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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 = OK



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VOCABULARY QUIZ: Canada
Answer Key



Aims

Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Time

Approximately 20 30 minutes (including extension activity)


ANSWER KEY:


NOTES & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

For notes and extension activity
suggestions, see the Notes document in
the Quiz topic list.

1. D
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. C


8. A
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. A
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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