Canada and the CPR

Who drove the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway?

• Donald Smith

• George Stephen

• John A. Macdonald

• William Cornelius Van Horne

How long did it take to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway?

• Twelve years

• Seven years

• Ten years

• Five years

What was the primary purpose of constructing the Canadian Pacific Railway?

• To connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

• To establish a trade route with the United States

• To promote tourism

• To facilitate the fur trade

Which year marked the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway?

• 1900

• 1875

• 1890

• 1885

Which engineering challenge was significant during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway?

• Crossing the Rocky Mountains

• Building bridges over the Great Lakes

• Constructing tunnels under the Hudson Bay

• Diverting the St. Lawrence River

A lot of workers lost their lives carrying this dangerous explosive in tunnels in order to build a railway through mountains:

• TSN

• Nitroglycerine

• Carrack

• Oxygen

True or False: Building a railway in a mountainous area is very difficult, so Chinese workers were paid more than European workers.

• True

• False