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Canada Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of Government does Canada?

a)

Democratic Republican

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Presidential

d)

Constitutional Monarchy/Parliamentary

2.

What has been the long-term significance of French settlers in Canada?

a)

They established a command economy in Canada.

b)

They created a strong culture region within Canada.

c)

They created the universal culture for all of Canada.

d)

They developed an armed conflict with the United States.

3.

Human Geographic Characteristics of Canada and the United States.


English, French and Spanish are spoken in the region. Majority of the population in the region is Christian. Limited governments have been adopted in the region. Descendants of Africans and Europeans populate the region.


Which factor most contributed to creating the human geographic characteristics of Canada and the United States listed above?

a)

Cultural diffusion resulting from manifest destiny

b)

Migration of people from South America to North America

c)

Colonization of the region in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

d)

Spanish conquest of the region in the early half of the sixteenth century

4.

What religious tradition is most common in the culture of many European societies?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

5.

A common feature of the economic systems in the United States and Canada is that both —

a)

allow people to own private property

b)

restrict factory ownership to the government

c)

place a salary cap on business leaders’ earnings

d)

use government quotas to determine what to produce

6.

Which of the following is a primary reason for limiting the power of a government?

a)

To provide public education

b)

To ensure economic equality

c)

To allow for control of the press

d)

To prevent a violation of rights

7.

Because economic freedom is valued In the United States and Canada, the two societies have chosen to —


a)

restrict the number of businesses

b)

limit the power of the government

c)

impose barriers to importing goods

d)

control the amount of money in banks

8.

In the United States and Canada representatives are chosen to make the laws.

Both governments would be an example of —


a)

Rule by one

b)

Rule by Few

c)

Role by Many

d)

Rule by 18

9.

In Canada, just as in the United States, voting in an election is considered —


a)

a requirement by law

b)

an illegal act

c)

a civic responsibility

d)

an act of civil disobedience

10.

The United States and Canada are both considered to be multicultural societies because —

a)

most of the people in these societies speak more than one language

b)

people living in these societies have economic and political freedoms

c)

a history of immigration has resulted in several cultures contributing to these societies

d)

the American Indian cultures in these societies did not mix with the European cultures