10.18 Nunavut

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#1. How was Nunavut established?

By conquering the Arctic region

From western part of NWT

From the eastern part of Northwest Territories, including the district of Keewatin

By splitting Quebec

#2. What was Martin Frobisher famous for?

The first leader of the Nunavut legislative assembly

Establishing the Geological Survey of Canada

Discovering insulin

Exploring the uncharted Arctic for Queen Elizabeth I

#3. Which animal is a symbol of the Canadian North?

Polar bear

Black bear

Caribou

Moose

#4. What is the official language of Nunavut?

Inuktitut

French

Algonquin

English

#5. Which language does the word “nunavut” belong to?

Inuktitut

Algonquin

English

French

#6. What was the capital of Nunavut called previously?

Yellowknife

Keewatin

Frobisher Bay

Whitehorse

#7. When did Martin Frobisher explore the uncharted Arctic?

1872

1678

1576

1774

#8. Nunavut’s legislative committee chooses a premier and ministers by consensus.

True

False

#9. How many members were there in Nunavut’s legislative assembly in 2024?

119

#10. What does “Nunavut” mean?

Our lakes

Our seas

Our people

Our land

#11. Nunavat was established from the eastern part of Northwest Territories.

True

False

#13. Who commissioned Martin Frobisher’s expedition of the uncharcted Arctic in 1576?

King Charles III

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria

#14. What is Frobisher Bay called now?

Keewatin

Yellowknife

Whitehorse

Iqaluit

#15. What was Iqaluit formerly known as?

Keewatin

Whitehorse

Yellowknife

Frobisher Bay

#16. What proportion of Nunavut’s population is comprised of Inuits?

~85%

~65%

~20%

100%

#17. What is the first language in the schools of Nunavut?

Algonquian

Inuktitut

English

French

#18. When was the youngest province of Canada established?

1998

1997

1999

2001

#19. What is the capital of Nunavut?

Iqaluit

Whitehorse

Yellowknife

Keewatin

#20. Who is the largest Aboriginal group in Nunavut?

Algonquin

Metis

Dene

Inuits

#21. Which is the youngest province in Canada?

Nunavut

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Nova Scotia

#22. Who was Martin Frobisher?

An English clinician

An English geologist

An English explorer

A English musician

Results

#1. How was Nunavut established?

#2. What was Martin Frobisher famous for?

#3. Which animal is a symbol of the Canadian North?

#4. What is the official language of Nunavut?

#5. Which language does the word “nunavut” belong to?

#6. What was the capital of Nunavut called previously?

#7. When did Martin Frobisher explore the uncharted Arctic?

#8. Nunavut’s legislative committee chooses a premier and ministers by consensus.

#9. How many members were there in Nunavut’s legislative assembly in 2024?

#10. What does “Nunavut” mean?

#11. Nunavat was established from the eastern part of Northwest Territories.

#12. When was Nunavut established?

#13. Who commissioned Martin Frobisher’s expedition of the uncharcted Arctic in 1576?

#14. What is Frobisher Bay called now?

#15. What was Iqaluit formerly known as?

#16. What proportion of Nunavut’s population is comprised of Inuits?

#17. What is the first language in the schools of Nunavut?

#18. When was the youngest province of Canada established?

#19. What is the capital of Nunavut?

#20. Who is the largest Aboriginal group in Nunavut?

#21. Which is the youngest province in Canada?

#22. Who was Martin Frobisher?