Aboriginal History Month Quiz
- Tiffany Head | June 20, 2015
1. Who were the first people to create life jackets?
a) The British
b) The Inuit
c) The Mohawk
d) Lifeguards
2. Some natural ways to protect yourself from mosquitoes is to rub onion all over yourself or apply bear fat to your skin. True or false?
3. Who invented Hockey?
a) Russians
b) Inuit
c) Iceland
d) Mohawk
4. How many numbered treaties areas are in Saskatchewan?
a) 7
b) 5
c) 6
d) 4
5. What does the word Saskatchewan (an adaptation of a Cree word) mean?
a) Land of living skies
b) Swiftly flowing river
c) Blessed land
d) Big River
6. Who is the president of First Nations University of Canada?
a) Neil Young
b) Mark Dockstator
c) Nelson Bird
d) Dashing Dirk
7. How many times has National Aboriginal History Month been celebrated?
a) 11 times
b) Once
c) 19 times
d) 5 times
8. How large was Canada’s Aboriginal population in the 2011 census?
a) 1,172,790
b) 1,400,685
c) 836, 165
d) 207,544
9. When were First Nation people given the right to vote in federal elections?
a) 1929
b) 1950
c) 1960
d) 1963
10. Who does the Word ‘Aboriginal refer to?
a) Inuit
b) Métis
c) First Nations
d) All of the Above
11. Which Canadian celebrity claimed First Nation heritage saying, “I’m enough per cent in Canada I can get free gas."
a) Neve Campbell
b) Jim Carey
c) Justin Beiber
d) Mike Meyers
12. What is the name of the 1795 treaty that allows free passage of First Nations between the U.S. and Canadian border?
a) The Jay Treaty
b) The Blue Jay Treaty
c) The Jay Z Treaty
d) The Jay Peace Treaty
13. Her concern for North America's Native nations figures strongly in the songs of this folksinger-songwriter.
a) Shania Twain
b) Alanis Morisette
c) Buffy St. Marie
d) Ali Fontaine
14. She received a Gemini award for best actress in 1997.
a) Candy Renae Fox
b) Tina Keeper
c) Misty Upham
d) Irene Bedard
15. What is the nickname of Ojibwe hockey great Reggie Leach?
a) Steve
b) Chief
c) The Riverton Rifle
d) Sniper
16. Under the Indian Act it was illegal to....
a) To use Band funds to hire a lawyer to file a land claim
b) For “Whites” to hire a lawyer on behalf of Indians to file a land claim
c) Have a reserve close to town
d) All of the above
17. One of these measures is not included in the “Peasant Farming” policy…:
a) Limit Indians to farming 40 acre plots
b) Prohibit Indians from using labour saving technology
c) Restrict Indians from helping each other
d) Hanging pheasants on the porch
18. Status Indian is:
a) A person defined as an Indian under the Indian Act
b) An aboriginal person of high rank
c) Whoever wears moccasins?
d) None of the above
19). A Band is defined in the Indian Act as:
a) A music act like, down with Webster
b) A body of Indians
c) Something you wear on your head
d) Dnab spelled backwards
20. The real name of the Bell of Batoche liberated by Billy Jo De La Ronde is?
a) Marie Antoinette
b). The Frog Lake Bell
c). The Belle of the Ball
d). Tina
ANSWERS: 1. B 2.T 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.C 16.D 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.B
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