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Canada's Economy
In what year did NAFTA begin, with Mexico as a partner?
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Canada's Economy: questions and answers from Discover Canada
Canada's Economy is part 9 of Discover Canada, the Canadian citizenship test study guide. Some people call the Canadian citizenship test the Discover Canada test, because its questions come from this guide.
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Question 1. In what year did NAFTA begin, with Mexico as a partner?
- A. 1982
- B. 1988
- C. 1994
- D. 2008
Answer: C. 1994
Free trade with the U.S. started in 1988, and NAFTA added Mexico in 1994.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (A Trading Nation)
Question 2. True or false. Much of what Canada sells to other countries is natural resources.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A. True
Natural resources have been important through Canada's history, and many exports are still natural resource commodities.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Three Main Types of Industries)
Question 3. Which of these is a service industry?
- A. Mining
- B. Health care
- C. Forestry
- D. Making cars
Answer: B. Health care
Service jobs are found in health care, education, transportation, construction, banking, communications, retail, tourism and government.
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Question 4. True or false. According to the guide, Canadian and American businesses work together in supply chains that compete with the rest of the world.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A. True
The guide describes integrated Canada–U.S. supply chains that compete around the world.
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Question 5. Which of these does Canada export to the United States every year, according to the guide?
- A. Energy products and machinery
- B. Only fish from the Atlantic
- C. Only wheat from the Prairies
- D. Only lumber from British Columbia
Answer: A. Energy products and machinery
Each year Canada sells billions of dollars of goods to the United States, including energy, machinery, industrial goods, cars, farm, fish and forest products.
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Question 6. What are the three main types of industries in Canada's economy?
- A. Service, manufacturing and natural resources
- B. Banking, farming, mining and fishing
- C. Fishing, forestry, tourism and transport
- D. Oil and gas, cars and computer software
Answer: A. Service, manufacturing and natural resources
Canada's economy has three main types of industries: service, manufacturing and natural resources.
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Question 7. Roughly what portion of Canadians with jobs work in service industries?
- A. About 25%
- B. About 50%
- C. About 10%
- D. More than 75%
Answer: D. More than 75%
Service industries employ more than 75% of working Canadians.
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Question 8. According to the guide, about how many people did NAFTA cover in 2008?
- A. About 34 million
- B. About 100 million
- C. Over 444 million
- D. Over 2 billion
Answer: C. Over 444 million
According to the guide, in 2008 NAFTA linked more than 444 million people and over $1 trillion of trade in goods.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (A Trading Nation)
Question 9. Which country joined Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994?
- A. Mexico
- B. Japan
- C. Great Britain
- D. Cuba
Answer: A. Mexico
In 1994, under NAFTA, Mexico joined the free trade partnership.
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Question 10. Which of these is a natural resources industry?
- A. Forestry
- B. Retail
- C. Tourism
- D. Banking
Answer: A. Forestry
Mining, energy, fishing, agriculture and forestry all count as natural resource industries.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Three Main Types of Industries)
Question 11. Which of these is an example of a manufacturing industry?
- A. Catching fish
- B. Running a bank
- C. Guiding tourists
- D. Making cars
Answer: D. Making cars
Manufacturing industries make products such as cars, aerospace technology, machinery, food and clothing.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Three Main Types of Industries)
Question 12. Where is the Peace Arch, a symbol of close Canada–U.S. ties?
- A. Niagara Falls, Ontario
- B. Windsor, Ontario
- C. Detroit, Michigan
- D. Blaine, Washington
Answer: D. Blaine, Washington
The Peace Arch at Blaine, Washington, symbolizes the close ties between the two countries.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Canada and the United States)
Question 13. Which country does Canada trade with the most?
- A. The United States
- B. China
- C. Mexico
- D. The United Kingdom
Answer: A. The United States
The United States is Canada's largest trading partner.
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Question 14. In what year did Canada enact free trade with the United States?
- A. 1965
- B. 1988
- C. 1994
- D. 2008
Answer: B. 1988
Canada and the United States began free trade in 1988.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (A Trading Nation)
Question 15. Which of these is a high-technology product made in Canada that is mentioned in the guide?
- A. Silk weaving and dyeing
- B. Coffee growing
- C. Aerospace technology
- D. Rubber tapping
Answer: C. Aerospace technology
Canadian manufacturing includes high-technology equipment and aerospace technology.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Canada and the United States)
Question 16. What does the guide call the border between Canada and the United States?
- A. The Iron Curtain
- B. The world's longest undefended border
- C. The Great Wall of North America
- D. The most closed border in the world
Answer: B. The world's longest undefended border
Millions of people cross what the guide calls the world's longest undefended border every year.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Canada and the United States)
Question 17. True or false. Canadians could keep their standard of living without trading with other nations.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: B. False
The guide says Canadians could not keep their standard of living without trade.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (A Trading Nation)
Question 18. What is the engine of Canada's economic growth, according to the guide?
- A. Government spending on programs
- B. Tourism alone
- C. Trade with other nations
- D. Foreign aid
Answer: C. Trade with other nations
Trade with other nations has always mattered to Canada, and it still drives the country's economic growth.
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