Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures

Chapter 5: History and Cultures of the United States and Canada

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Who were the first people to settle the Americas?
A)hunters who traveled across a landbridge from Asia
B)Africans
C)Pilgrims
D)Spanish colonists
2
What was the rivalry for world leadership between the United States and the Soviet Union called?
A)the Civil War
B)World War I
C)World War II
D)the Cold War
3
Who were the first Europeans to arrive in present-day Canada?
A)French missionaries
B)Spanish explorers
C)British colonists
D)Vikings from Scandinavia
4
What type of government does the United States have?
A)representative democracy
B)parliamentary democracy
C)dominion
D)monarchy
5
Who serves as the king or queen of Canada?
A)the prime minister
B)the prince of Monaco
C)the leader of France
D)the British monarch
6
Canada's official languages are _____.
A)French and Canadian
B)English and Canadian
C)French and English
D)English and Spanish
7
What prevents Candians from having a strong national identity?
A)the vast distances between regions and separate cultures
B)disagreement about sports
C)terrorism against citizens
D)a weak federal government
8
What does Nunavut mean in the Inuit language?
A)"First Nations"
B)"a nation of immigrants"
C)"British and French"
D)"Our Land"
9
Most people in Quebec share what ancestry?
A)Asian
B)French
C)British
D)African
10
Which religion do most people in the United States practice?
A)Buddhism
B)Judaism
C)Christianity
D)Islam
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