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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
Allegheny Mountains
B
Sierra Nevada Mountains
C
Rocky Mountains
D
Appalachian Mountains
2) The head of state of the Canadian government is the
A
President.
B
King of Canada.
C
Prime Minister.
D
Queen of England.
3) Canada\'s strong market economic system MOST CLOSELY resembles that of
A
the United States.
B
Argentina.
C
Nigeria.
D
North Korea.
4) The PRIMARY obstacle to population growth in the area known as the Canadian Shield
A
the area is rich in mineral resources.
B
the area is not capable of intensive agricultural output.
C
the climate cannot support adequate human activity.
D
it lies mostly in an arctic zone.
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
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
C
The North American Shield Pact
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 does not participate in the same types of trade as the rest of Canada.
B
Quebec wants to become part of the United Nations unlike the rest of Canada.
C
Quebec has closer ties to the United States than does 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
clear-cutting for consumer products.
B
pine beetles.
C
suburban sprawl.
D
the expansion of the cattle industry.
8) Who is MOST associated with founding the first successful European settlement in Canada?
A
Sir Francis Drake
B
Jacques Cartier
C
Samuel de Champlain
D
Christopher Columbus
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 Spanish Empire
B
the Napoleonic Empire
C
the Dutch Empire
D
the British Empire
10) Which of these events is MOST responsible for Canada\'s eventual independence from Great Britain?
A
War of 1812
B
American Revolution
C
Seven Years\' War
D
World War I
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