1) Select the provinces in the Dominion of Canada in 1867 a) Ontario b) Quebec c) New Brunswick d) Nova Scotia e) British Columbia f) Prince Edward Island 2) Which maritime provinces considered a maritime union prior to Confederation? a) Ontario b) Newfoundland c) New Brunswick d) Nova Scotia e) British Columbia f) Prince Edward Island 3) The Charlottetown Conference took place in a) 1864 b) 1866 c) 1904 d) 1684 e) 1874 f) 1713 4) Select the Fathers of Confederation a) George Brown b) George-Étienne Cartier c) John A. Macdonald d) Thomas D’Arcy McGee e) George C. Leighton f) Charles Fox Bennett 5) Who was the first prime minister of Canada? a) George Brown b) George-Étienne Cartier c) John A. Macdonald d) Thomas D’Arcy McGee e) Edward Palmer f) Alexander Campbell 6) Manifest destiny: a) American belief in a clear right and duty to expand throughout North America b) British belief in a clear right and duty to expand throughout North America c) French belief in a clear right and duty to expand throughout North America d) First Nations belief in a clear right and duty to expand throughout North America e) Canadian belief in a clear right and duty to expand throughout North America 7) Rupert's Land included parts of present-day... a) Alberta b) Saskatchewan c) Northwest Territories d) Ontario e) British Columbia f) Nunavut 8) Who sold Rupert's Land? a) The government of Canada b) The British government c) The Hudson's Bay Company d) The provisional government e) The Canadian Party f) Métis National Committee 9) Which province joined Confederation in 1873? a) Ontario b) Quebec c) New Brunswick d) Prince Edward Island e) Alberta f) Manitoba 10) Who was ultimately hired to build the transcontinental railway? a) Canadian Pacific Railway Company b) Canada Pacific Railway c) Pacific Canada Railway Company d) Canada Pacific Company

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