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What Do You Know About Canadian History?
What Do You Know About Canadian History?
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A #quizquiz to see how much you already know about the history of #Canada.
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1
What were the Famous Five associated with?
Hijacking trains in the early 1900s
Rowing
Getting women the right to vote
Rum-running during Prohibition
2
Men were allowed to vote in Canada in 1867. When were women allowed to vote?
1918
1967
1888
1867
3
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929 called?
Black Tuesday
Treacherous Thursday
Black Day in July
Bloody Saturday
4
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his creation of a UN peacekeeping mission in Egypt?
Pierre Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Lester B. Pearson
Mackenzie King
5
Where was Canada's largest and most violent labour strikes held?
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
St. John's
6
Which of the Great Lakes is the largest?
Erie
Huron
Ontario
Superior
7
During WW2 the federal government imprisoned over 20,000 Canadian residents of which ethnicity?
German
Japanese
Jewish
Chinese
8
What is the approximate population of Canada?
35 million
85 million
300,000
8 million
9
Who were the French and British Generals who fought at the Plains of Abraham?
Wolfe & Montcalm
Crosby & Gretzky
Nelson & Bonaparte
Brock & Tecumseh
10
Which popular character did Lucy Maud Montgomery create in one of her books?
Le Petit Prince
Anne of Green Gables
The Littlest Hobo
Winnie the Pooh
11
What famous World War 2 battle occurred on June 6, 1944 that Canada took part in?
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
The Somme
Vimy Ridge
12
Canada's first Prime Minister was?
Stephen Harper
Pierre Trudeau
John A. MacDonald
Wilfred Laurier
13
What is the national animal of Canada?
Beaver
Grizzly Bear
Moose
Canadian Goose
14
Which occupation did the Group of Seven belong to?
Mobsters
Accountants
Painters
Politicians
15
When was Confederation in Canada?
1315
1812
1867
1901
16
In a CBC poll, who was named the "greatest Canadian"?
Terry Fox
Tommy Douglas
Pierre Trudeau
Frederick Banting
17
Who was Canada's first French Prime Minister?
Wilfred Laurier
Louis St. Laurent
Pierre Trudeau
Jean Chretien
18
The earliest European contact with North America was made by:
Jacques Cartier
Christopher Colombus
Vikings
19
When Canada's geographic size is compared with all the other nations in the world, it would be:
third largest
largest
second largest
smallest
20
Which of the following was NOT one of the first four provinces to join Confederation?
Quebec (Lower Canada)
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Ontario (Upper Canada)
