Canada's History

6 free practice questions from the chapter Canada's History of Discover Canada, each with the answer and its source. The app and the workbook have all 67.

Who drove the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on November 7, 1885?

  1. Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona)
  2. Sir George-Étienne Cartier
  3. Sir Sam Steele
  4. Sir John A. Macdonald
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A. Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona)
Smith, the Scottish-born director of the CPR, completed a line paid for by British and American investors and built by European and Chinese workers.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

Who commanded the Canadian Corps during the victorious Battle of Amiens, on August 8, 1918?

  1. General Sir Arthur Currie
  2. General Robert Ross
  3. General Sir Sam Steele
  4. General Sir Isaac Brock
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A. General Sir Arthur Currie
Currie, a reserve officer often called Canada's greatest soldier, led the Corps through the last hundred days of the war. The Germans called Amiens the black day of the German Army.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

Who established the first European settlement north of Florida, in 1604?

  1. Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain
  2. Count Frontenac and d'Iberville
  3. Jacques Cartier and John Cabot
  4. Jean Talon and Bishop Laval
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A. Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain
De Monts and Champlain settled first on St. Croix Island, in present-day Maine, then moved to Port-Royal in Acadia, today Nova Scotia.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

What does the Iroquoian word kanata, the origin of Canada's name, mean?

  1. Forest
  2. River
  3. Village
  4. Mountain
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C. Village
Cartier heard two captured guides use the Iroquoian word kanata, which means village. By the 1550s, the name Canada was appearing on maps.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

What country did Adolf Hitler invade in 1939, starting the Second World War?

  1. France
  2. Belgium
  3. Poland
  4. Austria
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C. Poland
The invasion of Poland in 1939 opened six years of war in Europe. More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served, out of a population of 11.5 million.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

What Christian anti-slavery network helped thousands of escaped American slaves settle in Canada?

  1. The North West Mounted Police
  2. The Hudson's Bay Company
  3. The Underground Railroad
  4. The Provincial Freeman
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C. The Underground Railroad
Escaped slaves followed the North Star to reach Canada, helped along the way by this Christian anti-slavery network.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada's History

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