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Canadian History Facts

Can you name the facts about the history of Canada?
Quiz by ajbeck
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Last updated: May 20, 2021
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First submittedMay 20, 2021
Times taken50
Average score44.0%
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Norse Settlement, established ~1000 CE
Vinland
French explorer who mapped the St. Lawrence river
Jacques Cartier
Founder of Québec City
Samuel de Champlain
Italian explorer who voyaged to Newfoundland in 1497
Jean Cabot
First intendant of New France
Jean Talon
Term for men who canoed through the Canadian wilds to explore
Voyageurs / Coureurs des bois
Battle near Québec City between the British and the French in 1759
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Fur Trade dominant company that still exists today
Hudson's Bay Company
War in which the United States of America attempted to conquer Canada
War of 1812
Woman who walked from American territory to warn the British of an attack
Laura Secord
Name for southern Ontario, 1791 - 1840
Upper Canada
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Name for parts of Québec and Ontario, 1791 - 1840
Lower Canada
Term used for the governing system of the Province of Canada
Responsible Government
Métis rebel from Red River
Louis Riel
Year of Confederation
1867
First Prime Minister
Sir John A. Macdonald
French ally of first Prime Minister
George-Étienne Cartier
Act that required First Nations to be registered, among other oppressive laws
Indian Act
Railroad from coast to coast
Canadian Pacific Railway
Indentured servants from this country were used to complete the railroad
China
Systemic racist indoctrination of First Nations children occurred in these schools
Residential Schools
Famous Canadian victory in WWI
Vimy Ridge
Famous Five members who helped grant women suffrage
Nellie McClung / Henrietta Muir Edwards / Irene Parlby / Emily Murphy / Louise McKinney
Poet, wrote "In Flanders Fields"
John McCrae
Subjugation of Japanese people during WWII
Japanese Internment
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1 Comments
Ctrling
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Level 46
May 30, 2021
Fun quiz! As a Canadian, I should have gotten better than 20. Lower Canada and Upper Canada were so guessable but I somehow missed them:/
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