Canadian Nationalism

Question 1

FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec)

Answer 1

Name of Quebec nationalist terrorist group

Question 2

War Measures Act

Answer 2

Government policy brought in to deal with the FLQ Crisis (only time ever used outside of war)

Question 3

Western Alienation

Answer 3

Many Western Canadians felt the federal government ignored and didn’t value them.

Question 4

Civic nation

Answer 4

A nation united by common values, rules and laws

Question 5

Nationalism (Patriotism)

Answer 5

Love of country and an interest in its well-being. A sense of loyalty that may be expressed in various ways.

Question 6

Nation-state

Answer 6

A country that has physical borders and a single government. May be based on ethnic nationalism or civic nationalism or a combination of the two.

Question 7

Ethnic nationalism

Answer 7

Nationalism that is founded on shared ethnicity, culture, and language.

Question 8

Equalization payments

Answer 8

Revenues from federal taxes that are paid by the Canadian government to less prosperous provinces to ensure that services are more or less equally available to all Canadians

Question 9

Federalists

Answer 9

People who support a federal system of government. In Canada, people who oppose Quebec sovereignty and believe Quebec should remain a Canadian province.

Question 10

Contending Loyalties

Answer 10

Loyalties that compete. People sometimes need to choose among various loyalties based on their commitment to those loyalties.

Question 11

Multiculturalism

Answer 11

A belief or policy that embraces the idea of ethnic or cultural diversity and promotes a culturally pluralistic society.

Question 12

Non-nationalist Loyalty

Answer 12

A loyalty that is not embedded in the idea of nation. People may be loyal to and identify with family, friends, a region, an idea, a collective or a group, a way of life, and a culture.

Question 13

Pluralism

Answer 13

A belief or doctrine that a society should reflect an inclusive approach that encourages diversity.

Question 14

Reasonable Accommodation

Answer 14

A legal and constitutional concept that requires Canadian public institutions to adapt to the religious and cultural practices of minorities as long as these practices do not violate constitutional rights and freedoms.

Question 15

Segregation

Answer 15

The forced separation of racial groups. Often leads to persecution of segregated minority groups.

Question 16

Sovereigntists

Answer 16

In Canada, people who support the idea of Quebec becoming an independent nation-state (separatists).

Question 17

Sovereignty

Answer 17

The political authority to control one’s own affairs.

Question 18

Oka Crisis

Answer 18

When provincial, and then federal forces stepped in to deal with the Mohawk of Oka, Quebec over the expansion of a local golf course onto sacred Mohawk territory.

Question 19

October Crisis

Answer 19

The period of the FLQ Crisis in which two politicians were kidnapped, one killed, and the War Measures Act declared by the federal government to deal with it.

Question 20

Quebecois nationalism

Answer 20

The feelings that the Quebecois are their own nation with their own history, culture and language.