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G7 Social Studies Term Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Many Black Loyalists went to Nova Scotia because...
a)
The weather was nicer
b)
They were forced to leave the 13 colonies
c)
They were given money by the British
d)
They were granted freedom by the British
2.
Someone who comes into a country to live is called... 
a)
an emigrant
b)
an immigrant
c)
a pioneer
d)
a squatter
3.

What do you call an area of land that is controlled by another country?

a)

symphony

b)

colony

c)

immigrant

d)

the elite

4.

What do you call an idea for a new law?

a)

a bob

b)

a colony

c)

the assembly

d)

a bill

5.

Who were the richest and most powerful group in British North America?

a)

The Irish Immigrants

b)

The black colonists

c)

The Elite

d)

The Aboriginal people

6.

What is the name for the King or Queen's representative in Nova Scotia?

a)

lieutenant governor

b)

the prime minister

c)

the premier

d)

the voters

7.

What type of government is this?

When the government was controlled by a few selected people, mostly from the elite and decisions were made in the interests of the British king or queen.

a)

representative government

b)

a republic

c)

responsible government

d)

a dictatorship

8.

What type of government is this?

When most of the power to make decisions is made by people who have been elected in by the voters.

a)

representative government

b)

a republic

c)

responsible government

d)

A dictatorship

9.

Canada's government today is:

a)

a representative government

b)

a dictatorship

c)

a democracy

10.

What 3 ways did the people of BNA show that they wanted to change the way they were governed?

a)

Through newspapers

b)

By doing their work

c)

Through rebellions

d)

Through immigration

e)

By getting voted in and making political change

11.

Black Loyalists were treated the same as White Loyalists when they came to BNA.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Irish Immigrants found it easy to get jobs and earn a lot of money in BNA.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Acadians were forced to leave BNA by the British as they didn't think the Acadians would be loyal to the King.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

People of French heritage, living in Canada East, were known as habitants.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Irish and the British got along well in BNA.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

In the 1850s who controlled Nova Scotia?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Canada

d)

USA

17.

Why is a Government important? Select all that you think are correct.

a)

To create laws and keep order.

b)

To make sure all people have their needs met

c)

To decide how money should be spent.

d)

To keep power for just a few people.

18.

Most of Canada East is known today as:

a)

Ontario

b)

British Columbia

c)

Quebec

d)

Nova Scotia

19.

People of this heritage mostly settled in Canada East

a)

English

b)

French

c)

Irish

d)

Aboriginal

20.

Europeans brought this with them and it killed many Aboriginal people.

a)

Language

b)

Diseases

c)

Animals

d)

Flour

21.

Which was the biggest city in British North America in the 1850s?

a)

Halifax

b)

Toronto

c)

Montreal

d)

St. Johns

22.

Most immigrants to BNA in the 1850s were coming from which two countries?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

USA

d)

Ireland

23.

The population (number) of First Nations people dropped when Europeans started arriving.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The people who wanted to change the way government worked were called:

a)

rebels

b)

reformers

c)

wrong

d)

ruthless