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Canada Confederation Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was confederation first achieved?

a)

1865

b)

1866

c)

1867

d)

1868

2.

How many colonies were in Canada at the time of Confederation (1867)?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

3.

What was the 4th province to join confederation?

a)

Manitoba

b)

British Colombia

c)

Alberta

d)

Nova Scotia.

4.

When did British Columbia join confederation?

a)

July 20, 1871

b)

July 1, 1867

c)

July 1, 1873

d)

July 15, 1870

5.

Which one of the following was a conference for confederation?

a)

Manitoba Conference

b)

London Conference

c)

Vancouver Conference

d)

Ottawa Conference

6.

In which province did the gold fever (1858-63) take place in?

a)

Alberta

b)

British Colombia

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Ontario

7.

When was the agreement between the Canadian government and the Hudson's bay company reached (The transfer of Rupert's Land)?

a)

November, 1869

b)

January, 1869

c)

April, 1869

d)

October, 1869

8.

About how much money did Canada buy Rupert's land for?

a)

$1,500,000

b)

$1,250,000

c)

$1,000,000

d)

$1,750,000

9.

Out of the 12,000 settlers living in the Red River valley, about how many were Metis?

a)

8,000

b)

9,000

c)

10,000

d)

11,000

10.

Between 1871 and 1877, how many main treaties were signed between the Canadian goverment and the First Nations?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

11.

What was the act of the British Parliament that created the Dominion of Canada (in 1867) called?

a)

British North America Act

b)

Canada Act

c)

Manitoba Act

d)

Ontario Act

12.

What is the name of the act that was created in May of 1870 (by the Canadian Parliament) that made Canada's fifth province?

a)

Manitoba Act

b)

Quebec Act

c)

British Colombia Act

d)

Alberta Act

13.

What did Cartier offer to British Colombia in order to persuade British Colombia to join confederation?

a)

A wagon road

b)

A transcontinental railway

c)

A highway

d)

A new trading port

14.

When did the Charlottetown Conference take place?

a)

January, 1864

b)

April, 1864

c)

September, 1864

d)

July, 1864

e)

November, 1864

15.

When did PEI (Prince Edward Island) officially join confederation?

a)

1871

b)

1873

c)

1875

d)

1877

e)

1879

16.

In what year did England give the Arctic territories to Canada?

a)

1873

b)

1876

c)

1878

d)

1880

e)

1882

17.

When did the Quebec Conference take place?

a)

January, 1864

b)

May, 1864

c)

August, 1864

d)

October, 1864

e)

December, 1864

18.

Before the Canadian government could start building the railway in Western Canada, who (which group of people) did they have to deal with first? Select all that apply.

a)

The French

b)

The Americans

c)

The First Nations

d)

The Metis

19.

In what year was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?

a)

1882

b)

1883

c)

1884

d)

1885

20.

In what year did Newfoundland join confederation?

a)

1867

b)

1871

c)

1869

d)

1873

e)

1949