Social Studies 10 Digital Midterm
This test covers content and understanding from our units on the People of Early Canada, Gaining Responsible Government and Confederation, and Geography. Choose the BEST answer(s). (Checkboxes allow more than one answer)
- 1.What is the modern day federal equivalent to Upper and Lower Canada's Legislative Assembly?
- A.
Senate
- B.
Cabinet
- C.
House of Commons
- D.
Privy Council
- 2.What is the modern day federal equivalent to Upper and Lower Canada's Executive Council?
- A.
Senate
- B.
Cabinet
- C.
House of Commons
- D.
Privy Council
- 3.An oligarchy is a type of rule by:
- A.
A small, select group of people
- B.
One person who has all the power
- C.
A king or a queen
- D.
No formal leader
- 4.The Seigneurs were landed gentry (rich people) from Britain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The rebellions occurred in 1837 because the merchants were unhappy with the oligarchy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.During the Great Migration, many of the immigrants to Canada came from Eastern Europe.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The oligarchy in Upper Canada wanted public education for all.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Many Immigrants who were not successful in Canada sailed back home.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The Underground Railway was a series of underground tunnels Black Americans took to get to Canada.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Canada’s constitution in 1867 was called the British North America Act.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Which of the follwing are examples of the hardships faced on the journey from Ireland to Canada?
- A.
Cholera
- B.
Sleeplessness
- C.
Crowded Conditions
- D.
Starvation
- E.
None of the above
- 12.Which of the following contritubted to the nationalistic causes of the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada?
- A.
Britain had attempted to unite the two colonies
- B.
Canadiens thought that the British were purposely sending immigrants with cholera to Lower Canada
- C.
Britain did not allow the French to practice Catholicism
- D.
Britain had attempted to make the official language of Canada English
- E.
None of the above
- 13.The only victory for the Patriotes during the 1837 Rebellion was at:
- A.
St Denis
- B.
St Charles
- C.
St Eustache
- D.
Montgomery's Tavern
- 14.What type of crop did the lower classes in Ireland become dependent on in the 1800s?
- A.
Carrots
- B.
Beats
- C.
Potatoes
- D.
Rice
- 15.Which of the following reasons caused many Irish to emigrate from Ireland in the early to mid 1800s?
- A.
Potato blight
- B.
Landlords evicted tenants to create land for grazing
- C.
The government offered absolutely no help in the famine
- D.
Tenants could not pay their landlords rent
- E.
The King of Ireland wanted them out
- F.
None of the above
- 16.Which of the following reasons caused African Americans to emigrate from America in the early to mid 1800s?
- A.
Adventure
- B.
Canada abolished slavery
- C.
Escape lynching
- D.
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
- E.
None of the above
- 17.Which groups held veto power in Canada after 1791?
- A.
Executive Council
- B.
Legislative Council
- C.
Governor General
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 18.Which government positions were gained through an election in Canada After 1791?
- A.
Executive Council
- B.
Legislative Council
- C.
Governor General
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 19.Who led the rebellion in Upper Canada during the 1837 Rebellion?
- A.
Louis Joseph Papineau
- B.
Egerton Ryerson
- C.
Robert Gourlay
- D.
William Lyon Mackenzie
- 20.How did Clergy Reserves contribute to the causes of the Rebellion of 1837?
- A.
The Clergy were reserving all the gold in the country
- B.
Colonists could not build roads through Clergy Reserves
- C.
The Clergy Reserves were placed in remote areas
- D.
Colonists demanded more Clergy Reserves so they could access churches more easily
- 21.The Family Compact consisted of:
- A.
Wealthy landowners, leaders of the church, members of the Executive Council
- B.
The governor and his family
- C.
Members of the Assembly
- D.
Poor farmers and their wives
- 22.In 1784, the land that surrounded Hudson Bay and was owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company was called:
- A.
Lower Canada
- B.
Northwest Territory
- C.
Rupert's Land
- D.
Upper Canada
- 23.In the early 1800s, most immigrants to Upper and Lower Canada came from:
- A.
China and Japan
- B.
Great Britain and Eastern Europe
- C.
Great Britain and the USA
- D.
France and the USA
- E.
France and Eastern Europe
- 24.The Chateau Clique were
- A.
French and British landowners, merchants and military men
- B.
British farmers and merchants
- C.
French landowners, merchants and military men
- D.
French and British farmers and merchants
- E.
British landowners, merchants and military men
- 25.This reformist group was part of the very first incident during the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada:
- A.
Habitants
- B.
Chateau Clique
- C.
Legislative Assembly
- D.
Fils de la Liberte
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