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1. What
city, founded in 1608 by Champlain, claims to be the oldest in
North America? It is also the only walled city in North
America?
a) Quebec
b) Halifax
c) Regina
d) Vancouver
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2. What
is the main crop grown in the Prairie provinces?
a) wheat
b) rice
c) sheep
d) pineapples
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3. With
more than 250 000 square km, Saskatchewan claims more than 1/3
of all the farmland in Canada. Which province contributes
only 335 square km of farmland?
a) PEI
b) British Columbia
c) Manitoba
d) Newfoundland
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4. What
is the largest city in Canada by population?
a) Vancouver, BC
b) Quebec, Quebec
c) Toronto, Ontario
d) Calgary, Alberta
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5. What
is the capital city of Canada?
a) Montreal, Quebec
b) Ottawa, Ontario
c) Toronto, Ontario
d) Quebec, Quebec
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6. Several
Indian nations, including the Beothuk and the Micmac, inhabited
Newfoundland and the Maritimes beginning in 1000 AD. What
name did historians give to the large nation of aborigines to
which these smaller nations belong?
a) Cree
b) Iroquois
c) Algonquian
d) Inuit
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7. The
oldest evidence of Europeans in North America is a thousand year
old settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Who
buildt the settlement?
a) the Vikings
b) the Spanish
c) the French
d) the British
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8. Jacques
Cartier, a French explorer, made 3 voyages to Canada in the
1500s. He travelled up the St. Lawrence River as far as
present-day Montreal. What was he searching for?
a) the lost city of Atlantis
b) Spanish settlements and gold
c) a passage to India and China
d) a shortcut to the 13 colonies
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9.
Winnipeg, located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine
Rivers, is the 7th largest city in Canada. Of which
province is it the capital?
a) Manitoba
b) Prince Edward Island
c) Quebec
d) Saskatchewan
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10.
An English explorer, sent out in 1610 to find a Northwest
Passage to India and China, discovered a strait and a large bay,
both of which are now named after him. His crew mutinied
and set him adrift never to be seen again. Who was he?
a) John Cabot
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) Francis Drake
d) Henry Hudson
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