1. Magna Carta is also known as?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Great Charter of Freedoms
Constitution of Canada
Great code of England
2. Who proclaimed the amended constitution in Ottawa, in the year 1982?
The Prime Minister
The Parliament
Queen Elizabeth II This is the correct answer See chapter 1 – click here
Queen Elizabeth I
3. Where was Magna Carta signed?
France
Canada
England
Scotland
4. Four rights included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Mobility Rights, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship and Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights
Mobility Rights, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights, Multiculturalism and respect the rights and freedoms of others
Mobility Rights, Voting Rights, Multiculturalism and Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights
Mobility Rights, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights, Multiculturalism and Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights
5. An excellent way to gain useful skills and develop friends and contacts is to:
Serve in the Navy
Start a business
Serve in the legal department
Volunteer
6. The Great Charter of Freedoms includes the Freedom of association?
True
False
7. Which is not an important Canadian Value?
Working hard in keeping with one’s abilities
Knowledge of both official languages
Getting a job
Taking care of one’s family
8. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, begins with the words?
“I swear (or affirm) That I will be faithful And bear true allegiance To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second”
“Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law”
“I will faithfully observe The laws of Canada And fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.”
“O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command”
9. When was the Great Charter of Freedoms signed?
1497
1512
1215
1982
10. When was the Constitution of Canada amended to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
1215
1982
1988
1892
11. Which of this is not a source of Canadian law
The unwritten constitution inherited from Great Britain
Civil code of France
French common law
Laws passed by parliament and provincial legislatures
12. Is serving on jury a compulsion?
True
False
13. What is the source of Habeas corpus?
French military law
Incorrect
The Great Charter of Freedoms
English common law
Scottish constitutional law
14. Name two Responsibilities of Canadian Citizenship
Voting in elections and serving for the military
Helping others in the community and joining a non-profit
Taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family and practicing one’s religion
Obeying the law and Serving on a jury
15. What summarizes fundamental freedoms while also setting out additional rights?
Multiculturism
Mobility Rights
Canadian Charter of Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
16. When being involved in the Cadets young people can learn discipline, responsibility, skills and materialism?
True
False
17. Which right lets Canadians apply for a passport?
Official Language Rights
Constitutional and Parliamentary Rights
Mobility Rights
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
18.
Canadian citizens would not protect:
World heritage
Natural heritage
Architectural heritage
Cultural heritage
19. What is “Habeas corpus”?
The right of free speech
The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state
The right to peaceful assembly
The right to conscience and religion
20. What are Aboriginal People’s Rights?
The rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples
The rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Canadians
The rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect some treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples
The rights guaranteed in the Charter will adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples
Answers
1. Great Charter of Freedoms
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. England
4. Mobility Rights, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights, Multiculturalism and Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights
5. Volunteer
6. True
7. Knowledge of both official languages
8. “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law
9. 1215
10. 1982
11. French common law
12. true
13. English common law
14. Obeying the law and Serving on a jury
15.Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
16. false
17. Mobility Rights
18. World heritage
19.The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state
20. The rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples