairie Provinces

11. What happened to the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in 1916?

    1. It was moved to Kingston
    2. It was bombed during the war
    3. It was largely destroyed by fire
    4. It was struck by an earthquake

12. By the 1960s, what share of Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French?

    1. Two-thirds
    2. One-third
    3. One-tenth
    4. One-half

13. What are the people who worked together from 1864 to 1867 to create Canada called?

    1. The United Empire Loyalists
    2. The Patriotes
    3. The Fathers of Confederation
    4. The Group of Seven

14. Where does the right of habeas corpus come from?

    1. The Royal Proclamation of 1763
    2. The Quebec Act of 1774
    3. The civil code of France
    4. English common law

15. Which law ensures common elements and a basic standard of health coverage across Canada?

    1. The Constitution Act, 1867
    2. The Canada Health Act
    3. The Quebec Act
    4. The Official Languages Act

16. In the Canadian justice system, what is due process?

    1. Judges must follow the Prime Minister
    2. Police may search without a warrant
    3. The government must respect a person's legal rights
    4. Courts must decide every case within a week of the charge

17. Which three terms describe Canada's form of government?

    1. Direct democracy, confederation, republic
    2. Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, federal state
    3. Republic, parliamentary democracy, unitary state
    4. Absolute monarchy, federal state, republic

18. At which stage of the legislative process do members study a bill clause by clause?

    1. Royal assent
    2. First reading
    3. Report stage
    4. Committee stage

19. Who chose Bytown, now Ottawa, as the endpoint of the Rideau Canal?

    1. Lord Elgin
    2. Sir John A. Macdonald
    3. Queen Victoria
    4. The Duke of Wellington

20. What share of exports destined for the United States does Discover Canada quote?

    1. About one-third
    2. Over three-quarters
    3. About one-tenth
    4. About half