How Well Do You Know Halifax?
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 49
Test your knowledge about Canada's best city on the East coast, Halifax!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Hint: they are a set of treaties. Please select your answer by clicking "next."
- 2.In what year was Halifax founded?
- A.
1718
- B.
1829
- C.
1749
- D.
1901
- 3.
![Who was Edward Cornwallis in relation to Halifax? - ProProfs]( "Who was Edward Cornwallis in relation to Halifax?")
Who was Edward Cornwallis in relation to Halifax?- A.
Politician
- B.
Mayor
- C.
Duke
- D.
Governor
- 4.Halifax was previously known as We'kwaltijk.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The first inhabitants of Halifax were:
- A.
The Beothuk
- B.
The Maliseet
- C.
The Mi'kmaq
- D.
The Innu
- 6.The fort built in Halifax in 1749, as a strategic plan of defence in response to the French "Louisbourg" on Cape Breton Island, is called
- 7.
![What historical figure stands outside of the Halifax Public Library on Spring Garden Rd.? - ProProfs]( "What historical figure stands outside of the Halifax Public Library on Spring Garden Rd.?")
What historical figure stands outside of the Halifax Public Library on Spring Garden Rd.?- A.
Benjamin Franklin
- B.
Winston Churchill
- C.
John F. Kennedy
- D.
Napoleon
- 8.In what public park located in Halifax, once named "We'kwaltijk," holds a Mi'kmaq cultural site?
- A.
Mary Clayton Memorial Park
- B.
Victoria Park
- C.
Africville Park
- D.
Point Pleasant Park
- 9.
![The Halifax Ale House located on Brunswick street was once the home to what important organization in the late 19th century?? - ProProfs]( "The Halifax Ale House located on Brunswick street was once the home to what important organization in the late 19th century??")
The Halifax Ale House located on Brunswick street was once the home to what important organization in the late 19th century??- A.
The Halifax Poor Asylum
- B.
Inglis School
- C.
The Salvation Army
- D.
Rock Head Prison
- 10.Where the MacKay Bridge now stands was the home to many black loyalists and refugees of the War of 1812. This place was called
- 11.What were these documents called?
- A.
Peace and Land Treaties
- B.
Peace and Friendship Treaties
- C.
First Nations Treaties
- D.
Douglas Treaties
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