Statistics for History of Canada

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Beginning in the 1960s, this province underwent a transformation known as the "Quiet Revolution".	Québec	88%
Created in 1999, it's Canada's newest northern territory.	Nunavut	78%
They established a settlement at L'Anse-aux-Meadows, Newfoundland, circa 1000 A.D.	Vikings	72%
This French explorer was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River.	Jacques Cartier	68%
This ethnic population is descended from indigenous peoples and European settlers.	Métis	57%
First appearing on a Portuguese map in 1519, this city is now the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador.	St. John's	57%
This conflict was officially ended with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814.	War of 1812	54%
This national transportation link was completed in 1885.	Canadian Pacific Railway	52%
Ambassador Ken Taylor co-ordinated the escape of U.S. hostages from this country in 1979.	Iran	51%
In 1917, this city was largely destroyed by what was then the world's largest man-made explosion.	Halifax	46%
In 1896, he was elected Canada's first French-speaking Prime Minister.	Sir Wilfrid Laurier	45%
Canadian troops stormed this landing site in Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944.	Juno Beach	41%
"Gold fever" lured 100,000 prospectors to this region of the Yukon Territory between 1896 and 1899.	The Klondike	39%
Scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered this life-saving drug in the early 1920s.	Insulin	35%
In 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman to travel here.	Space	34%
This battlefield outside the walls of Québec City saw French forces under the command of the Marquis de Montcalm fall to British troops led by General James Wolfe in 1759.	Plains of Abraham	29%
This Iroquoian village was located on the site of present-day Montréal.	Hochelaga	22%
Employed by the Hudson's Bay and North West companies, these traders were renowned for their physical strength and endurance.	Voyageurs	17%
This traditional gift-giving feast of the Haida people was banned for more than 50 years.	Potlatch	8%
Alarmed by burgeoning costs, Louis XV joked about seeing the towers of this colonial stronghold from his palace at Versailles.	Fortress of Louisbourg	5%
Crowfoot, Poundmaker, and Big Bear were all 19th-century _____?	Native chiefs	4%