Voices and Visions A Story of Canada

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1 Voices and Visions A Story of Canada Chapter 7: Creating a New Country PART 1: Multiple Choice 1. The Canadian government can best be described as: a. a democracy b. a representative democracy c. a responsible government 2. The colonies of North America had a desire to join together because they had many features in common including: a. their population were primarily of British heritage b. they were part of the British Empire c. most had First Nations people 3. The issue of conflict over rep by pop or representation by population was a concern to: a. the French Canadiens who had a smaller population b. the English Canadians who had a smaller population c. both French and English groups at different times 4. The British mercantile system began to fail by the year This was mainly due to: a. the tax-free goods from the colonies causing lost sales in Britain b. a trade imbalance between Britain and the colonies c. industry in Britain requiring more markets d. free trade in the North American colonies 5. To try and eliminate the problems of the mercantile system, Britain decided to: a. continue with the mercantile system b. change to a system of free trade c. sell goods in more countries outside the British Empire d. remove or reduce taxes on British-made goods e. both b and c 6. The British North American colonies responded to the change in British trading policy by: a. introducing a free-trade agreement with Britain b. establishing a free-trade policy with the United States c. selling goods to the French d. uniting the colonies and declaring independence 1

2 7. The failure of trade adjustments made in response to British free trade caused the British North American colonies to consider: a. uniting the colonies b. trading more goods internally among the colonies c. using Maritime ports to transport goods d. developing free trade among the colonies e. all of the above 8. The United States Civil War caused concern in the British colonies because: a. people worried the United States would turn south to conquer more land b. Britain supported the North during the war and the North lost c. the North were looking to punish the British for not supporting the South d. the concept of Manifest Destiny led the Americans to believe they were destined to control all of North America e. both c and d 9. The Maritime colonies were considered to be in a Golden Age between 1840 and 1870 for: a. all colonists in the area b. the fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding industries c. Black Loyalists, the Mi kmaq and Maliseet peoples of the Maritimes d. both b and c 10. Joseph Howe s leadership in Nova Scotia is best characterized by: a. opposing union with the other British colonies b. developing responsible Canadian government c. creating a newspaper in Nova Scotia d. defeating the Americans after attacks on Nova Scotia 11. The issue of union led to compromise among the colonies. The basic outcome of this compromise was: a. the four colonies got exactly what they wanted b. each colony gave up a little to achieve the agreement of all c. most of the colonies agreed and created a larger colony 12. The central figure leading to the successful union of Canada was: a. George-Étienne Cartier for his work towards Confederation b. John A. Macdonald who led the campaign at each step c. George Brown for his idea of union 2

3 13. The passing of the British North America Act (BNA Act) in British Parliament established: a. the Dominion of Canada b. united colonies of Great Britain c. the head of state for the new colonies d. a new portion of the British Commonwealth 14. The central figure leading to successful Union of Canada was: a. George Étienne Cartier for his successful work towards confederation b. John A. Macdonald who led the campaign at each step c. George Brown for his idea of union d. None of the Aboce 15. The Newly formed Dominion of Canada used a federal system of government, meaning: a. two levels of government were created b. a central government controlled matters affecting the country c. a provincial government controlled local and regional matters Section 2: Fill in the Blank Fill in the blanks below with words from the following list. provincial Dominion consensus Confederation Maritimes Manifest Destiny democracy mercantile responsible compromise central free trade representation by population 1. The BNA Act of 1867 created the of Canada. 2. The system of government where the people hold the power is called a 3. The group of officials chosen to assist the prime minister must answer to the elected representatives of the government. This means Canada has a government. 4. The union of the British colonies of North America is known as 3

4 5. The election of representatives who are chosen by the same number of people in each riding is called 6. The removal of taxes and tariffs from trade goods between countries is called 7. The British system of trade changed to support the increased production of industry. 8. The United States belief that it was meant to control all of North America was known as 9. The colonies of the east coast were also called the 10. The process where many people give up a little to achieve agreement is called 11. The agreement of all parties about an issue, like Confederation, is called 12. The development of a federal system of government in Canada led to two levels of government: and 4

5 Section 3: Vocab Matching Write the corresponding letter of the name next to the correct definition A) Government B) Democracy C) Governor General D) House Of Commons E) Municipal Government F) Manufacturing G) Export H) Federalism/ Federal System I) Manifest Destiny J) French Canadian K) Franco Albertan 1. Francophone of Alberta Origin 2. A system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country and provincial governments have power over local and regional matters 3. To sell goods and services to other countries. Canada makes money by exporting goods to other countries 4. Local government 5. Represents the monarch, he acts on the advice of the House of Commons 6. The way people organize themselves to choose their leaders and make decisions 7. After confederation, French Canadian was used to identity Francophone citizens of Canada 8. A governmental body elected by the people of Canada 9. An American belief that it is the natural right of the United States to control all of North America 10. A system of government in which the people of a nation are involved in decision making 5