Question 1
How did the native people live when the first European arrived in Canada?
- Off the land, by hunting and gathering
- Off the land, by raising crops
- By trading fur with other native in North America
- Off the land, some by hunting and gathering, others by raising cropsCorrect
Question 2
Which natives were farmers and hunters?
- The Cree and Dene of the Northwest
- Huron-Wendat of the Great Lakes region and the IroquoisCorrect
- The Sioux
- The Inuit
Question 3
Which natives preserved fish by drying and smoking?
Question 4
When did European exploration begin in Canada?
Question 5
Who was the first European to see present-day Quebec City and Montreal?
- Pierre de Monts
- Samuel de Champlain
- Jean Talon
- Jacques CartierCorrect
Question 6
When did the name of "Canada" begin appearing on maps?
- By the 1650s
- By the 1550sCorrect
- By the 1580s
- By the 1750s
Question 7
Who established the first European settlement north of Florida in 1604?
- Jean Talon
- Jacques Cartier
- John Cabot
- Pierre de Monts and Samuel de ChamplainCorrect
Question 8
Who battled with the French settlements for a century?
- A confederation of five (later six) First NationsCorrect
- A confederation of four (later five) First Nations
- A confederation of three (later four) First Nations
- The English
Question 9
When did the French and the Iroquois make peace?
Question 10
Who granted the Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights?
- King George II
- King Charles I of England
- King James
- King Charles II of EnglandCorrect
Question 11
Who were the "voyageurs" and "coureurs des bois"?
- The skilled and courageous men who travelled by canoe and formed strong alliances with First NationsCorrect
- The people who lived in the forest
- The French settlers
- The French who lived with the Natives
Question 12
When did English colonies appear along the Atlantic seaboard?
- The early 1600sCorrect
- The mid 1600s
- The late 1600s
- The early 1700s
Question 13
Who battled for control of North America in the 1700s?
- France and the United States
- Great Britain and the United States
- France and Great BritainCorrect
- France and Ireland
Question 14
When did France and Great Britain battle for control of North America?
- In the 1600s
- In the 1700sCorrect
- In the 1800s
- Never
Question 15
Who gained control over North America in the 1700s?
- The EnglishCorrect
- The Irish
- The French
- The Spanish
Question 16
What marked the end of France's empire in America in the 1700s?
- English colonies became more populated than French colonies
- The French defeated the English in warfare
- The British invaded Quebec City
- the British defeated the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City Correct
Question 17
What did Great Britain rename the French colony of the 1700s?
- Acadia
- The "Province of Quebec"Correct
- Quebec City
- Ontario
Question 18
Who were known as "habitants" or "Canadiens"?
- The French-speaking Catholic peopleCorrect
- The Acadians
- The British settlers who spoke French
- The Métis
Question 19
Who passed the Quebec Act of 1774?
- The Canadian Parliament
- The British ParliamentCorrect
- The Quebec Parliament
- The French majority
Question 20
What is the significance of the Quebec Act of 1774?
- It united the Province of Quebec with the rest of Canada
- It provided peace, order and good government
- It allowed religious freedom for Catholics and permitted them to hold public officeCorrect
- It enacted the birth of Canada
Question 21
How were the laws impacted by the Quebec Act of 1774?
- The Act restored French civil law while maintaining British criminal lawCorrect
- The Act cancelled French civil law while maintaining British criminal law
- The Act restored British civil law while maintaining French criminal law
- The Act cancelled all British Laws in Quebec
Question 22
Who declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States?
- All the French colonies
- All British Colonies in Canada
- The ten British colonies to the south of Quebec
- The thirteen British colonies to the south of QuebecCorrect
Question 23
Who were the Loyalists?
- French settlers
- French and British settlers
- British settlers
- Settlers from the United States who were loyal to the CrownCorrect
Question 24
Who led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada in 1776?
- Robert Baldwin
- Joseph BrantCorrect
- Joseph Howe
- Sir John A. Macdonald
Question 25
Where was the new British colony for freed slaves?
- Sierra Leone (West Africa)Correct
- Abidjan (West Africa)
- Nairobi (East Africa)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
Question 26
When was the first representative assembly in Canada elected?
Question 27
Where was the first representative assembly elected?
- Nova ScotiaCorrect
- Quebec
- Ontario
- British Columbia
Question 28
Which Act granted to the Canadas, for the first time, legislative assemblies elected by the people?
- The Freedom Act
- The Constitutional ActCorrect
- The Legislative Act
- The Confederation Act
Question 29
When was the Constitutional Act passed?
Question 30
Which current provinces came out from the Constitutional Act?
- Ontario and New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island and Quebec
- Ontario and QuebecCorrect
- Ontario and Prince Edward Island
Question 31
When did the name "Canada" become official?
Question 32
What was known as "British North America" in 1791?
- The Atlantic colonies and the two Canadas (upper and lower)Correct
- Ontario and upper Canada
- Ontario and lower Canada
- The two Canadas (upper and lower)
Question 33
What were the Atlantic colonies and the two Canadas known collectively as in 1791?
- Upper Canada
- British North AmericaCorrect
- Lower Canada
- Ontario
Question 34
Who was Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe?
- Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of TorontoCorrect
- Lower Canada's first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of Toronto
- Lower Canada's first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of Ottawa
- The leader of the loyalists
Question 35
Who made Upper Canada the first province in the British Empire to abolish slavery?
- Joseph Brant
- Joseph Howe
- Lieutenant Colonel John Graves SimcoeCorrect
- Sir John A. Macdonald
Question 36
Which British Empire province was the first to abolish slavery?
- Upper CanadaCorrect
- Lower Canada
- Quebec
- Ontario
Question 37
Who was Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey?
- The first woman fur trader
- An anti-slavery activist and the first woman publisher in CanadaCorrect
- The founder of the women's suffrage movement
- The founder of the Canadian feminist movement
Question 38
When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the Empire?
Question 39
When were the first companies in Canada formed?
- During the French regime
- During the British regime
- After the Second World War
- During the French and British regimesCorrect
Question 40
For what did the first companies in Canada compete?
Question 41
Who dominated the fur trade in the North West during the French and British regimes?
- The Hudson's Bay CompanyCorrect
- The North Star company
- The Sears company
- The Trading Post company
Question 42
When did the first financial institutions open in Canada?
- Late 17th century
- Early 18th century
- Late 18th and early 19th centuriesCorrect
- Mid 19th century
Question 43
For centuries, on what was Canada's economy based?
- Farming
- Farming and exporting natural resourcesCorrect
- Exporting natural resources
- Trading with the First Nations
Question 44
What did the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) represent?
- The defeat of the British fleet
- The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's fleetCorrect
- The defeat of the American fleet
- The defeat of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock's fleet
Question 45
When did the United States launch an invasion on Canada?
Question 46
Which countries fought in the War of 1812?
- United Kingdom and United States of AmericaCorrect
- France and Canada
- United States of America, France and United Kingdom
- France and United Kingdom
Question 47
Why was the war of 1812 important to Canada?
- More than half of the Acadians were deported from their homeland
- Canada remained independent from the United StatesCorrect
- Quebec became part of Canada
- Canada became British
Question 48
In which year did the American attempt to conquer Canada fail?
Question 49
Who defeated Napoleon in 1815?
- Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe
- Sir John A. Macdonald
- The Duke of WellingtonCorrect
- Major-General Sir Isaac Brock
Question 50
For what is Laura Secord known?
- She was an anti-slavery activist and the first woman publisher in Canada
- She made a dangerous thirty km journey on foot to warn of a planned American attack during the war of 1812Correct
- She was the founder of the women's suffrage movement
- She was the founder of the Canadian feminist movement
Test Result for : Chapter 3 - Canada's History
Your score: 74% -- 23 correct answers out of 31
Question 1
Which British North American colony was the first to attain full responsible government?
- Ontario
- New Brunswick
- Nova ScotiaCorrect
- Upper Canada
Question 2
Who became the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas?
- La FontaineCorrect
- Robert Baldwin
- Joseph Howe
- Sir John A. Macdonald
Question 3
Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec?
- Sir George-Étienne CartierCorrect
- Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
- Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
- Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Question 4
When was the RCMP created?
Question 5
Who became the first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation?
- Sir Wilfrid LaurierCorrect
- Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
- Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
- Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Question 6
Whose portrait is on the $5 bill?
- Sir George-Étienne Cartier
- Sir Wilfrid LaurierCorrect
- Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
- Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
Question 7
When were most Canadian female citizens, aged 21 and over, granted the right to vote in federal elections?
Question 8
When was the Bank of Canada created?
Question 9
What led to the Great Depression in the 1930s?
- The stock market crash of 1932
- Low grain prices and a terrible drought in 1929
- The stock market crash of 1929Correct
- Low grain prices and a terrible drought in 1932
Question 10
During the Second World War, what was the ratio of Canadians in the Allied forces on D-Day?
Question 11
At the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy was:
- The largest in the world
- The second largest in the world
- The third largest in the worldCorrect
- Canada had no navy at that time
Question 12
How did the native people live when the first European arrive in Canada?
- Off the land, by hunting and gathering
- Off the land, by raising crops
- By trading fur with other native in North America
- Off the land, some by hunting and gathering, others by raising cropsCorrect
Question 13
Regarding the European - Aboriginal relationship, which of the following statements is false?
- The arrival of European traders, missionaries, soldiers and colonists changed the native way of life forever
- Large numbers of Aboriginals died of European diseases to which they lacked immunity
- Aboriginals and Europeans formed strong economic, religious and military bonds in the first 200 years of coexistence which laid the foundations of Canada
- European traders, missionaries, soldiers and colonists killed most of the native population in CanadaCorrect
Question 14
Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River?
- Jacques CartierCorrect
- Pierre de Monts
- Samuel de Champlain
- John Cabot
Question 15
What is the significance of "l'Anse aux Meadows"?
- It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of Jacques Cartier’s first three voyages across the Atlantic
- It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the first European town built by the early settlers
- It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the Vikings from Iceland who reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland 1,000 years ago
This is the right answer (See chapter-3 page-14 – click here) - It is a World Heritage site where can be found the remains of the Battle of TrafalgarIncorrect
Question 16
What was driving the vast fur trade economy?
- The demand for beaver pelts in EuropeCorrect
- The demand for beaver pelts in Asia
- The demand for beaver pelts in the Aboriginal communities
- The needs for beaver pelts in the settlers’ communities
Question 17
What are leaders like Jean Talon, Bishop Laval, and Count Frontenac famous for?
- They built a British Empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico
- They built a French Empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico
This is the right answer (See chapter-3 page-15 – click here) - They defeated the British armies during the War between France and England
- They defeated the French armies during the War between France and EnglandIncorrect
Question 18
In Canada, how did democratic institutions develop?
- Gradually and with a lot of fighting
- Gradually and peacefullyCorrect
- Rapidly and peacefully
- Rapidly and with a lot of fighting
Question 19
What did Upper Canada mainly consist of?
- Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking peopleCorrect
- Loyalist, Catholic and English-speaking people
- Catholic and French-speaking people
- Protestant and French-speaking people
Question 20
What did Lower Canada mainly consist of?
- Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking people
- Loyalist, Catholic and English-speaking people
- Catholic and French-speaking peopleCorrect
- Protestant and French-speaking people
Question 21
Who was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of York (now Toronto)?
- Joseph Brant
- Joseph Howe
- Sir John A. Macdonald
- Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe Correct
Question 22
What was the Underground Railroad?
- A Christian anti-slavery networkCorrect
- The name of the new railroad linking the East to the West of Canada
- The name of a famous circle of Canadian artists in the late 1960s
- The unofficial railroad network linking small communities across Canada
Question 23
When did the Montreal Stock Exchange open?
Question 24
Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?
Question 25
What was Pierre Le Moyne famous for?
- He was a great hero of New France, winning many victories over the English in the late 17th and early 18th centuriesCorrect
- He was a great hero of New England, winning many victories over the French in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
- He defeated the Americans in the Battle of Trafalgar
- He was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor
Question 26
Who defended the rights of the Canadiens and defeated an American military invasion of Quebec in 1775?
Question 27
Who defeated Napoleon in 1815, and therefore played a direct role in founding the national capital?
- Bishop Laval
- Sir Guy Carleton
- Sir John A. Macdonald
- The Duke of WellingtonCorrect
Question 28
Who was a champion of French language rights?
Question 29
How many Canadians have died in all wars up to the present day?
Question 30
Who composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?
- Sir Arthur Currie
- Sir Sam Steele
- Lt. Col. John McCraeCorrect
- The Duke of Wellington
Question 31
When did Canadian medical officer Lt. Col. John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?