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3 founding people of Canada
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Aboriginal, French and British
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1763
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Territorial rights guaranteed through Royal Proclamation by King George III
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2008
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Canada apologizes to the former Aboriginal students
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3 distinct groups of Aboriginal peoples
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Indian
Inuit
Metis
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When was the term First Nations began to be used
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1970s
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4 Freedoms that Canadians enjoy
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Freedom of conscience and religion, speech, peaceful assembly, and association
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What document is known as the Great Charter of Freedoms
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Magna Carta signed in England in 1215
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Habeas corpus
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the right to challenge unlawful detention by the state
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When was the constitution of Canada changed
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1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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4 rights that Canadian enjoy
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Mobility, Aboriginal, Official Language and Multiculturalism
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Inuit means
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people
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Where does Aboriginal people live
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600 communities on reserve land and other half in urban centres
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What does language does Inuit speak
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Inuktitut
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Where does Inuit live
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across the Arctic
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Metis
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mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry
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Where does majority of Metis live
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in the Prairie provinces
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Popular Governor General of Canada in 1935-40
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John Buchan
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How many Anglophones in Canada
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18 M
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Official bilingual province in Canada
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New Brunswick
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Who are the Acadians
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descendants of French colonists who settled in Maritime provinces in 1604
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Great Upheaval
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more than 2/3rds of Acadians were deported during war between Britain and France
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When did they House of Commons recognized QC is a nation within Canada
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2006
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How old is heritage of Anglo Quebecers
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250 years
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Canada is referred to as
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land of immigrants
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Great majority of Canadians identify as
Christians
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Canadas population
About 36 M
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Why did the Europeans call the natives Indians
They thought they had reached the East Indies
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When did the European exploration began
1497
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Who drew the first map of Canadas East Coast
John Cabot
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When did the name Canada begin to appear on maps
By 1550s
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Iroquoian word Kanata means
village
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Who did Jacques Cartier claim land for across the Atlantic
King Francis I
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Who established the first European settlement in 1604 in Maine
Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain
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Who and when built a fortress in QC city
Champlain 1608
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When did the French and the Iroquois made peace
1701
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Jean Talon, Bishop Laval and Count Frontenac
Leaders who built a French empire in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to Gulf of Mexico
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1690
Count Frontenac refused to surrender QC to the English
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Who is Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester)
Governor of QC who defended the rights of the Canadiens during American invasion of QC in 1775
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Who supervised the Loyalists migration to Nova Scotia and Quebec in 1782-83
Lord Dorchester
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Who and when did the Hudsons Bay Company granted exclusive trading rights
1670 King Charle II
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When did the France empire ended in America
1759
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Who passed the Quebec Act in 1774
British Parliament
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1776
13 British colonies to the south of QC declared independence and formed the US
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Where and when was the first representative assembly
Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1758
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Which act divided the Province of QC into Upper Canada (Ontario)
The Constitutional Act 1791
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When was the first elected Assembly of Lower Canada
Quebec City in 1793
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Who is Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe
First Lieutenant Governor and founder city of Toronto
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When was slavery abolished throughout the Empire
1833
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The North Star
Slaves escaped from US via Canadian Underground Railroad, a Christian anti-slavery network
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When did the Montreal Stock Exchange open
1832
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary
an activist in the movement to abolish slavery in the USA; first woman publisher in Canada
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When did US try to launch invasion in Canada
June 1812
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When did America burned down Parliament Building in York
1812
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What did the British and Canadian do in return to US during the invasion in 1814
Burned the White House in DC
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Who is Duke Wellington
Defeated Napoleon in 1815 by sending troops to defend Canada
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Laura Secord
journeyed on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack
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Lord Durham
an English reformer who recommended to merge Upper and Lower Canada
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What is a responsible government
the ministers of the Crown must have the support of a majority of the elected representatives in order to govern
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The Fathers of Confederation
Sir Etienne Pascal Tache, Sir George Etienne Cartier and Sir John A Macdonald
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When did Upper and Lower Canada united
1840, united as Province of Canada
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Who is Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
champion of French language rights
1st head of a responsible government in 1849
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2 levels of government
federal and provincial
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What does Confederation mean
Federal union
Old province of Canada split into 2 new provinces: Ontario and Quebec
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia formed a new country Dominion of Canada
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When was the Dominion of Canada officially born
July 1 1867
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Dominion Day meaning
When Canada became a self-governing Dominion
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When was British North America Act passed
1867
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Who assigned Canadas national colours
King George V in 1921
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Who suggested the term Dominion of Canada in 1864
Sir Leonard Tilley
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Where was Dominion of Canada inspired from
Bible refers to dominion from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth
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When was the Expansion of Dominion of Northwest Territories and Manitoba
1870
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Expansion of Dominion of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1867
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Expansion of Dominion of P.E.I
1873
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Expansion of Dominion of Newfoundland and Labrador
1949
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Expansion of Dominion of Yukon Territory
1898
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Expansion of Dominion of British Columbia
1871
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Expansion of Dominion of Alberta and Saskatchewan
1905
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Expansion of Dominion of Nunavut
1999
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Expansion of Dominion of Transfer of the Arctic Islands
1880
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The first Prime Minister of Canada
Sir John A. Macdonald in 10$ bill
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key architect of Confederation from QC
Sir George Etienne Cartier
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Louis Riel
a defender of Metis rights and the father of Manitoba
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When was North West Mounted Police established
1873 by Macdonald to pacify the West and assist in negotiations with Indians
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Where is the NWMP headquarters
Regina
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Who are the national police force and one of Canadas best-known symbols
Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Mounties
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What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize
Unity
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Who built the Canadian Pacific Railway
Chinese and European
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What is Head Tax
race based entry fee
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Who is Sir Wilfrid Laurier
first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation, 5$ bill
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What is Vimy Memorial in France
honours those who served and died in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917
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How many Canadians served the First World War
More then 600 000
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Who is Bluebirds
More than 3000 nurses who served in Royal Canadian Army Medical
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Who is Agnes Macphail
1st woman MP in 1921
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Which is the first province to grant voting rights to women in Canada
1916 in Manitoba
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First woman to practise medicine in Canada
Dr Emily Stowe
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1918
Most Canadian female citizens aged 21 and over were granted the right to vote in federal elections
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Who granted women the vote in 1940
Therese Casgrain
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What do Canadians wear in Remembrance Day
Red poppy
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When is Canadas Ramembrance Day
Nov 11
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Who composed the poem In Flanders Fields in 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
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What is Roaring Twenties
the boom times with prosperity for business and low unemployment
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What is the Great Depression or Dirty Thirties
Stock market crashes in 1929
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When was the Bank of Canada created
1934
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How many were killed in 2nd World War
44 000
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What started Canadas modern energy industry
Discovery of oil in Alberta in 1947
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Who provides publicly funded education
provinces and territories
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When was the employment insurance introduced
1940 by federal government
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1965
Canada and Quebec Pension Plans
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1960s
Quiet Revolution
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What does Canada Health Act ensure
Common elements and a basic standard of coverage
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Which act guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada
Official Language Act 1969
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La Francophonie
international association of French speaking countries
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When did the Japanese-Canadians gain the right to vote
1948
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When did Aboriginal people granted vote
1960
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Who hit the idea of telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
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Invented snowmobile
Joseph Armand Bombardier
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Invented the world system of standard time zones
Sir Sandford Fleming
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Invented first electric light bulb
Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
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Invented radio
Reginald Fessenden
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Known as greater living Canadian
Dr Wilder Penfield
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Invented first cardiac pacemaker
Dr John A Hopps
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Invented Canadarm
SPAR Aerospace; National Research Council
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Invented Blackberry
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
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3 key facts about Canadas system of government
our country is a federal state, parliamentary democracy, and constitutional monarchy
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3 different governments in Canada
federal, provincial, territorial and municipal
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What is British North America Act called now
Constitution Act 1867
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Who takes responsibility for national and international matters
Federal state
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Which responsibility does provincial state take
municipal government, education, health, natural resources, property, civil rights and highways
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Which responsibility does federal state take
defence, foreign policy, interprovincial trade and communications, currency, navigation, criminal law and citizenship
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What task does the federal government and the provincial government share
agriculture and immigration
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What is federalism
allows different provinces to adopt policies tailored to their own populations, and gives provinces the flexibility to experiment with new ideas and policies
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Does every provinces has its own elected Legislative Assembly
True
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3 parts of Parliament
Sovereign, Senate, House of Commons
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