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QUIZ: CANADA
 Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.

1. Which of the following is a kind of 8. Which of the following provinces

bird found in Canada? is located in the ‘Maritimes’?
a) a bear a) Prince Edward Island
b) a beaver b) Ontario
c) a deer c) Alberta
d) a loon d) British Columbia

2. What can you do if you are 9. Which of the following provinces

‘bilingual’? is located in the ‘prairies’?
a) live in two provinces a) Newfoundland
b) speak two languages b) New Brunswick
c) play both hockey and lacrosse c) Saskatchewan
d) none of the above d) British Columbia

3. Which of the following is located 10. Which of the following is NOT a

at the ‘North Pole’? ‘territory’ of Canada?
a) the Atlantic Ocean a) Francophone
b) the Arctic Ocean b) Yukon
c) the Pacific Ocean c) Northwest Territories
d) the St. Lawrence River d) Nunavut

4. On which of the following days is 11. A Canadian ‘premier’ is a leader of

‘Canada Day’? which of the following?
a) June 1 a) the St. Lawrence River
b) July 1 b) a province
c) July 4 c) the Maritimes
d) January 14 d) the Rockies

5. Which of the following things can 12. “RCMP” means: Royal Canadian
you find on the Canadian flag? Mounted ….
a) a Canuck a) Parliament
b) a pine tree b) Prime minister
c) a maple leaf c) Police
d) maple syrup d) Pine tree

6. A ‘loonie’ is a coin. How much is a 13. Which of the following do most

‘loonie’ worth? people do with a ‘touque’?
a) 10 cents a) put it on their head
b) 25 cents b) put it on pancakes
c) 5 cents c) put it on the CN Tower
d) one dollar d) put it on a deer

7. ‘Manitoba’ is next to which of the 14. The Canadian ‘tundra’ is located in

following provinces? which of the following places?
a) Nova Scotia a) in the north of Canada
b) Quebec b) in Nova Scotia
c) Saskatchewan c) near the Great Lakes
d) British Columbia d) all of the above

13 – 14 = Excellent 11 – 12 = Good 9 – 10 = Study More!

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VOCABULARY QUIZ Canada
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. D 8. A
2. B 9. C
3. B 10. A
4. B 11. B
5. C 12. C
6. D 13. A
7. C 14. A

Grades
as percentages
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %

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