Chapter 2 - TRÀ CHILLS

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Chapter 2 – Who We Are

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Canada is not the only constitutional monarchy in North America

True

False

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What is the key phrase in Canada' s original constitutional document?

Peace, Order and Good Government

Work, Order and Good Government

Peace, Order and Mobility Rights

Government, Work and Good Order

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What is the name of Canada' s original constitutional document?

The British North America Act

The Constitutional Act

The Legislative Act

The Confederation Act

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Name three beliefs that have enabled Canadians to build a prosperous society in a rugged environment?

Ordered liberty, enterprise and buying houses

Enterprise, hard work and driving cars

Hard work, fair play and ordered liberty

Outdoor life, hard work, and fair play

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What kind of commitment do Canadian institutions uphold?

Peace, Order, and Good Government

Work, Order and Good Government

Peace, Order, and Mobility Rights

Work, Order, and Good Government

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As what have poets and songwriters hailed Canada?

The "Great Dominion"

The "Land of the Brave"

The "Great Outdoors"

"Peace, Order and Good Government"

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Who are the three founding peoples of Canada?

Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit

British, Métis and Aboriginal

Aboriginal, French, and British

Early settlers, Métis and Inuit

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From where were the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated?

Europe

Africa

Australia

Asia

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Aboriginal and Treaty rights are not in the Constitution

True

False

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When were Aboriginal territorial rights first guaranteed?

1759

1659

1749

1763

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Who proclaimed the first territorial right guarantee for the First Nations?

King George III

King George II

King George I

Queen Elizabeth

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When did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools?

From the beginning of the 1900s until the 1980s

From the 1700s until the 1980s

From the 1800s until the 1980s

From the 1700s until the 1970s

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To what does the term "Indians" refer?

Métis and Inuit

Acadians, Métis and First Nations

All aboriginal peoples who are not Inuit or Métis

Early settlers, Métis and Inuit

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When did the term "First Nations" begin to be used?

In the 1970s

In the 1960s

In the 1980s

Never

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How many First Nations people live on reserve land today?

About two thirds

About half

About one third

100%

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What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

First Nations, Métis and Inuit

Acadians, Métis and First Nations

French, English and First Nations

Early settlers, Métis and Inuit

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Who was John Buchan?

A popular Governor General of Canada

A famous Canadian general

A victorious Canadian army General

One of the Fathers of Confederation

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What was the view on immigration of John Buchan, a popular Governor General of Canada in the 1930s?

Complete cultural assimilation

No unity

No diversity

Unity in diversity

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What does the word "Inuit" mean?

"The people"

"The land"

"The village"

"The far North"

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Where do Inuit people live?

In scattered communities across the Arctic

In small towns across Manitoba

Across the Yukon

In reserve land across the Northwest Territories

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Who are the Métis?

A distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry

First Nations

Acadians

Inuit

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Where does the majority of the Métis live?

Atlantic provinces

Prairie provinces

Western provinces

Northern provinces

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What is the speaking background of the Métis population?

French

English

Both French and English

Acadian

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What is the name of Metis dialect?

Acadian

Michif

Frenglish

Inuit

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Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?

Inuit

Métis

First Nations

Acadians

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What are Canada's two official languages?

English and First Nations

English and French

French and British

First Nations and French

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The federal government is required by law to provide services throughout Canada in

English and French

Chinese and English

English only

English, French and Chinese

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Who are Anglophones?

People who speak English as a first language

People who speak French as a first language

Aboriginal people who speak English as a first language

British people

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Who are Francophones?

Aboriginal people who speak French as a first language

People who speak English as a first language

French people

People who speak French as a first language

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How many Anglophones are there in Canada today?

18 million

50 million

10 million

5 million

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How many Francophones are there in Canada today?

10 million

5 million

7 million

50 million

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In which province does the majority of Francophones live?

Alberta

New Brunswick

Manitoba

Quebec

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Which province is the only official bilingual province?

Alberta

New Brunswick

Manitoba

Quebec

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Acadians are the descendants of what groups?

Métis and Inuits

French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

First Nations who began settling in what are now the Prairie provinces in 1600s

British colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

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What was the "Great Upheaval"?

The deportation of more than two-third of Acadians from their homeland between 1755 and 1763

The deportation of more than two-third of Aboriginal from their homeland between 1755 and 1763

The deportation of more than two-third of Inuit from their homeland between 1755 and 1763

The great earthquake that ravaged Canada's East Coast during the 18th century

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What are Quebecers?

The Acadians

The francophones

The French-speaking Aboriginals

The people of Quebec

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Quebecers are the descendants of what groups?

British colonists who began settling in the 1600s in what are now the Maritime provinces

Métis and Inuit

French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s

Acadians

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Who recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

The Prime Minister

The House of Commons

The Senate

The Cabinet Ministers

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When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

2006

2001

1986

1972

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In becoming Canadian, which principles are newcomers expected to embrace?

Democratic

Libertarian

Liberalist

Capitalist

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Who were the English-speaking settlers?

English, Welsh, Scottish and Métis

Australians and British

English, Irish and French

English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish

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Who are generally referred to as "English Canadians"?

The English-speaking Aboriginals

The Anglophones

The British

The English

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Since the 1800s, where were the majority of Canadians born?

China

India

Canada

England

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Regarding diversity, as what is Canada often referred?

The land of the strong and free

The Great Dominion

A land of immigrants

The Great Outdoors

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Since the 1970s, from where do most immigrants come from?

Asia

Europe

South America

Africa

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After English, what is the second most-spoken non-official language in Canadian homes?

Punjabi

Chinese

French

Spanish

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To which religious affiliation do the great majority of Canadians identify?

Christian

Muslim

Jewish

Hinduism

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Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

An Olympian and descendant of black Loyalists

A famous Canadian settler

The first woman to become Prime Minister

The first Canadian female athlete

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In Canada, gays and lesbians enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage

True

False

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Which of the following statements about residential schools is false?

Aboriginal people demanded to be placed in residential schools

The schools were poorly funded and inflicted hardship on the students

Aboriginal language and cultural practices were mostly prohibited

The federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture

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What percentage of Aboriginal people are First Nations?

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What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit?

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What percentage of Aboriginal people are Métis?

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How many Acadians were deported from their homeland during the war between Britain and France?

About one-third

About half

All of them

More than two thirds

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From which civilization does Canadian society stem largely from?

English-speaking and French-speaking Christians

Chinese

Aboriginal

Acadian

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Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of:

350 years

250 years

100 years

150 years

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Since the 1800s, the majority of Canadians were born in:

Canada

China

India

England