1.3 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

#1. Which important Canadian constitutional document begins with the words: “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law”?

English Common Law

Civil Code of France

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Habeas Corpus

#2. What do Mobility Rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ensure for Canadians?

The right to enter and leave Canada freely

Freedom to live and work anywhere they choose in Canada, the right to apply for a passport, and the right to enter or leave Canada freely

Freedom to live and work anywhere they choose in Canada

The right to apply for a passport

#3. Who proclaimed the amended Canadian Constitution in 1982?

Queen Victoria

King Charles III

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth I

#4. Multiculturalism is a fundamental characteristic of the Canadian heritage and identity.

True

False

#5. What do the Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms achieve?

Provide both English and French equal status in Parliament and throughout the government

Makes English the official language of Canada

Make English the main official language and French the subsidiary official language in Parliament

Makes French the official language of Canada

#6. What additional rights did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms lay out for Canadian citizens?

Mobility Rights, right to multiculturalism, and Official Language Rights

The Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples, mobility rights, multiculturalism, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights

Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights

Multiculturalism, Mobility Rights, and Minority Language Educational Rights

#7. When was the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms incorporated into the Canadian Constitution?

1774

1982

1812

1867

#8. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms begins with this phrase:

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of the Monarch

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of the rule of law

#9. Why was the constitution of Canada amended in 1982?

To incorporate Habeas corpus

To incorporate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

To incorporate the English Common Law

To incorporate the Civil Code of France

#10. Multiculturalism in Canada is a recent development due to globalization.

FALSE

TRUE

#11. What do the Aboriginal People’s Rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms achieve?

The new rights supersede the older rights and freedoms that Aboriginal Peoples had negotiated in previous treaties

Don’t give any additional rights to Aboriginal Peoples

Decrease the rights of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

The rights guaranteed in the Charter do not adversely affect any previous treaty or the other rights and freedoms of Aboriginal Peoples

#12. What does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms attempt to summarize?

The fundamental freedoms of the monarch of Canada

The fundamental freedoms of the Canadian government

The fundamental freedoms of Canadian citizens

The fundamental freedoms of the Supreme Court

#13. What does the right to Multiculturalism in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms mean for Canadians?

New Canadians must dissociate themselves with their original cultures and adopt new Canadian culture

Canadians celebrate the gift of one another’s presence and work hard to respect pluralism and live in harmony

Canadians have the right to continue gender-based discriminatory cultural practices that were accepted in their countries of origin

All Canadians must adopt English or French cultural traditions

#14. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms reiterates that Canada is founded upon principles that:

Recognize the supremacy of God

Recognize the supremacy of Monarch

Recognize the supremacy of Rule of Law

Recognize the supremacy of God and Rule of Law

#15. What does the introductory statement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms underline as the foundations of Canada?

The importance of religious traditions to Canadian Society

The importance of religions traditions to Canadian society as well as the dignity and worth of an individual human being

The importance of the monarch of Canada

The dignity and worth of an individual human being

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