Chapter 1 - Early 20th Century

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

The building of empires by taking over new territories

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

A strong attachment to one’s nation

Question 3

Ethnocentric

Answer 3

The belief that their own race or group was superior

Question 4

Chinese immigration act 1885

Answer 4

The federal government wanted to discourage Chinese people from immigration so they introduced a head tax

Question 5

Head tax

Answer 5

A fee that Chinese immigrants were required to pay after the Chinese Immigration Act in 1885 when entering Canada

Question 6

Chinese Exclusion Act 1923

Answer 6

Replaced Chinese Immigration Act & it was an even stricter act that tried to stop Chinese immigration altogether.

Repealed in 1947

Question 7

Komagata Maru

Answer 7

A mostly Sikh ship that was forced to return to India from Vancouver because because they weren’t granted entry into Canada

Question 8

Residential school

Answer 8

Government authorized schools run by religious groups set up to educate Aboriginal children. Kids lived away from their homes

Question 9

Suffragist

Answer 9

A group of women that wanted the right to vote