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Nelson Education > Higher Education > Passport: An Introduction to the Tourism Industry 3rd Edition > Test Yourself > 

Chapter 2: Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism

 
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 

The American Bus Association ranked the__________________ as Canada’s top tourist event in 1997.
a.
Stratford Festival
b.
Shaw Festival
c.
Quebec Winter Carnival
d.
Northern Lights
e.
Cabot 500
 

2. 

The first Canadian cultural discovery to receive recognition as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site was the attraction called ___________________________, where
Eric the Red and his Vikings visited _____ (7, 10, 12) centuries ago.
a.
L’Anse aux Meadows, NF, 10
b.
Signal Hill Historic  Site, NF, 12
c.
Gros Morne National Park, NF, 10
d.
Wood Buffalo National Park, 7
e.
Quebec City, 12
 

3. 

What is leisure ? According to J.P Kelly, most people agree that leisure is all of the following, EXCEPT _______________________________________.
a.
leisure is what does not have to be done.
b.
leisure is chosen freely.
c.
leisure is voluntary non-work activities.
d.
leisure is done for its own sake, irrespective of motivations and benefits.
 

4. 

In the book Boom, Bust & Echo 2000, the authors stress that in the years ahead  ______________will be one of Canada‘s most popular leisure activities.
a.
resting
b.
running
c.
rugby
d.
reading
 

5. 

The number of activities people engage in during leisure—i.e., their leisure __________ --depends on a number of things, including opportunity, age, health, and attitude.
a.
repertoire
b.
preferences
c.
motivation
d.
satisfaction
e.
constraints
 

6. 

The annual Shaw Festival is located at _____________________.
a.
Stratford
b.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
c.
Niagara Falls
d.
Shawville
e.
none of the above
 

7. 

Signal Hill National Historic Site is located in ____________________.
a.
St. John’s, Newfoundland
b.
Saint John, New Brunswick
c.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
d.
Charlottetown, PEI
e.
Victoria, BC
 

8. 

The Alexander Graham Bell Museum is located in _______________.
a.
Toronto, ON
b.
Ottawa, ON
c.
Baddeck, Cape Breton, NS
d.
Halifax, NS
e.
London, ON
 

9. 

The legendary Ogopogo serpent is reputed to be found in ___________________.
a.
Lake Superior
b.
Lake Ontario
c.
Lake of the Woods, ON
d.
Lake Okanagan, BC
e.
Lake Winnipeg
 

10. 

Buggataway” was played by the Algonquians and Iroquois. The modern version of this game, now called ______________, is Canada’s national sport.
a.
hockey
b.
lacrosse
c.
soccer
d.
curling
e.
archery
 



 
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