10.2- Self-Rule for British Colonies

Question 1

First European country to colonize Canada

Answer 1

France

Question 2

Upper Canada

Answer 2

The english-speaking majority (Ontario)

Question 3

Lower Canada

Answer 3

French-speaking majority (Quebec)

Question 4

Durham Report

Answer 4

urged that:
1. Upper and Lower Canada should be reunited
2. colonists in the provinces of Canada should be allowed to govern themselves in domestic matters

Question 5

dominion

Answer 5

self-governing in domestic matters, but remaining part of the empire

Question 6

first Prime Minister of Canada

Answer 6

John MacDonald

Question 7

British sea captain claimed New Zealand and part of Australia for Britain

Answer 7

James Cook

Question 8

longest ongoing culture in the world

Answer 8

Aborigines

Question 9

penal colony

Answer 9

where convicts were sent to serve their sentences

Question 10

Maori

Answer 10

New Zealand, polynesian

Question 11

home rule

Answer 11

local control over internal matters only

Question 12

restored many rights to Catholics

Answer 12

Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829

Question 13

Irish leader who persuaded Parliament to pass the Catholic Emancipation Act

Answer 13

Daniel O’Connell

Question 14

Irish Republican Army

Answer 14

unofficial military force seeking independence for Ireland

Question 15

What were the main countries to which the Irish emigrated during the famine?

Answer 15

US, Britain, Canada, Australia

Question 16

What caused conflict in Canada?

Answer 16

religious and cultural differences between Roman Catholic French and Protestant English-speaking colonists