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| According to Thompson, Canadian history has been decisively influenced by questions of: |
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| A) Identity B) Unity C) Survival D) All of the above |
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| The Royal Proclamation of 1763: |
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A) Set a common basis for both U.S. and Canadian policy
B) Recognized Indian nations as independent
C) Confirmed that Indian tribes possessed limited sovereignty
D) All of the above |
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| Article 93 BNA Act of 1865: |
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| C) Ensured rights of religious minorities to maintain “confessional” schools |
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In Canadian political system, members of the Cabinet cannot publicly criticize their prime minister because of the
“collective responsibility,” meaning that once a decision has been made; all members of government are obligated to
support it. |
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| The Constitution Act of 1982 formally left the _______ as the Canadian head of state: |
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| Which of the following is NOT true? |
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| B) Civil law is the same across Canada |
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| Which of the following is true for the Supreme Court of Canada? |
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Definition
A) Three of nine judges must come from Quebec
B) Chief Justice alternates between a francophone and an Anglophone
C) The Government cannot remove a judge if it dislikes his/her ruling
D) All of the above |
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| According to Eagles and Manna: |
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C) The Canadian Charter of Rights is a comprehensive bill of rights, similar to the U.S. Bill of Rights but with some
important differences |
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| Section One of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that… |
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| B) The government has the right to place reasonable limits on the exercise of individual rights to protect the common good. |
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| In which of the following countries, do people directly elect their national leader? |
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Definition
| A) The United States B) The United Kingdom C) Canada D) None of the above |
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When a party with a majority but less than 50% of seats invites another party to join them in the Government by
appointing members of that part to the Cabinet, they have formed |
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| C) A coalition government |
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| The principle reason the Liberal Party was able to dominate federal elections beginning the early 1990s was because… |
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Definition
| B) The Progressive Conservative Party fractured into several competing regional conservative parties. |
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| Which of the following statements about the Bloc Québécois is NOT true? |
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Definition
C) Quebec voters, angered over the “sponsorship scandal,” abandoned the Liberal Party and switched their vote
overwhelmingly to the Bloc in the 2006 and 2008 elections. |
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| From the Conquest to the Quite Revolution, _____ more than ______ defined the Canadian duality in Quebec. |
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| The Canadian Prime Minister is required to call an election… |
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E) A and B only
A) When the government fails a vote of confidence.
B) Every five years. |
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| Which of the following is true? |
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| B) In the Canadian political system there is a fusion of executive powers and legislative powers |
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| Canada and the United States have similar histories because: |
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Definition
A) Canada and the United States are the products of the European conquest of the Aboriginal peoples of North America
B) The founders of both countries led their respective countries through the same processes of nation-state building
C) Both countries adopted federal system of government
D) All of the above |
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| Which of the following statements about the governor general in Canada is true? |
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Definition
A) The governor general serves as the Queen’s representative in her role as head of state.
B) Most of the responsibilities of the governor general are symbolic and ceremonial.
C) The governor general is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the prime minister.
D) Recent Governors general tend to be drawn from the media and visible minority communities.
E) All of the above |
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| Cooperative federalism” is characterized by |
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Definition
| B) Sufficient and growing resources and relative agreement between the federal government and provinces over programs and spending |
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| _______ allows provinces to enact laws in violation of the constitutional provided they acknowledge they are doing so. |
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| C) The “notwithstanding” clause |
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| _______ allows provinces to enact laws in violation of the constitutional provided they acknowledge they are doing so. |
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| C) The “notwithstanding” clause |
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The three pillars of power in New France were the Catholic bishop of the colony, the intendant, and the
governor. The intendant was... |
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| A) A lawyer appointed by the King to maintain royal power, regulate the economy and administer justice. |
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| What affect did the hanging of Riel in 1885 have on the Canadian nation’s cultural and social landscape? |
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Definition
| C) It was perceived as an attack on the French Catholic minority and further divided English and French Canada. |
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| Which of the following is not characteristic of classical liberalism? |
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Definition
| B) Intervention in the economy to eliminate inequality. |
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| According to historian Lipset, which characteristic most defined Canadian government and politics? |
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| Which of the following was/were the goal(s) of the Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada in the 1830s? |
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Definition
| A) The establishment of representative, republican government. |
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| Originally known as Dominion Day, Canada became a country on… |
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| Which of the following provinces passed laws restricting or eliminating French in schools in the late 19th or early 20th centuries? |
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| A) Manitoba B) Saskatchewan C) Ontario D) All of the above |
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According to a DVD segment that we watched in class, Canadian John McCray is famous for not only his
personal efforts during the Boer War, but also his … |
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Definition
| C) Death and authorship of the poem “Flanders’s Fields” during WWI. |
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Definition
A) Defined the rights of Indians on and off the reserve
B) Attempted to “civilize” Indians
C) Determined how much to pay in treaty money
D) All of the above |
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| What Durham found in Canada were “two nations warring in the bosom of a state.” His solution was… |
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Definition
A) The unification of Upper and Lower Canada to create a permanent French-speaking minority.
B) An effective provincial government with only defense and foreign policy controlled by Britain.
C) Government that is accountable to the governed.
D) All of the above |
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| Benedict Arnold commanded the American force that attacked _____ in December 1775. |
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Which of the following steps was necessary to convince New Brunswick to join the Confederation setting the
tone for federal-provincial relations ever since? |
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Definition
A) An offer of federal money and subsidies.
B) An agreement to construct a railroad linking New Brunswick to the markets in Quebec and Ontario.
E). A and B |
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| The Quebec Act of 1774 that angered the American colonists because it… |
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Definition
A) Granted freedom of religion to French Catholics in Québec.
B) Made the Indian Territories west of the Allegany mountains part of Québec.
C) Established French civil law as the basis of the Canadian legal system.
D) All of the above |
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According to Thompson and Richard, the most important commercial enterprise in the French colony in the early 17th
century was the ____ trade. |
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The British expelled 10,000 French-speaking ______ from now New Brunswick in 1755 and scattered them
throughout the American colonies and Louisiana. |
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| Which of the following statements about conscription in Canada is NOT true? |
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Definition
B) Only French Canadians protested Borden’s decision to introduce conscription following his reelection in
1917. |
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According to the series, “Canada: a People’s History”, the reasons the Canadians forced the surrender of the
Americans at the Battle of Detroit was? |
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Definition
| C) Americans were terrified of Indians who were allied with Brock |
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| In 1990, an armed confrontation between Mohawks and the Quebec Provincial Police that resulted in the death of a police officer and the use of the Canadian army at ___ outside Montreal shocked the nation. |
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In the video “My Name is Kahentiosta” children accompanied their parents during the stand-off because the adults wanted
their kids to witness Mohawk warriors fight for their rights. |
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