Who We Are

6 free practice questions from the chapter Who We Are of Discover Canada, each with the answer and its source. The app and the workbook have all 32.

Which monarch issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which first guaranteed Aboriginal territorial rights?

  1. King William IV
  2. King George II
  3. Queen Victoria
  4. King George III
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D. King George III
George III's proclamation also laid the basis for negotiating treaties with the newcomers, treaties that were not always fully respected.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

In what year did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

  1. 2015
  2. 2006
  3. 1996
  4. 1982
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B. 2006
The House of Commons voted this recognition in 2006. Quebecers are the people of Quebec, the vast majority of them French speaking.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

True or false? The Inuit live in small, scattered communities across the Maritime provinces.?

  1. True
  2. False
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B. False
The Inuit live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic, where their knowledge of the land, sea and wildlife helped them adapt to one of the harshest environments on earth.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

What does the word Inuit mean in the Inuktitut language?

  1. The elders
  2. The hunters
  3. The people
  4. The northerners
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C. The people
Inuit means "the people". They live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic, one of the harshest environments on earth.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

Most Quebecers are descendants of how many French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s?

  1. 50,000
  2. 8,500
  3. 2,500
  4. 18,000
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B. 8,500
Those 8,500 settlers are the ancestors of most Quebecers, who keep a unique identity, culture and language.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

When did the term First Nations begin to be used?

  1. In the 1990s
  2. In the 1860s
  3. In the 1970s
  4. In the 1930s
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C. In the 1970s
Since the 1970s, First Nations has been used for the people once called Indians, meaning all Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Who We Are

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