my contribution:
1. LEARNING NOTES OF “DISCOVER CANADA”
Which Act gave citizens the right to challenge unlawful detention: habeas corpus
People in Quebec live along St. Lawrence River
Which province has a long history of coal mining, forestry and agriculture? Nova Scotia
What is the name of the Leader of official opposition at federal level? Thomas Mulcair
What is the name of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario? David Onley
Who suggested the name Dominion of Canada in 1864: Sir Leonard Tilley
When was the first financial institutions opened in Canada? Late 18th and early 19th centuries
Who recommended that the Upper and Lower Canada be merged and given a responsible government: Lord Durham
Who built the French Empire in North America: Jean Talon, Bishop Laval and Count Frontenac
When is the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day celebrated? 20th of November
Who was John Graves Simcoe? Founder of the city of Toronto
When was the Constitution of Canada amended? 1982
What is celebrated on the 15th of February? National Flag of Canada Day
Magna Carta, 1215, the Great Charter of Freedoms, religion, thought, speech, peaceful assembly, association
The Constitution of Canada, 1982: “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law”; mobility rights, aboriginal people rights, official language rights, multicultural
Responsibilities: obeying the law, family, jury, vote, help others, environment
1497, John Cabot: map
1550, Jacques Cartier: across the Atlantic for Francis I, Kanata, village
1670, King Charles II of England, Hudson’s Bay
1759, Battle, Quebec City
1774, Quebec Act, religious freedom
1776, United States, Loyal to the Crown, Loyalists, black Loyalists
1758, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1773, PEI; 1785, New Brunswick; The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Quebec into upper (ON) and lower Canada
1791, Canada became official name
1807, British prohibited slaves, 1833, empire, the North Star
1832, Montreal stock exchange
1812, Chief Tecumseh, Major-General Sir Isaac Brock,
1813, burned Government House and Parliament in York
1814, Major-General Robert Ross, burn white house
1837, rebellions, Lord Durham, responsible government
Father of Confederation: Sir Etienne-Paschal Tache, Sir George-Etienne Cartier, Sir John A. Macdonald
1840 Upper and Lower Canada united as Provice of Canada
La Fontaine, French, First leader of a responsible government
1867 July, 1, British North America Act, Dominion Day until 1982, Self governing dominion, Canada Day
$1, King George V
1870, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, 1871, BC, 1873, PEI, 1880, Arctic Islands to NWT
1898, Yukon, 1905, Alberta, Saskatchewan, 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999, Nunavut
1867, John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister, lawyer, January 11, $10
George-Etienne Cartier, Quebec, railway lawyer
1869, Louis Riel, father of Manitoba
1873, North West Mounted Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), symbol
1885, Canadian Pacific Railway, ribbons of steel
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, first French prime minister, $5
1899, South African War
1914, World War I, 1917, Vimy, 10000 killed, birth of a nation, April 9, Vimy Day
1918, General Sir Arthur Currie, greatest soldier, 60,000 killed, 170,000 wounded
1917, Dr. Stowe, suffragettes, 1918, most 21 female, 1921, Agnes MacPhail woman
MP, 1940, Quebec women vote
110,000 Died
1934, Bank of Canada
1944 D-Day, Normandy, 15,000 troops, Juno Beach, Liberated Netherlands
1 million soldiers and Newfoundlanders out of 11.5 million, 44, 000 killed
1941, Hong Kong
1942, Dieppe, France
WTO, world Trade Organization
1951, afford food
1940, Employment Insurance
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command
UN, United Nations
1950, South Korea
1960, Quebec, Quiet Revolution
1969, Official Languages Act
1970, La Francophonie
1948, Japanese vote
1960, Aboriginal vote
1965, new flag,
Basketball, James Naismith, 1891
Hockey, Wayne Gretzky
1985, Rick Hansen, wheelchair
Nobel Prize: Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard Taylor, Michael Smith, Bertram Brockhouse
Snowmobile: Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Time Zones: Sir Sanford Fleming
Light bulb: Matthew Evans, Henry Woodward
Radio, Voice message: Reginald Fessenden
Brain Surgeon: Dr. Wilder Penfield
Cardiac pacemaker, heart disorders: Dr. John A. Hoops
RIM: Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
Insulin, 16 million diabetes: Sir Frederick Banting, Charles Best
2. CITIZENSHIP TEST QUESTIONS (Mar.12, 2013)
Recalled after the test, sequence may not be identical.
1.A woman is a descendant of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime Provinces in 1604, then she is a: Acadian.
2.If you need a layer but cannot afford it, what can you do? Ask for legal aid service.
3.Why do the Canadian Federal Government and Provincial Government have different responsibilities? Because Canada is a federal state and the government is divided into different levels to be responsible for specific activities.
4.What are the three parts of Canadian Parliament? The Sovereign, The House of Common, and The Senate.
5.Due to the equality men and women, which of the following is not tolerated by Canadians? A. spouse abuse; B. “Honor Killing”; C. forced marriage; D. All of the above. Answer: D
6.A man became Canadian citizen 3 weeks ago, 36 years old, has a job. Can he be a candidate for the federal election? Yes, he is over 18 and a Canadian citizen.
7.What are the so called Atlantic Provinces of Canada? Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
8.Which of the following is burned down in 1916? Answer: the Centre Block of the Parliament House
9.What does Canada’s national motto “A mari usque ad mare” mean? From sea to sea.
10.Where can we see the coat of arms? Dollar bills, government documents, public buildings
11.Which province has the most production of pulp and paper, as well as the hydroelectricity? Answer: Quebec
12.What is July 1st, 1867? The birth of the Dominion of Canada
13.What would you link Sir Arthur Currie to? The World War I
14.We can see Canada’s multiculturalism from: A. …B. many non-official languages are spoken in families; C. Gay and lesbian are protected from discrimination by the law; D. All of the above. Answer: D.
15.Where did the name “Canada” come from? From Aboriginal language “Kanata”, means village
16.Which organization does Canada NOT belong to? A. …; B. WTO; C. NATO; D. UN. Answer: A.
17.Being a volunteer can: learn skills and develop friends and contacts.
18.New comers to Canada are encouraged to embrace the democratic principles such as: the rule of law.
19.What does “presumption of innocence” mean? Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
20.Saskatchewan is known as Canada’s “basket of bread” because: it has the most production of grain and oil seeds
1.加拿大几时有自己的honour award
答案1967开始
2.Sir Arthur Curie 参加的是哪场战争
The First World War
3.哪座建筑被烧毁后又在1922重建的?
The Centre Block of Parliament Building
4.某人刚成为公民,36岁,有工作,请问有选举和被选举权吗?为什么?
5.萨省被誉为世界粮仓,具体是指什么?
Wheat Province
6.为什么各级政府都有自己不同的权力?是因为议会制度呢还是君主立宪?
答案是君主立宪?
7.Acadiens 是什么人的后裔?
The descendants of french colonists.
8.那句有名的西班牙语的意思
from sea to sea
9.宪法是否反对家庭暴力等等
答案是yes?
10.为什么说加国是多元化的?
这题也是3个答案都是正确的,包括多个种族群体,非官方语言和同性恋
11.Canada 名字从何而来?
选village
1. 5分硬币上的是什么动物?
The Beaver
2. 加拿大政府系统的3要素
3. 西北骑警现在演化成什么?
4. 二战中有多少人参与
5. 1950-1953加拿大参加了哪次联合国行动?
Korea war
6. 三级政府的名称
7. 那个机构负责解决纠纷?
8. 从列举的职责中选择哪些是属于联邦政府负责的
9. 从哪一年开始加拿大实行自己的荣誉制度order of Canada
1967
10. 参与联邦选举的条件
11. 有投票权需要符合下列哪一个条件之?
12. 有个人是原住民和欧洲移民的后代, 他属于哪个民族?
13. Secret ballot投票的含义?
A. no one can watch you vote
B. no one has the right to insist that you tell them how you voted
C. no one should look at how you voted
D. All of above
14. 加拿大多元化的内容(这题也是3个答案都是正确的,包括多个种族群体,非官方语言和同性恋)
15. 1812年战争对加拿大的意义
16. 北方地区”Land of the Midnight Sun“的解释
17. 如何为加拿大社会做出贡献?
18. 如果你被要求参与陪审团,你该如何处理?
19. 一个议员是属于温哥华选区的,这说明他将会在哪里活动?
20. 公民的义务
1. 加拿大5 CENTS上的动物图案,也是加拿大的SYMBOL.:beaver
2.加拿大的多样性
3. 加拿大最大贸易伙伴: USA
4. 政府的三个机构:行政,立法,司法
5. BILLY BISHOP
6. 五大湖
7. 人口最多的省:ON
8. IN FLENDERS FIELD的作者
9. SECRET BALLOT
10. 做VOLUNTEER的好处
11. MP是怎么选的
1.the name of the first woman member of parliament
2.the wars fought as part of the United Nations
3.the name of the flag before our present one
4.the places the British helped build after the war of 1812
5.two names of the residents of Quebec and the name of the person who suggested responsible government
1.Canada没参加的组织,其中三个选项是WTO/UN/NAFTA,我选了另外一个
2.没钱请律师怎么办:legal aid
3.volunteer好处
4.July1,1876 omination
5.四个地方在哪个area:Atlantic area
6.pulp什么的是哪个省的特色:Quebec
7.Coat of arms出现在哪些东西上:全选