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Grade 8 HIstory Course-Confederation
The North-West Mounted Police rode:
The word to describe the formation of Canada is...
Grade 8 HIstory Course-Confederation
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The word to describe the formation of Canada is...
Industrialization
Assimilation
Colonization
Confederation
2
The North-West Mounted Police rode:
buffalo
buggies
fancy cars
horses
3
People who remained loyal to Britain were called...
Patriots
Advocators
Loyalists
Traitors
4
The belief that USA will control all of North America
Segregation
Reciprocity
Manifest Destiny
Assimilation
5
What is the name of the transcontinental railway?
CPR
RPC
PRC
CRP
6
John A. Macdonald got caught committing this crime:
arson
accepting a bribe
murder
theft
7
Canada East is now called...
Quebec
The Maritimes
BC
Ontario
8
Which one of these was NOT a reason for Confederation?
Takeover farmland out west
Britain wanted us to stay a colony
Trade
Train plus Defense against USA
9
If your mom is Native, and your dad is European, you are this:
English
Metis
French
Native
10
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A. Macdonald
Chief Poundmaker
Louis Riel
Lord Durham
11
Taxes are similar to...
Governments wages
Awesome
Tariffs
Goods purchased
12
Who colonized BNA first?
French
Spanish
English
Natives
13
Alexander Mackenzie was our second Prime Minister, who:
All of the above
set up the Supreme Court
opened the Royal Military College to train soldiers for Canada's army
introduced secret ballot voting
14
The Metis leader and Father of Manitoba was:
Hugh Allen
John A. Macdonald
Chief Big Bear
Louis Riel
15
Ontario used to be called...
Canada West
Lower Canada
New Caledonia
Canada East
16
Which raw material/natural resource is NOT found in Canada?
farmland and minerals
fur and gold
trees and fish
jewels and silks
17
What did Canada used to be called?
NWT
BNA
HBC
BA
18
This became Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba
British Columbia
Rupert's Land
Ontario
Yukon
19
Which territory joined in 1999, and is made up of mainland and a bunch of islands?
NWT
Nunavut
Yukon
All of the above
20
Which of these things has the Canadian government apologized for?
all of the above
Hanging Louis Riel
Taking land from Natives
Ignoring Inuit rights
21
In what year was Canada formed?
1865
1860
1867
1876
22
"Colony" means
Country
Province
Owned by a country
British
23
Our mother country in the 1860's was...
Britain
Spain
America
France
24
Which province had land owners who lived in Europe?
Quebec
PEI
Newfoundland
Ontario
25
Which animal was extremely important to the Metis?
buffalo
deer
elk
caribou
26
When you control the land and everything on it, it's called a....
assimilation
monopoly
motherlode
jackpot
27
Our provincial government is located at Queen's Park in what city?
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Quebec
28
PEI, NS, and NB are often called this...
Maritimes
Acadia
West Coast
Plains
29
What was found in BC and the Yukon?
gold
fish
fur
lumber
30
What did they call the Chinese men who worked on the railway?
Coalition
Monopoly
Government
Navvies
31
By joining together, the provinces could build this...
Railroad
Highway
Boat launch
Airport
32
Ontario was running out of this, so people moved west.
Patience
Farmland
Trees
Minerals
33
What subject will replace History, starting the next time I see you?
Geography
Science
Drama
Dance
34
The province created for French people was:
Ontario
Manitoba
PEI
Quebec
35
The English Fur Trading company that still exists today (although they are currently only selling products online)
Zellers
Hudson Bay Company
North-West Company
Walmart
36
What were the schools called where Native kids were forced to go?
Public school
Prep school
Residential school
Boarding school
37
Who was on this land first?
Natives
Vikings
French
English
38
Which province joined Confederation last?
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Newfoundland
39
What area became Manitoba?
PEI
Yukon
Red River
Metis
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The 72 Resolutions eventually became Canada's
Treaty with the Natives
Supreme Court
Constitution
Metis Bill of Rights