Chapter 1 Self-Graded Quizzes

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. The 6 regions of Canada identified by Bone each have an important economic activity (or "economic anchor"). Which of the following is not considered an economic anchor by any region?

Automobile Industry correct incorrect

Fisheries correct incorrect

Forest Industry correct incorrect

Telecommunications correct incorrect

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. Since the formation of Canada in 1867, which general direction did the centre of the population gravity travel?

North correct incorrect

East correct incorrect

South correct incorrect

West correct incorrect

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. Canada has been described as a "soft" country, where conflicts are often resolved though discussion and negations. Which of the following options is most indicative of actions taken by a "soft" country?

Building a wall to prevent people from other countries entry correct incorrect

Continuous dialogue with numerous countries towards reducing CO2 emissions correct incorrect

Threatening to jail political opponents correct incorrect

Swift, mass deportations of illegal immigrants correct incorrect

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. What national event occurred in 2011 that increased tensions between Quebec and the rest of Canada?

A narrow win by the federalist side in the independence referendum correct incorrect

Proposed tariffs on the St. Lawrence River correct incorrect

The federal government's appointment of two non-French-speaking Supreme Court judges correct incorrect

The cancellation of a $2 billion hydroelectric project by the federal government in a French-speaking city correct incorrect

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. What action by the 2015 Trudeau government indirectly killed the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal?

A ban on further development of the oil sands in Alberta correct incorrect

The banning of crude oil tanker traffic along British Columbia's north coast correct incorrect

The banning of oil pipelines crossing Quebec correct incorrect

The construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline correct incorrect

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. What nation-building federal initiative transfers money from "have" to "have-not" provinces?

Equalization payments correct incorrect

GDP transfer correct incorrect

National Bursary Program correct incorrect

Provincial allowance correct incorrect

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. In what year did Quebec government pass its Official Language Act, making French the sole official language in the province?

1871 correct incorrect

1974 correct incorrect

1995 correct incorrect

2011 correct incorrect

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. Which event is seen as having extended civil and human rights common to Canadians to Indigenous peoples?

Being awarded the right to vote in federal elections in 1960 correct incorrect

The relocation of northern Indigenous peoples to settlements in the 1950s correct incorrect

The closing of residential schools correct incorrect

The twenty-first century push towards reconciliation correct incorrect

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. The federal government determines the annual number of immigrants into Canada. Immigration was expected to increase to 350,000 by 2021. What event caused Canada to miss this goal?

A lack of available jobs correct incorrect

Provinces arguing a lack of federal assistance correct incorrect

The COVID-19 pandemic correct incorrect

The Quebec government passing Bill 21 correct incorrect

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. What term best describes Canada's close trading relationship with the United States?

Continentalism correct incorrect

Imperialism correct incorrect

Nationalism correct incorrect

Protectionism correct incorrect