3.9 The Beginnings of Democracy

#1. Where was the second representative assembly elected in Canada?

P.E.I.

Quebec

Halifax, Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

#2. Lower Canada later became present-day:

Quebec

British Columbia

Northwest Territories

Ontario

#3. Which provinces were the first to have democratically elected representative assemblies in Canada?

Nova Scotia, P.E.I, and New Brunswick

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario

P.E.I, Quebec, and Ontario

Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Ontario

#4. When was the first representative assembly elected in Canada?

1655

1758

1658

1755

#5. The term “British North America” referred to:

The United States of America

The Atlantic Colonies of Britain

Upper Canada and Lower Canada

Upper Canada, Lower Canada and the Atlantic colonies of Britain

#6. Where was the third representative assembly elected in Canada?

P.E.I.

Quebec

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

#7. The democratic institutions in Canada developed rapidly through people-led revolutions.

False

True

#8. Where did democracy begin in Canada?

The Prairie Provinces

Quebec

The Atlantic Provinces

British Columbia

#9. When was the third representative assembly elected in Canada?

1791

1785

1758

1771

#10. Democracy in Canada began in the Atlantic provinces.

True

False

#11. When did the first elected Assembly of Lower Canada (Quebec City) debate on whether to the use both French and English?

1867

1759

1771

1793

#12. When did the name “Canada” become official?

After the British victory in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759

In 1867, when the Canadian confederation was born

After Jacques Cartier explored Canada between 1534-1542

After the Constitutional Act of 1791

#13. The first, second and third representative assemblies in Canada were elected in:

New Brunswick, P.E.I, and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec

Nova Scotia, P.E.I., and New Brunswick, respectively

P.E.I, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, respectively

#14. The democratic institutions in Canada developed gradually and peacefully

True

False

#15. How did the Constitutional Act of 1791 divide the Province of Quebec?

Upper Canada and Lower Canada

Northern Canada and Southern Canada

Central Canada and Lower Canada

West Canada and East Canada

#16. Upper Canada later became present-day:

Ontario

Quebec

Yukon

Northwest Territories

#17. When was the Constitutional Act passed?

1691

1791

1690

1790

#18. Where was the first representative assembly elected in Canada?

Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Frederickton, New Brunswick

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Halifax, Nova Scotia

#19. When was the second representative assembly elected in Canada?

1758

1773

1785

1791

#20. The Constitutional Act of 1791 granted Upper and Lower Canadas legislative assemblies elected by the people.

False

True

Results

#1. Where was the second representative assembly elected in Canada?

#2. Lower Canada later became present-day:

#3. Which provinces were the first to have democratically elected representative assemblies in Canada?

#4. When was the first representative assembly elected in Canada?

#5. The term “British North America” referred to:

#6. Where was the third representative assembly elected in Canada?

#7. The democratic institutions in Canada developed rapidly through people-led revolutions.

#8. Where did democracy begin in Canada?

#9. When was the third representative assembly elected in Canada?

#10. Democracy in Canada began in the Atlantic provinces.

#11. When did the first elected Assembly of Lower Canada (Quebec City) debate on whether to the use both French and English?

#12. When did the name “Canada” become official?

#13. The first, second and third representative assemblies in Canada were elected in:

#14. The democratic institutions in Canada developed gradually and peacefully

#15. How did the Constitutional Act of 1791 divide the Province of Quebec?

#16. Upper Canada later became present-day:

#17. When was the Constitutional Act passed?

#18. Where was the first representative assembly elected in Canada?

#19. When was the second representative assembly elected in Canada?

#20. The Constitutional Act of 1791 granted Upper and Lower Canadas legislative assemblies elected by the people.