With the 'egg tooth' on the tops of their heads. This tooth gets absorbed back into their bodies when they grow up.
100
What is the name of the park in Woodview, where Indigenous people carved pictures in rock thousands of years ago?
Petroglyphs Provincial Park *BONUS: 200 points for anyone who visited the Petroglyphs this week
100
Why was the Canadian Pacific Railway built?
So we could travel coast to coast and unify Canada.
100
What is the name for the stone statues made by the Inuit people of Northern Canada?
Inukshuk
100
Name all four adults/volunteers in the room.
Julie, Barb, Luke and Abby
200
Where do turtles lay their eggs?
They dig holes in the sand or dirt, often on beaches or by the side of the road.
200
What myth did the Inuit people use to explain the Northern Lights?
They believed the Northern Lights were spirits playing soccer in the sky.
200
Who did the Canadian Government remove and relocate from their homelands in order to build the railroad?
Indigenous Peoples (also called Aboriginal, or Native or First Nations)
200
Who invented the telephone, and helped invent airplanes in Canada?
Alexander Graham Bell
200
What word does Canada use to describe its diverse population (people of many different colours, religions and ethnicities)? *HINT: starts with an M
Multicultural
300
What is the only species of turtle in Ontario that is not at risk?
The Painted Turtle
300
In Indigenous mythology, on which animal's back was the world created?
The Turtle's back (Turtle Island)
300
What group of people did the Canadian Government exploit as a cheap source of labour (workers) when building the railroad? (exploit means to use unfairly)
Chinese Immigrants
300
Name the two songs we listened to and read books about. *HINT: one was about freedom and one was about the Pacific Railway
Wavin' Flag by K'naan and Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot
300
What is the name of Canada's first Prime Minister?