Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, And Indigenous People

Question 1

Canada is one of the few countries to embrace _________. Although it is has not ended _____ based on _____ and ______ differences

Answer 1

Multiculturalism

Inequality

Racial and ethnic

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Social distinction based on perceived physical or biological characteristics

Question 3

Ethnicity

Answer 3

Difference between people rooted in culture, language, religion, and other similar differences

Question 4

Essentialism

Answer 4

Tendency of some to see the ideas of race and ethnicity as permanent, natural human categories

Question 5

Race and ethnicity are both ____________ and are created in ___________

Answer 5

Social constructions

Human societies

Question 6

The role of biology in determining race and ethnicity is undetermined by the fact that all humanity is 99.9% genetically similar

Answer 6

Sad

Question 7

Symbolic ethnicity

Answer 7

White people can either choose to embrace an ethnic label or disregard them entirely

Question 8

When we do embrace an ethnic label, we often do it to______________

Answer 8

Feel pride

Question 9

Due to racism, ___________ have no control over the ethnic labels that others assign to them

Answer 9

Visible minorities

Question 10

Social construction

Answer 10

Highlights the way that social categories we consider natural and unchanging, such as race and ethnicity, are socially created

Question 11

Thomas principle

Answer 11

The idea that social constructions have real consequences

Question 12

Racism

Answer 12

Organized system operating at every level of society held together by a sophisticated idealogy based on racial supremacy

Question 13

Islamphobia

Answer 13

Example of racism construction

Intense fear or hatred of Islam and Muslim’s

Question 14

Types of indigenous people in Canada

Answer 14

First Nations, Inuit, Métis

Question 15

First Nations

Answer 15

Original residents of Canada now organized as nations represented by bands with their own institutions, government, and cultural practices

Question 16

The royal proclamation of 1763

Answer 16

Recognized First Nations as nations with sovereignty over their own people

Question 17

Indian act of 1876

Answer 17

Gave the Canadian power the power to define who was Indian and regulate how First Nations lives

Question 18

Residential schools

Answer 18

Government funded public schools forced to assimilate children

Question 19

Date of public schools closing

Answer 19

1996

Question 20

Invisible backpack

Answer 20

Unearned assets cashed in on a daily basis

White people having extra privileges

Question 21

Prejudice

Answer 21

Negative attitude towards someone based solely on their membership in a group

Question 22

Discrimination

Answer 22

Negative or positive treatment of someone as a result of their belonging in a specific group

Question 23

People with a ______ personality are more likely to develop _______

Answer 23

Authoritarian

Prejudice

Question 24

Worlds values survey

Answer 24

Measures prejudice internationally

Question 25

Contact theory

Answer 25

Increasing contact between antagonistic groups will lead to recognition of similarities

Question 26

Immigration

Answer 26

Long distance migration of humans for permanent settlement

Question 27

Canada’s 3 broad catagories of immigration

Answer 27

Economic
Family class
Refugee

Question 28

Multiculturalism

Answer 28

Society in which individuals are encouraged to display and celebrate their ethnicity and difference