Animals
What do loons and ducks have on their feet to help them swim?
They have webbed feet.
What did the fireman on a train pulled by steam locomotives do?
He shovelled coal into the engine.
What did a pioneer tinker do, make goods or ironware?
Tin goods.
Why was tobacco a valued item among native people?
It was used in many ceremonies.
Which prime minister was responsible for bringing in
" official bilingualism" in 1969?
Prime Minister Trudeau
Name an animal, bird or butterfly that migrates?
Caribou, ducks, osprey, monarch butterfly.
What is the longest recreational trail in the world today?
Trans-Canada Trail
How did pioneers obtain their shoes?
They made them or bought them from a shoemaker peddler.
Which native people used the birchbark canoe?
Native people in Eastern Canada, where there is lots of birch trees.
Who was the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada?
Vincent Massey
What is the name of the bird that makes a tapping noise with its beak?
Woodpecker
Name one technique the pioneers used to clear stumps from the ground.
Pull them out by oxen, grub out with an axe; blast out with gunpowder.
What did the native people give up in the James Bay Agreement of 1975?
Their claim to a vast area of Northern Quebec.
What animal is on the Canadian quarter?
a. Caribou
b. wolf
c. beaver
a. Caribou
What game was invented by the aboriginal people of Canada?
Lacrosse
Were the Chipewyan hunters of the
a. Eastern Woodlands
b. Subarctic
c. Plains
b. Subarctic
In what area of Canada does the porcupine live?
Woodlands across Canada
Name one of the ways the French settlers adapted their houses to the winter.
They built thick walls; added shutters; raised the first floors away from the snow.
When was Sir John A. Macdonald prime minister?
a. 1867-73
b. 1878-91
c. both dates
c. Both dates