History 304 Name: ___________________
CANADIAN HISTORY QUIZ…COULD YOU PASS THIS, EH?
How much do you know about some key events in Canadian History? Do your best to answer as many as possible of the questions below. Don’t worry if you don’t know too many…you will be learning so much this year!
1) Which country took control of Quebec away from France, by winning the battle of the Plains of Abraham?
2) Who was Canada’s first francophone Prime Minister?
3) What term is used to describe the severe economic hardships of the 1930’s?
4) In the 19th century, some inhabitants of what is now Quebec rebelled against the government of the time. Who was the leader of that rebellion?
5) What was the name of the route to Canada taken by blacks escaping slavery in the
US?
6) Name one group of Canadians who were evacuated from the West Coast during
WWII because of their ethnic origin.
7) What Canadian city was severely damaged by a massive explosion in its harbour in
1917?
8) Which province was the last one to join Canada (in 1949)?
9) Remembrance Day in Canada falls on November 11. November 11 was the last day of which war?
10) In what year were all Canadian women eligible to vote in federal elections?
11) Many of the early settlers of what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spoke
French and were resettled by the British government. What are those people and their descendants called?
12) The members of which ethnic group were once forced to pay a head tax to immigrate to Canada?
13) What is the name of the Metis leader who was hanged by the federal government in
1885?

14) What economic issue between the US and Canada dominated the Canadian Federal elections of 1891, 1911 and 1988?
15) What name is commonly used to refer to the British subjects who fled to Canada during and after the American Revolution?
16) Name two countries Canada fought against during World War I.
17) What term is commonly used to refer to early French fur traders in Canada?
18) Which superhero was the co-creation of an American and Canadian?
19) What is the name commonly given to the political and social movement that swept
Quebec in the beginning of the 1960 ′ s?
20) Who was the first Canadian in space?
21) Name a Canadian who received the Noble Prize for the discovery of insulin.
22) What is the name of the native people of Newfoundland who were hunted to extinction by Europeans?
23) In what year was Canada officially created?
24) What is the name of the highest mountain in Canada?
25) Where does the name “Canada” come from?
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Silly Stuff:
1. Which 3 Canadian cities have hosted an Olympic Games?
2. What motto appears on the Quebec license plates?
3. How many points are on the Canadian maple leaf?
4. In which province can you find a provincial park famous for its dinosaur bones?
5. Which Canadian actor wrote himself a cheque for 10 million dollars, and carried it around in his pocket until he earned that amount in one film?
6. What is the current population of Canada?

Answers:
1) England
2) Wilfred Laurier
3) The Great Depression
4) Louis-Joseph Papineau
5) The Underground Railway
6) The Japanese
7) Halifax
8) Newfoundland
9) Invasion of Europe/ France/ Normandy
10) World War I
11) 1921
12) Acadians
13) Chinese Canadians
14) War of 1812/Revolutionary/War of Independence
15) Louis Riel
16) Free Trade
17) The Civil War
18) Loyalists /United Empire Loyalists
19) Germany/Austria/Austro-Hungarian/Turkey
20) Voyageurs/Coureurs des bois
21) Lester B. Pearson
22) The Quiet Revolution
23) Marc Garneau
24) 1982
25) Banting/MacCloud/Collip
26) Beothuks