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Review Unit 2 Lesson 2: The History of Canada

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first groups of descendants to North America were__________.

a)

indigenous

b)

Europeans

c)

French

d)

British

2.

The colonists (Patriots) fight for independence from Great Britain (Loyalists) was called what?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Seven Years War

c)

The American Revolution

d)

The Cold War

3.

The author of the Declaration of Independence was __________.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

4.

The document that states people have the right to "Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness." This document also was created for a complete separation for the 13 colonies from Great Britain.

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Treaty of Paris

c)

The U.S. Constitution

d)

The Declaration of Independence

5.

These states build their country's economy on agriculture & slavery.

a)

The western states

b)

The northern states

c)

The southern states

d)

The eastern states

6.

These states criticized slavery & even had a system of secret land routes to help people escape slavery.

a)

northern states

b)

southern states

c)

western states

d)

eastern states

7.

This is a document that freed all enslaved Africans & ended slavery.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The U.S. Constitution

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Bill of Rights

8.

The use of violence or threats to reach a political goal is called ____________________.

a)

a treaty

b)

a Loyalist

c)

terrorism

d)

indigenous

9.

Two people that were important in the fight for equal rights for African Americans.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Marsha Washington

c)

Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta

d)

Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr.

10.

The rivalry between the U.S & the Soviet Union that was fought with ideas, words, money & sometimes force.

a)

World War I & II

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Civil War

11.

A water route across North America that was never found.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

province

d)

voyageur

12.

Who were the people that traveled on canoes to trade beaver furs?

a)

Metis

b)

Iroquois

c)

Voyageurs

d)

Loyalists

13.

This was signed at the end of the Seven Years war (French & Indian War)It gave Britain control over Canada.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Canada's Constitution

d)

The Bill of Rights

14.

These people fled to Canada after the American Revolution because they supported Great Britain.

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Assembly

d)

Indigenous

15.

Canada was separated into Upper & Lower Canada & each had its own _________or group of people who make laws.

a)

provinces

b)

territories

c)

assembly

d)

voyageurs

16.

A __________ is a division of a country, like a state.

a)

Loyalist

b)

assembly

c)

territory

d)

province

17.

A _________is a part of a country that lacks the full rights of a province.

a)

province

b)

territory

c)

voyageurs

d)

assembly

18.

These people were founded to patrol the four western territories that joined Canada between 1870 & 1905.

a)

The Northwest Mounted Police

b)

The assembly

c)

The Northwest Passage

d)

An annex