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Canada Quiz 1
Test Description: This a a quiz to test your knowledge of Canada.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The discovery of the “South Pass” helped settlers travel over which mountain range?
A
Appalachian Mountains
B
Rocky Mountains
C
Allegheny Mountains
D
Sierra Nevada Mountains
2) The head of state of the Canadian government is the
A
Prime Minister.
B
President.
C
Queen of England.
D
King of Canada.
3) Canada\'s strong market economic system MOST CLOSELY resembles that of
A
Argentina.
B
North Korea.
C
the United States.
D
Nigeria.
4) The PRIMARY obstacle to population growth in the area known as the Canadian Shield
A
the climate cannot support adequate human activity.
B
it lies mostly in an arctic zone.
C
the area is rich in mineral resources.
D
the area is not capable of intensive agricultural output.
5) What is the name of the treaty signed by Canada and the United States, that was meant to help control pollution along a portion of their shared border?
A
The Toronto Pollution Protocol
B
The North American Shield Pact
C
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
D
The U.S.-Canada Acid Rain
6) Many people in the Canadian province of Quebec want the state to become independent from Canada. Which of these statements BEST summarizes their case?
A
Quebec has closer ties to the United States than does the rest of Canada.
B
Quebec does not participate in the same types of trade as the rest of Canada.
C
Quebec wants to become part of the United Nations unlike the rest of Canada.
D
Quebec has a distinctly different culture from the rest of Canada.
7) Canada loses over 500,000 hectares of Boreal Forest each year due to
A
suburban sprawl.
B
clear-cutting for consumer products.
C
pine beetles.
D
the expansion of the cattle industry.
8) Who is MOST associated with founding the first successful European settlement in Canada?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Sir Francis Drake
D
Jacques Cartier
9) Canada is a member of the Commonwealth. This membership is a result of Canada having once been a part of which empire?
A
the British Empire
B
the Spanish Empire
C
the Napoleonic Empire
D
the Dutch Empire
10) Which of these events is MOST responsible for Canada\'s eventual independence from Great Britain?
A
American Revolution
B
World War I
C
War of 1812
D
Seven Years\' War
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