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Canada Quiz

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The blue area represents:

a)

The United States

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

The Carribean

2.

The red area represents:

a)

The United States

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

The Caribbean

3.

The climate of Canada is:

a)

Hot and humid

b)

Cold and snowy

c)

Cold in the North and warmer in the South

d)

Dry and hot

4.

Which ocean DOES NOT border Canada?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Canadian Ocean

5.

What is the Canadian Shield?

a)

A national shield that protects Canada from its enemies

b)

Land that consists of bare rock, thick forests, and freezing lakes.

c)

A weapon used in wars with Canada

d)

An area of desert in Canada

6.

Who is Canada's official head of state?

a)

The Monarch of England

b)

The Prime Minister

c)

The President

d)

The United State's President

7.

What are the 2 official languages of Canada?

a)

English and German

b)

English and Spanish

c)

There is only 1

d)

English and French

8.

What does Canada's flag look like?

a)

A blue maple leaf with two blue stripes on either end

b)

A red maple leaf with two red stripes on either end

c)

Red Hockey sticks with a red stripe on the top

d)

A white flag with a red circle in the middle

9.

What is the name of Canada's National Anthem?

a)

O Canada!

b)

I love Canada

c)

Canada our home

d)

Canada the beautiful

10.

What are the nicknames of the Canadian coins?

a)

scoonie and woonie

b)

floonie and moonie

c)

loonie and toonie

d)

sloonie and katooni

11.

What is a fjord?

a)

a long, narrow bodies of water with mountain on both sides

b)

A musical instrument

c)

A large boat

d)

An animal

12.

How is lichen different from other plants?

a)

It is small

b)

It is only found in Canada

c)

It can absorb water through its leaves

13.

What is Canada's NATIONAL sport?

a)

soccer

b)

baseball

c)

hockey

d)

lacrosse

14.

Which sport is the most POPULAR in Canada?

a)

soccer

b)

baseball

c)

lacrosse

d)

hockey

15.

What are the police called in Canada?

a)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

b)

Police

c)

Maple Leaves

d)

Poutine

16.

Which side of Niagra Falls is larger?

a)

United States

b)

Canada

17.

What is Poutine?

a)

A kind of animal

b)

A dance

c)

French Fries covered with gravy and cheese

d)

French Fries and ketchup

18.

How many cents is a Canadian Dollar?

a)

100

b)

50

c)

10

d)

80

19.

Who's face is on all of Canada's coins?

a)

The Prime Minister

b)

A member of legisture

c)

Queen Elizabeth

d)

The President

20.

How is Canada's land broken up?

a)

Into Provinces & Territories

b)

Into States & Capitals

c)

Into Towns

21.

Who is the head of Government in Canada?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Prince Harry

c)

The Prime Minister

d)

The President

22.

What is the name of the type of government that Canada has?

a)

Monarch

b)

Democracy

c)

tyrannical

23.

What do the two red stripes on the Canadian flag represent?

a)

The 2 major hockey teams

b)

the 2 oceans that border the country

c)

The 2 political parties

d)

The 2 kinds of poutine

24.

What is the observation deck at the CN tower called?

a)

Skypod

b)

Maple Leaf Deck

c)

Top of the Hub

25.

Why was the Olympic Park built?

a)

For concerts and soccer games

b)

To make a cool landmark

c)

For the 1976 Olympics

d)

For the observation deck

26.

What angle is the Montreal Tower leaning at?

a)

90 degrees

b)

20 degrees

c)

15 degrees

d)

45 degrees

27.

What does going "under the falls" mean?

a)

Taking the Maid of the Mist to the falls

b)

Going through a tunnel to an observation point

c)

Swimming underneath the falls

28.

What is the Maid of the Mist

a)

A boat that brings you up to Niagra Falls

b)

A boat that brings you through a fjord

c)

A dance that is popular

d)

A hotel to stay at Niagra Falls

29.

West Edmonton Mall is the largest shopping mall in :

a)

Canada

b)

The world

c)

America

d)

North America

30.

What is the most important natural resource in Canada?

a)

Water

b)

Trees

c)

Rich Soil

d)

Moose

31.

Canada shares what 2 things with the U.S?

a)

West Edmonton Mall & CN tower

b)

the North Fjord and Hudson Bay

c)

The Great Lakes and Niagra Falls

32.

What is a glacier?

a)

A type of penguin

b)

A treeless area where nothing can grow

c)

Ice and snow crashing down a mountain

d)

A moving hunk of snow that never melts

33.

What is the capital of Canada?

a)

Ottowa, Ontario

b)

Niagra Falls

c)

Huron

d)

Erie

34.

Canada is the world's ______ largest Country

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

35.

Cape Columbia lies closer to the ____ than any other land in the world.

a)

South Pole

b)

North Pole

c)

West Pole

36.

What is a spigot?

a)

A weapon

b)

A famous food in Canada

c)

Tool to get maple syrup from a tree

d)

Tool used to cut down a tree

37.

What is National Aboriginal Day?

a)

Celebrates native Candian Groups

b)

Canada's Independence Day

c)

A day to celebrate the Police

38.

What is the Calgary Stampede?

a)

A race

b)

A parade of animals

c)

World's largest rodeo

39.

What is "sugar on snow"?

a)

Sugar mixed with melted snow

b)

Maple syrup poured on snow

c)

Maple Syrup poured on pancakes

40.

What bills did Canada stop printing in 1989?

a)

1 and 5

b)

2 and 3

c)

10 and 2

d)

1 and 2

41.

Why are Canada's bills printed in color?

a)

They look prettier

b)

They wanted to be different from other countries

c)

Helps to tell them apart

d)

it represents the different values

42.

Why does Canada's dollars have raised dots in the corner?

a)

So that the visually impaired can identify their bills

b)

To help kids learn the bills

c)

To make them different from each other

43.

Why is Canada's money printed on polymer?

a)

It is in color

b)

It is hard to tear so it lasts longer

c)

It is cheaper than paper

44.

What flag was used in Canada until 1964?

a)

USA Flag

b)

Blue Canadian Flag

c)

Greenland Flag

d)

British Flag

45.

Canada makes nearly all of the ________ for the world.

a)

Paper for newspaper

b)

Fresh water for drinking

c)

Canned salmon

d)

Poutine

46.

Canada grows one-third of the world's ______.

a)

Wheat

b)

Corn

c)

Cherries

d)

Trees

47.

Many Canadians have jobs in _______.

a)

Hunting

b)

Fishing

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Hockey

48.

Since Canada has so much water, it produces a lot of what?

a)

Fish

b)

Hydroelectricity

c)

Boats

d)

Submarinse

49.

What country is highlighted red?

a)

Mexico

b)

USA

c)

Canada

d)

Carribean