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Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

Confederation

How Canada began in 1867

What your child practises

Why the colonies joined in 1867, the conferences that led to it, who was included in the decisions and who was not, and how the country grew to include the West.

Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 7.1 · the reasons for Confederation, the conferences and the provinces that joined

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    On July 1, 1867, which colonies joined to form the Dominion of Canada?

    • Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island only
    • British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba
    • Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada split into Ontario and Quebec
    • Ontario and the United States
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    Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada split into Ontario and Quebec

    Hint: There were four provinces at first.

  2. Question 2

    What is Confederation?

    • A trade company
    • A war between colonies
    • A railway
    • The joining of colonies into one country under one federal government
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    The joining of colonies into one country under one federal government

    Hint: A confederation is a union of separate parts.

  3. Question 3

    Why did the colonies want a railway to link them together?

    • To stop all trade
    • To move people and goods and strengthen trade
    • To carry mail only
    • To block the Atlantic Ocean
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    To move people and goods and strengthen trade

    Hint: Railways were key to trade and to holding the country together.

  4. Question 4

    Who was Canada's first prime minister?

    • Sir John A. Macdonald
    • Alexander Mackenzie
    • George Brown
    • Louis Riel
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    Sir John A. Macdonald

    Hint: He led the government in 1867.

  5. Question 5

    Who took part in the Confederation talks?

    • Every adult living in the colonies
    • Only a small group of colonial men; women, First Nations, Métis and Inuit were not at the talks
    • Women's groups
    • All First Nations leaders
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    Only a small group of colonial men; women, First Nations, Métis and Inuit were not at the talks

    Hint: Many people's voices were left out of the decisions.

  6. Question 6

    In what year did Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces?

    • 1905
    • 1870
    • 1867
    • 1949
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    1905

    Hint: Both joined the same year.

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