Chapter 2: Who We Are

Quiz Test In Chapter 2: Who We Are Of Discover Canada

Chapter wise Citizenship Practice Test of Chapter 2 Who We Are There is total 28 question in this chapter.

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1. Since the 1970s, what country has the majority of immigrants to Canada come from?

1. Asian Countries
2. The United States
3. England
4. Scotland

2. Define Francophones.

1. People who speak French as their second language
2. Aboriginal people who speak English as their first language
3. People who speak French as their first language
4. Aboriginal people who speak English as their second language

3. Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

1. A leader in the anti-slavery network
2. A pioneer settler
3. An olympian who is a descendant of black Loyalists
4. A leader in the suffrage movement

4. Which is the only officially bilingual province?

1. Ontario
2. Quebec
3. To the Flag 4. New Brunswick

5. Where do about half of the First Nation people live?

1. In the Atlantic Provinces
2. On reserve land
3. On the West Coast
4. In the Prairie Provinces

6. Which of these peoples were NOT one of the founding peoples of Canada?

1. Spanish
2. British
3. Aboriginal
4. French

7. Where did the Acadians mainly settle in 1604?

1. Northwest Territories
2. All regions
3. Maritime provinces (today)
4. Prairie provinces

8. Population wise, which group of Aboriginals is the largest in Canada?

1. Inuit
2. Métis
3. First Nation
4. Acadian

9. The majority of Aboriginal people are?

1. Inuit
2. Asian
3. Métis 4. First Nations

10. What statement about gay and lesbian Canadians is not true?

1. Access to civil marriage is allowed
2. Civil Marriage is not allowed
3. Full protection of rights is granted them
4. They have equal treatment under the law

11. Who are the Aboriginal peoples of Canada?

1. The first people to live in Canada.
2. The first settlers of Quebec
3. The first European settlers in Canada
4. The first French settlers in Canada

12. Define Anglophones.

1. People who speak English as their second language
2. People who speak French as their first language
3. People who speak English as their first language
4. People who speak French as their second language

13. The majority of the Inuit live where?

1. In the Prairie Provinces
2. In Central Canada
3. In scattered communities across the Arctic
4. In Nova Scotia

14. The majority of Francophones live in the Province of:

1. New Brunswick
2. Manitoba
3. Ontario 4. Quebec

15. What was Canada's original constitutional document of 1867 known as?

1. The Canadian Constitution
2. The British North American Act
3. The Great Charter of Freedoms
4. The Canadian Magna Carta

16. What recognition was given in 2006 by the House of Commons for its unique identity and culture?

1. To the Quebecois that form a nation within a united Canada
2. To all Aboriginal People that form a nation within Canada
3. To English Canadians (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish) that form a nation within Canada
4. To the Indians that form a nation within Canada

17. What does the word Inuit mean?

1. The Land in the Inuktitut language
2. The Language in the Inuktitut language
3. The People in the Inuktitut language
4. The Community in the Inuktitut language

18. Poets and songwriters have hailed Canada as:

1. The Aboriginal Country
2. The Constitutional Monarchy of North America
3. the Great Dominion
4. The Great White Expanse

19. What key phrase in the British North American Act of 1867 do institutions uphold a commitment to?

1. Peace and ordered liberty
2. Liberty and good government
3. Freedom, happiness and enterprise 4. Peace, order and good government

20. The term Aboriginal peoples refers to?

1. Indian and Métis
2. Indian, Inuit, Métis
3. Indian
4. Inuit and Indian

21. The majority of the Métis live where?

1. In the Prairie Provinces
2. In Central Canada
3. In Quebec
4. In the Atlantic Provinces

22. Who speak the dialect known as Michif?

1. The Métis
2. The Inuit and Métis
3. The Inuit
4. The Inuit and First Nations

23. What is Canada's largest religious affiliation?

1. Muslim
2. Protestant
3. Catholic
4. Jewish

24. Who are the Acadians?

1. Descendants of the Spanish
2. Descendants of Asian colonists
3. Descendants of French colonists
4. Descendants of the Inuit

25. What is known as the Great Upheaval?

1. When the Acadians deported the British during the war between Britain and France
2. When the Aboriginals were assimilated into Canadian culture
3. When Aboriginal children were placed in residential schools 4. When Acadians were deported during the war between Britain and France

26. What does the term Indian refer to?

1. Only the Inuit and Métis
2. All Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis
3. All Aboriginal People
4. Only the Inuit

27. Who is John Buchan?

1. Governor General of Canada from 1935-1940
2. An Indian trapper and trader
3. The first Acadian settler
4. The current Governor General

28. Who are the Métis?

1. People of Spanish ancestry, that mainly live in the prairie provinces
2. People of French ancestry, that mainly live in the prairie provinces
3. People of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, that mainly live in the prairie provinces
4. People of Aboriginal, that mainly live in the prairie provinces