Practice test 3: 20 questions from all topics, as many as in the real test, where you need 15 of 20 correct. Pick an answer and check yourself straight away.
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Correct answer: C — Service, manufacturing and natural resource industries
Why? Discover Canada names three main types of industries: service industries, manufacturing industries and natural resource industries.Source
Correct answer: D — Charlottetown
Why? Charlottetown is the capital of Prince Edward Island.Source
Correct answer: B — A Lieutenant Governor
Why? In each of the ten provinces the Sovereign is represented by a Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.Source
Correct answer: D — Soccer
Why? Hockey is the most popular spectator sport, but soccer has the largest number of registered players of any game in Canada.Source
Correct answer: A — A distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry
Why? The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry. Most live in the Prairie provinces and some speak their own dialect, Michif.Source
Correct answer: C — The fur trade
Why? The early colonies were built on the fur trade; voyageurs and coureurs des bois traded furs in alliance with First Nations.Source
Correct answer: C — Fredericton
Why? Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick; Saint John is its largest city and Moncton its main Acadian centre.Source
Correct answer: D — The Quiet Revolution
Why? Quebec experienced an era of rapid change in the 1960s known as the Quiet Revolution.Source
Correct answer: A — The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state
Why? Habeas corpus, which comes from English common law, is the right to challenge unlawful detention by the state.Source
Correct answer: A — The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Why? In 1759 the British defeated the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Québec City, marking the end of France's empire in America.Source
Correct answer: B — Halifax
Why? Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia and home to Canada's largest naval base.Source
Correct answer: A — A Commissioner
Why? In the three territories a Commissioner represents the federal government and plays a ceremonial role.Source
Correct answer: B — Lord Stanley, the Governor General
Why? The Stanley Cup, the trophy of professional hockey, was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley, then Governor General.Source
Correct answer: C — General James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm
Why? The commanders of both armies, Brigadier James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm, were killed leading their troops in 1759.Source
Correct answer: A — A permanent database of qualified voters
Why? The National Register of Electors is a permanent database of Canadian citizens 18 years of age or older who are qualified to vote.Source
Correct answer: B — The Federal Court of Canada
Why? The Federal Court of Canada deals with matters concerning the federal government.Source
Correct answer: A — Michif
Why? The Métis have both French and English roots and speak their own dialect, Michif. Inuktitut is the language of the Inuit.Source
Correct answer: C — French and English services from the federal government across Canada
Why? The Official Languages Act (1969) guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada.Source
Correct answer: A — Regina
Why? Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan and home to the RCMP training academy; Saskatoon is the largest city.Source
Correct answer: D — It gave Catholics religious freedom and restored French civil law
Why? The Quebec Act of 1774 allowed religious freedom for Catholics, permitted them to hold public office, and restored French civil law while keeping British criminal law.Source