📚 Key Facts to Know
- 1Indigenous peoples have lived in Canada for thousands of years before Europeans arrived
- 2Norse explorers (Vikings) reached Canada around 1000 AD at L'Anse aux Meadows
- 3Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City in 1608
- 4The British defeated the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759
- 5The Loyalists came to Canada after the American Revolution (1776)
- 6The War of 1812 helped define Canada's identity separate from the United States
- 7Confederation occurred on July 1, 1867, creating the Dominion of Canada
- 8Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada's first Prime Minister
- 9The British North America Act (1867) is Canada's foundational constitution
- 10The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885, connecting the country coast to coast
- 11Canada played a significant role in both World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945)
- 12Residential schools for Indigenous children caused great harm and are a dark part of Canada's history
💡 Study Tips
- • Read each fact carefully — understand the context, not just the words
- • Pay attention to dates, names, and specific numbers — the test asks about these
- • Take the chapter quiz when you feel confident with the material