SS10 Final Exam

SS 10 Final Exam

Part I Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the scan card provided to choose the BEST response.

1. Upper Canada was;

a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan

2. The French system of land owning and government was called;

a. republican model
b. seigneurial system
c. monarchy
d. democracy

3. William Lyon Mackenzie bought a _________ in order to protest against the

government.

a. gun
b. radio station
c. hockey team
d. newspaper

4. The peoples of Canada protested by;

a. rebelling
b. writing editorials in papers
c. holding nationalistic assemblies or rallies
d. all of the above
e. a & b only

5. Veto means;

a. the right to vote

b. to stop with authority
c. a system of governance
d. revolt against a government
6. Confederation was;

a. getting together for tea

b. bringing the BNA colonies together to form a single nation
c. revolting against French rule
d. fighting with the Americans

7. All of the following were British reason to encourage a Canadian central government
EXCEPT;

a. the BNA colonies were expensive to defend

b. the BNA colonies were difficult to govern
c. the BNA colonies wanted to join the United States
d. Britain was tired of financially supporting the BNA colonies

8. The _________ gave Canada a favored nation trading status with ____________ .

a. Corn Laws / the U.S.

b. depression / the U.S.
c. depression / Britain
d. Corn Laws / Britain

9. A coalition was a government;

a. made up of 2 or more opposing political parties

b. of a single party with a majority of seats
c. designed to fail
d. that wanted political freedom for everyone

10. All of the following were political parties of Canada West and Canada East EXCEPT;

a. Clear Grit
b. Tories
c. Le Partie Rouge
d. Le Partie Vert
e. Le Partie Bleus

11. John A. Macdonald was a member of which political party?

a. Clear Grit
b. Tories
c. Le Partie Rouge
d. Le Partie Vert
e. Le Partie Bleus
12. Mercantilism is an economic system based on __________. The ____________ takes
raw materials in from its ___________ and manufactures goods, which it then sells
back for a profit.

a. home country / colonialism / colonies

b. depressions / colony / home country
c. colonialism / home country / colonies
d. democracy / colony / colonies

13. Homogeneous means;

a. no fat, like skim milk

b. similar to everyone else
c. special privileges granted to a special group
d. the right to self determination

14. The Fenians were _________ who were mad at the __________, so they attacked the
BNA colonies.

a. Native Americans / United States

b. Irish Canadians / United States
c. Irish Canadians / Britain
d. Irish Americans / Britain

15. Newfoundland originally had _________ desire to join Confederation.

a. no
b. some
c. lots
d. every

16. The creation of the United States was more of a(n) ___________, whereas the
creation of Canada was more of a(n) ____________ .

a. revolution / insurrection
b. agreement / revolution
c. insurrection / occupation
d. revolution / agreement
17. Which of the following BNA colonies did NOT join confederation in 1866

a. Canada East
b. Canada West
c. Nova Scotia
d. New Brunswick
e. British Columbia

18. The new name for this new country was;

a. Canada
b. Dominion of Canada
c. British North America
d. None of the above

19. Canadas 1st Prime Minister was;

a. George Etienne Cartier

b. George Brown
c. John A. Macdonald
d. William Lyon Mackenzie

20. This is the distance of any point North or South of the equator, measured up to 90
degrees.

a. latitude
b. longitude
c. Prime Meridian
d. International Date Line

21. The Canadian Shield is found mostly in the province of;

a. B.C.
b. Sask.
c. Ont.
d. Nfld

22. Topography is;

a. the study of rocks

b. the shape of the land
c. a mathematical unit of study
d. the opposite of bottomography
23. The Interior Plains have large deposits of;

a. fossil fuels
b. oil
c. natural gas
d. potash
e. all of the above

24. The study of forces within the Earth that form its surface features, such as mountain
ranges an ocean basins, is;

a. tectonics
b. evaporate
c. geography
d. metamorphous

25. All of the following are mountain ranges found in B.C. EXCEPT;

a. Rocky
b. Columbian
c. Pyrennes
d. Omineca
e. Cassiar

26. Western Canada is located above ____ degrees latitude.

a. 48
b. 49
c. 50
d. 51
e. 5440

27. The inland or interior climate can best be described as a;

a. maritime
b. continental
c. coastal
d. mountainous
28. The line where two different air masses (hot and cold) meet is called a;

a. climate line
b. convection
c. cyclonic
d. front
e. none of the above

29. Weather in Canada travels predominately;

a. East to West
b. West to East
c. North to South
d. South to North
e. Weather cant travel because it has no money for gas

30. Warm winter winds that descend off the Eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains are
called;

a. cyclonic
b. tornadoes
c. chinooks
d. sockeyes
e. warming winds

31. The area of land drained by a single river system is called a drainage;

a. river
b. area
c. system
d. basin

32. Pesticides herbicides and other materials that drain from fields into rivers and lakes
are called;

a. sewage
b. run-off
c. chinooks
d. convection
For questions 33-37 look at the following map. Match the appropriate name with the
appropriate letter;

33. Interior Plateau

34. Columbia Mountains

35. Coast Mountains

A
36. Rocky Mountains

37. Cassiar Mountains

B
C

38. An ecological community of plants and animals extending over a large area is called a;

a. biome
b. system
c. humus
d. podzl

39. Resource towns often go through economic cycles of ___ and ____as the resources is
developed an then exhausted.

a. highs / lows
b. peaks / valleys
c. tip / top
d. boom / bust
e. none of the above
40. Enderby, with its small town and remote farm areas can best be described as;

a. cosmopolitan
b. urban
c. country
d. rural

41. Modern day governments rely on _________ or _________ boundaries to help them
define who they are, where they live, and identify the extent of their authority.

a. political / natural
b. artificial / border
c. natural / border
d. artificial / political

42. Whereas the Coastal Region is made up of large coastal forests, the Interior of B.C. is
made up o f smaller, hardier coniferous trees in the __________ forests.

a. prairie
b. boreal
c. interior mountain region
d. slough

43. The upper limit of tree growth on a mountain is called a(n)

a. tree line
b. tundra
c. alpine
d. humus

44. Environments that have been used an altered by humans are called;

a. cultural moonscapes
b. cultural environments
c. cultural landscapes
d. a & c only
e. b & c only

45. The HBC was given trading rights to all lands that drained into the Hudsons Bay this
area became known as;

a. HBC lands
b. NWC lands
c. Hudsons Lands
d. Ruperts Land
46. The HBC directors ran the business from;

a. Montreal
b. Ottawa
c. London
d. Paris
e. None of the above

47. The NWC was the HBCs rival, which was run out of;

a. Montreal
b. Ottawa
c. London
d. Paris
e. None of the above

48. The NWC was started by _____________ and ____________ fur traders.

a. Scottish / French
b. Scottish / American
c. American / British
d. British / French

49. The majority of the grunt workers of the NWC were called;

a. beavers
b. factors
c. voyageurs
d. hivernaunts

50. The Metis were ________ and _________ .

a. British / Aboriginal
b. Scottish / Aboriginal
c. Aboriginal / American
d. Aboriginal / French
e. None of the above

51. The Red River Colony was originally purchased by;

a. Thomas Douglas, the Earl of Selkirk

b. Lord Durham
c. John A. MacDonald
d. George Simpson
52. The Red River Colony was located in;

a. Northern Alberta
b. Western Saskatchewan
c. Southern Manitoba
d. Eastern Ontario

53. The Red River Colony was founded __________ the consent of the Metis who were
already in the region.

a. with
b. without

54. The HBC and the NWC eventually merged to form one big trading company called;

a. The Hudsons Bay Company

b. The Northwest Trading Company
c. Eatons Trading Company
d. Simpson Sears Trading Company

55. The new head of this company was;

a. John A. Macdonald
b. Robert Semple
c. Thomas Douglas
d. George Simpson

56. This new head of the new trading company was a very _________ boss or someone who
acted as if he had absolute control and power.

a. autocratic
b. barometric
c. catatonic
d. democratic
e. none of the above

57. The Metis eventually came to terms with the settles of the Red River and joined its
economy by supplying __________, which was dried buffalo meat.

a. bannock
b. pemmican
c. potatoes
d. ojibwa
58. Some of the settlers tended to see themselves as superior to the Metis because they
held ________ jobs as clerks, teachers, magistrates and storeowners.

a. blue collar
b. black collar
c. white collar
d. red collar

59. Most of the ever increasing Canadian settlers to the Red River wree Protestant and
members of the _________ , a violently anti-French and anti-Catholic movement.

a. metis
b. HBC
c. Orange Order
d. Yellow Order

60. The government of Canada eventually ____________ Ruperts land which included the
Red River.

a. purchased
b. sold
c. overtook
d. blew up

61. Lousi Reil was a ;

a. French leader
b. Metis leader
c. Protestant leader
d. British leader

62. The people who came into the Red River, bought land cheap and then sold it for much
more than what they originally purchased it for are called;

a. Profiteers
b. Land Speculators
c. Smart
d. Scammers
63. During the Red River Rebellion , Louis Reil formed a Metis temporary government or
___________ government.

a. dominion
b. munition
c. acadian
d. provisional

64. The belligerent, anti- Metis setter who was 1st arrested and then executed by his Metis
captors because he couldnt stop beakin was;

a. John A. MacDonald
b. Thomas Scott
c. Thomas Douglas
d. Louis Reil
e. Gabriel Dumont

65. The Metis were;

a. Protestants
b. Anglicans
c. Catholic
d. Always hungry

66. Because of the rebellions, the loss of some of their land to land speculators and the
mistreatment by the government, the Metis left Manitoba and re-settled in and around;

a. Montreal
b. Red River
c. Toronto
d. Edmonton

67. Which animal played an important part of the Metis way of life?

a. horse
b. cow
c. ducks
d. bison
e. chicken
68. _________ fur traders caused problems in the Northwest.

a. American
b. British
c. Canadian
d. Danish

69. These fur traders caused trouble by trading ________ for fur with the Native
trappers.

a. food
b. liquor
c. clothing
d. bison

70. The Canadian government set out the _________ to regain control over the Northwest.

a. NWMP
b. RCMP
c. Military
d. Womens Auxiliary Welcome Wagon

71. All of the following were native tribes of the Northwest EXCEPT;

a. Cree
b. Blackfoot
c. Sarcee
d. Mohawk

72. The Canadian government was eager to settle _________ with the western native
populations to make room for ___________.

a. agreements / French settlement

b. treaties / European settlement
c. treaties / missionaries
d. agreements / the NWMP

73. Prime Minister Macdonalds National Dream was;

a. to have a country from coast to coast

b. to be a world military leader
c. an alcoholic hallucination about his dead dog
d. none of the above
74. In order to make his National Dream a reality, Macdonald needed;

a. more booze
b. his dead dog back
c. a railway
d. the worlds largest army
e. all of the above

75. To underwrite is to;

a. write on the back of every page

b. finance a project
c. insure a factory
d. sell an idea

76. The CPR is the;

a. Canadian Political Representatives

b. Canadian Pacific Rivers
c. Canadian Pacific Resources
d. Canadian Pacific Railway

77. He agreed to finance John A. Macdonalds 1873 election campaign in return for a huge
government contract.

a. Sir Hugh Allen

b. Alexander Mackenzie
c. Gabriel Dumont
d. William Van Horne

78. The scandal that lost the 1873 election for Macdonald was called;

a. The Monica Lewinsky Affair

b. The Pacific Scandal
c. The CPR Scandal
d. The Liberal Fiasco

79. The man who put the CPR back on track and eventually saw it through to its completion
was;

a. Sir Hugh Allen

b. Louis Reil
c. William Van Horne
d. Jacques Perizeau
80. The CPR crossed over the Rockies at;

a. Banff
b. Yellowhead Pass
c. Kicking Horse Pass
d. Craigellichie

81. The event that helped secure financing for the completion of the CPR was the;

a. Northwest Rebellion
b. Lotto 649
c. Pacific Scandal
d. Craigellichie Affair

82. The Last Spike was driven at;

a. Kicking Horse Pass

b. Yellowhead
c. Graigellechie
d. Montreal

83. He returned to Manitoba only to end up starting the Northwest Rebellion.

a. Gabriel Dumont
b. Louis Reil
c. William Van Horne
d. John A. Macdonald

84. The first clash during the Northwest Rebellion was at ___________ near Batoche.

a. Duck Lake
b. Fish Lake
c. Grizzly Swamps
d. Bison Bay

85. He was arrested and was eventually found guilty and then hung for treason, for his role
in the Northwest Rebellion.

a. Gabriel Dumont
b. Louis Reil
c. William Van Horne
d. John A. Macdonald
86. The name for the west coast of B.C. and the Pacific Northwest of the United States
BEFORE 1848 was;

a. New Caledonia
b. British Columbia
c. Oregon Territory
d. Washington State

87. The concept that the Americans have a God-given right to rule over all North America
is called;

a. stupid
b. Manifest Destiny
c. American Bill of Rights
d. The Law of the Land

88. 54-40 or Fight! was a originally a political rally cry that made reference to;

a. a Vancouver rock band

b. two middle age politician
c. a political boundary
d. the number of pounds lost by James Douglas using his Jimmy Ds Diet of 1848

89. The HBC abandoned its old west coast headquarters at Fort Vancouver and created a
new headquarters at;

a. Victoria
b. New Westminster
c. Vancouver
d. Prince George

90. Aside form the British and Americans, which of the following had interests in the
Pacific Northwest?

a. Portugal
b. Russia
c. Poland
d. Mexico
91. The name of the harbour that became the headquarters for the Pacific fleet of the
Royal Navy was;

a. Esquimalt
b. Port Hardy
c. Port Moody
d. Cumberland

92. Vancouver Island was a good place for a naval harbour because of the easy access to
coal in ;

a. Nanaimo
b. Cumberland
c. Vancouver
d. a & b only
e. a & c only

93. The get-rich-quick scheme of the 1800s was;

a. land speculation
b. gold rushes
c. farming
d. manufacturing widgits

94. Miners flocked to the _________ region of British Columbia during the 1800s.

a. Pacific
b. Interior
c. Cariboo
d. Fishing

95. American miners came to B.C. after the end of the California Gold rush that occurred
around ___________ .

a. San Francisco
b. Los Angeles
c. San Diego
d. There was no California gold rush.
96. To help service the miners and to help collect taxes on gold being taken out of mainland
British Columbia, the _____________ was built.

a. Island Highway
b. Cariboo Road
c. Coquihalla Highway
d. Okanagan Connector

97. Approximately 70% of all aboriginal peoples died of __________ after the arrival of
Europeans to North America.

a. alcoholism
b. starvation
c. malaria
d. small pox

98. The two colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia merged into one colony
largely for;

a. economic reasons
b. political reasons
c. social reasons
d. the scenery

99. Between 1868 and 1870, some of the British Colombian colonists favored independence,
other favored Confederation with Canada, while most businessmen in Victoria favored
annexation by;

a. the U.S.
b. Russia
c. Britain
d. India

100. One of British Columbias conditions for joining Canada was a ;

a. new flag
b. promise of democratic government
c. promise of a new type of currency
d. promise of a railway out west
101.All of the following are regions or area of the lower mainland EXCEPT;

a. Port Moody
b. Vancouver
c. New Westminster
d. Burrard Inlet
e. Esquilmalt

102. The two largest aboriginal bands in and around the Vancouver area are;

a. Musqueum and the Chilcoot

b. Musqueum and the Squamish
c. Squamish and the Kootenai
d. Chilcoot and the Shuswap

103. This was the original terminus (end) of the CPR until it was moved to Vancouver.

a. Port Coquitlam
b. Port Moody
c. New Westminster
d. Victoria

104. In 1881, the CPR faced a huge labour shortage so it began hiring;

a. women
b. children
c. Chinese immigrants
d. French-speaking Moroccans

105. Asian immigrants were discriminated against by being charged an immigration tax
when they entered Canada. This was called al;

a. Chinese tax
b. Head tax
c. Immigration tax
d. Hand tax

106. He was the Canadian Prime Minister who ended 20 years of Conservative rule and
took Canada into the 20th Century.

a. John A. Macdonald
b. Wilfred Laurier
c. Pierre Trudeau
d. Jean Cretien
107. This was the most important war that Canada was involved in BEFORE World War I.

a. Boer War
b. Vietnam War
c. Korean War
d. Gulf War

108. This was the name of the first type of naval superships made for the British navy,
prior to World War I.

a. Amphibious
b. Battleships
c. Corvettes
d. Dreadnoughts

109. The Alaskan boundary dispute was over the;

a. B.C. / Yukon border

b. Alaskan / NorthWest Territories border
c. Alaskan Panhandle border
d. Alberta / B.C. border

110.Money that is used by a company to increase production and which buys a share in that
company is called;

a. market
b. tariffs
c. free trade
d. capital

111. To absorb easily into another culture best describes the term;

a. open-door policy
b. reciprocity
c. assimilation
d. fjord

112.A duty or tax a country charges on imports is called a;

a. capital expense
b. mark-up
c. fjord
d. tariff
113.The need to leave ones homeland is a _________ factor, whereas the opportunity to
improve ones life is a _________ factor of immigration.

a. push / pull
b. small / large
c. pull / push
d. large / not-so-large

114.Which of the following immigration policies were designed to limit or exclude East-
Indian immigration to B.C. during the early 20th Century?

a. Continuous Passage
b. Reciprocity
c. Prohibition
d. Land Tax

115.Womens Suffrage meant women;

a. suffered by working at home

b. should not serve alcohol
c. should be given the right to vote
d. should be given the right to attend school

116.Womens groups in the early 20th Century, like the Womens Christian Temperance Union,
promoted and supported prohibition which was;

a. state run day care

b. womens right to vote
c. welfare
d. the banning of the sale of alcohol

117.Using the following table, identify which group experienced the greatest jump in
immigration between 1897 and 1913.

Immigrant Arrivals in Canada

a. Britain Year Britain US Others Total

b. U.S.
c. Others 1897 11383 2412 7921 21716
d. Total 1901 11810 17987 19352 49149
1908 12182 58312 83975 262469
1913 150542 139009 112881 402432
118.By the late 20th Century and early 21st Century, Canadas economy has moved away from
being solely resource based. Which factor played the most important role in this
change?

a. Urbanization
b. Globalization
c. Downsizing
d. Fraternization

119.Primary industries are more ________ based whereas Secondary industries are more
___________ based.

a. multinational / globally
b. manufacturing / resource
c. resource / manufacturing
d. globally / multinational

120. The study of the production, exchange and consumption of goods and services, best
describes the term;

a. demographics
b. geography
c. economics
d. biology

121.The law of supply and demand states that as supply decreases, the cost of goods
___________.

a. decreases
b. increases
c. stays the same
d. both a & b

122. The law of supply and demand helps explain how prices for goods get more expensive
as their amount available to the public ___________.

a. decreases
b. increases
c. stays the same
d. all of the above
123. All of the following are land resources EXCEPT;

a. water
b. forests
c. factory workers
d. minerals

124. Which of the following can be best described as a secondary industry?

a. farming
b. milling lumber
c. trapping
d. mining

125. Which of the following is considered to be a tertiary activity?

a. trucking sales
b. housing construction
c. fishing
d. logging

126. The Hibernia oil field is found in which of the following regions?

a. Atlantic
b. Great Lakes / St. Lawrence
c. Shield
d. North
e. Prairie

127. Which of the following regions is abundant in minerals such as nickel, copper, gold,
silver, lead and zinc?

a. Atlantic
b. Great Lakes / St. Lawrence
c. Shield
d. North
e. Prairie

128. A factory owned by a company based in another country is best described as a;

a. protectionist
b. a branch plant
c. resource
d. mega-project
129. The CRTC is designed to protect and promote Canadian;

a. artists
b. lumber
c. jobs
d. oil

130. Which Canadian Prime Minister signed the FTA with the U.S.?

a. Joe Clark
b. Pierre Trudeau
c. Brian Mulroney
d. Jean Cretien