Chapter 4 Practice Quiz

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. Which of the following is largest in terms of land mass?

Atlantic Canada correct incorrect

Ontario correct incorrect

The North correct incorrect

Turtle Island correct incorrect

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. Which of the following regions is largest in terms of number of provinces?

The Prairies correct incorrect

The North correct incorrect

Atlantic Canada correct incorrect

The Maritimes correct incorrect

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. What term means the constellation of values that underpins a community's politics and shapes the beliefs of its members?

Political culture correct incorrect

Sectionalism correct incorrect

Religiosity correct incorrect

Partisanship correct incorrect

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. Which description best fits the political culture of the West Coast?

'frontier-orientation; self-image of splendid isolation in paradise' correct incorrect

'moderate conservatism based on a well-spring of optimism' correct incorrect

'protectionist and interventionist' correct incorrect

'latent nationalism directed at outsiders' correct incorrect

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. Which officially bilingual jurisdiction is best described as being "static, parochial, traditional" with "the occasional appearance of protest parties."

Quebec correct incorrect

New Brunswick correct incorrect

Nunavut correct incorrect

Ontario correct incorrect

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. In which region does sectionalism persist in Canada today?

The West correct incorrect

Ontario correct incorrect

Atlantic Canada correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Political cartoons featuring the milch cow metaphor illustrate which brand of regionalism?

Quebec nationalism correct incorrect

Quebec separatism correct incorrect

Ontario sectionalism correct incorrect

Western alienation correct incorrect

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. Which pair of terms best describes Canada today?

Bi-national; bi-cultural correct incorrect

Bilingual; bi-regional correct incorrect

Multi-cultural; multi-national correct incorrect

Bilingual; nation-state correct incorrect

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. Secessionism refers to:

a desire to be included more in central government decision-making correct incorrect

a sentiment that a region should separate from Confederation correct incorrect

a desire to replace the prime minister with the person next in line to power correct incorrect

a feeling of unity among people with a common homeland, ancestry, and culture correct incorrect

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. What was the arrangement whereby Quebec would gain political independence from, but maintain economic ties with, the rest of Canada?

Meech Lake Accord correct incorrect

"maîtres chez nous" correct incorrect

sovereignty-association correct incorrect

Quiet Revolution correct incorrect

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. Which of the following events occurred most recently?

October Crisis correct incorrect

Passage of the Quebec nation motion correct incorrect

Second Quebec sovereignty referendum correct incorrect

Passage of the Clarity Act correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements best describes staples theory?

Each region of Canada features a unique endowment of natural resources correct incorrect

Each region of Canada is shaped by its own unique pattern of immigration correct incorrect

Each region of Canada has undergone its own transformative events correct incorrect

Each region of Canada is connected by a common political culture correct incorrect

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. Which strain of regionalism flows most directly from the Laurentian thesis?

Quebec separatism correct incorrect

Suburban angst correct incorrect

Western alienation correct incorrect

Cosmopolitanism correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the exclusive, semi-annual meeting of all premiers?

The Council of the Federation correct incorrect

The Council of Canadians correct incorrect

The First Ministers' Conference correct incorrect

The Northern Premiers Forum correct incorrect

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. What issue is at the heart of regional tensions between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador?

language rights correct incorrect

cross-border beer sales correct incorrect

hydro-electricity correct incorrect

the carbon tax correct incorrect