Gr10 - Self-rule for British Colonies

Question 1

Who resented the English because of laws imposed by England limiting the rights of Catholics and favoring Protestants?

Accepted Answer

The Irish

Question 2

Why were all the settlements founded in southern and eastern Australia?

Accepted Answer

The climate was more favorable

Question 3

English speaking colonists settled in the province of Upper Canada, which is known now as -----------------------. .

Accepted Answer

Ontario

Question 4

During the famine years, no one fled from Ireland.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

The home rule bill for South Ireland in 1914 was postponed because of WW2.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

In both Upper and Lower Canada each province had its own elected assembly to represent them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

When Britain began colonizing Australia, it sent the convicted criminals to serve their sentences there.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 passed by the British Parliament, restored rights to Catholics in _________

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 9

Britain allowed self-rule in Canada, Australia and Ireland, but delayed it in New Zealand.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Determine: The earliest French colonists in Canada, in the 1600s and 1700s, had included many fur trappers and …………….

Accepted Answer

fur trappers and missionaries

Question 11

Canada’s prime minister began the construction of a……………. railroad, which was completed in 1885.

Accepted Answer

transcontinental

Question 12

In 1921, Britain divided Ireland and granted home-rule to ____________

Accepted Answer

Southern Ireland

Question 13

What political reforms did Australia pioneer?

Accepted Answer

Secret ballot

Question 14

The raising and exporting of wool became……………. biggest business.

Accepted Answer

Australia's

Question 15

When Canada became a Dominion, it was granted the right to rule its own domestic affairs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The population of Australia grew steadily in the early 1800s and then skyrocketed after ……………. in 1851.

Accepted Answer

a gold rush

Question 17

IRA staged a series of attacks against British officials in Ireland.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

English knights invaded __________________ and many settled there to form a new aristocracy.

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 19

John MacDonald constructed a Transcontinental Railroad in Canada

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 affected the rights of Roman Catholics who lived in _______.

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 21

What were the major reforms urged by Lord Durham?

Accepted Answer

All the answers are correct

Question 22

……………. and …………….joined the Province of Canada to form the Dominion of Canada.

Accepted Answer

Nova Scotia & Brunswick

Question 23

What sort of climate is found in the south west of Australia?

Accepted Answer

dry

Question 24

Who staged a series of attacks against British officials in Ireland?

Accepted Answer

The Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Question 25

Prisons in England were overcrowded, so the British government established a……………. in Australia.

Accepted Answer

Penal colony

Question 26

The Great Famine was a time of widespread starvation in Ireland, caused by the destruction of _______.

Accepted Answer

potato crops

Question 27

Religious &cultural differences b/w the …. & the mainly Protestant English-speaking Colonists caused conflict in Canada.

Accepted Answer

French Roman Catholic

Question 28

In Canada, the French main religion was Protestantinism.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

When the pope granted control of Ireland to the English king, the first to settle in the country were aristocrats

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Great Britain took possession of Canada in 1763 after it defeated France in the …………….

Accepted Answer

French & Indian War

Question 31

Complete: During the early 1900s, both Australia and New Zealand became ---------------- .

Accepted Answer

Dominions

Question 32

The Irish Republic Army (IRA) was an unofficial army seeking independence of Ireland from Britain.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Canadians believed Canada needed a central government to protect the interests of Canadians against Britain.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

When World War I broke out in Europe, Parliament had enacted a home rule bill for southern Ireland, but it was delayed

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

The first country to give full voting rights to women was _________

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 36

Captain James Cook claimed Australia and New Zealand for Britain

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Joining Ireland to Britain was a setback to Irish nationalism but gave Ireland representation in the British parliament.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

New Zealand was originally set up as a Penal colony of the British Empire because prisons were over-crowded in Britain.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

What was the impact of the Great Famine on Irish population?

Accepted Answer

All the answers are correct

Question 40

Which of the following cities falls within a Mediterranean vegetation zone?

Accepted Answer

Adelaide

Question 41

Laws imposed by the English in the 1500s and 1600s limited the rights of ........ in Ireland.

Accepted Answer

Catholics

Question 42

The first country to colonize Canada was __________

Accepted Answer

France

Question 43

The ___________ sea captain James Cook claimed New Zealand in 1769 and part of Australia in 1770.

Accepted Answer

British

Question 44

The Great Famine was a time of wide-spread starvation in Ireland caused by a fungus that ruined potato crops.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

Most Protestants opposed the idea of home rule in Ireland

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

The people of Australia pioneered in a number of political reforms. For example, the Australian Ballot.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

_______________ led nationalists to gain full independence in Ireland

Accepted Answer

Eamon De Valera

Question 48

Who led nationalists to gain full independence in Ireland?

Accepted Answer

Eamon De Valera

Question 49

English-speaking colonists arrived in Canada after it came under British rule. They settled away from French near __

Accepted Answer

the Great Lakes

Question 50

Opposition to British rule over Ireland took two forms; some Irish wanted full independence, most wanted home-rule only.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

Complete: To encourage immigration to Australia, the British government offered settlers --------------.

Accepted Answer

Cheap land

Question 52

After Britain took possession of Canada in 1763, the French who remained there lived mostly in St. Lawrence Valley.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

What was the first westward territory to be added to the United States?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 54

Britain was reluctant to grant Ireland home-rule because it was afraid that Irish Catholics would grow powerful.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

One reason for Britain’s opposition to Home Rule was a concern for Ireland’s ...........

Accepted Answer

Protestants, especially in the north

Question 56

The Maori were the native people of Australia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

The IRA staged a series of attacks against British officials in Ireland

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

What made the New Zealand settlement grow slowly?

Accepted Answer

Britian did not claim ownership of New Zealand immediately

Question 59

British troops executed the leaders of the Dublin revolts in Ireland.

Accepted Answer

True

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