Chapter 3-4 unit test Flashcards
Entrenched
To firmly establish something
Patriate
transfer control over (a constitution) from a mother country to its former dependency.
Assimilate
take away someones culture ,beliefs and identity
Affirm
to state a fact
Collective Identity
a person’s sense of belonging to a group
Collective Rights
rights held by a group as a whole rather than individually by its members
Ethnocentrism
measuring or judging one’s own culture against another culture
First Nations
Aboriginal peoples of Canada
Francophone
french speaking person
Annuity
annual/yearly payment
Scrip
a document that gave Metis people a certain piece of land
Autonomy
to self govern
Inherent Rights
rights that aboriginal people have
metis
a mix between European and first nation people.
Self-determination
the process by which a person controls their own life.
who gets collect rights and why?
Aboriginal peoples, Francophones and Anglophones because they are the founding people of Canada and without them Canada would not exist.
What documents give First Nations collective rights, what they say and how effective they are
Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution, and in Section 25 of the Charter of Rights in Freedoms
Constitution
a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works
Treaties
agreements made between the Government of Canada
Which groups get language rights and why
Citizens of Canada
