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Definition of wolrdview

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A worldview is a network of ultimate beliefs, assumptions, values, and ideas about the universe and our place in it that shapes how a person understands their life and experiences

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Left wing

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  • associated with egalitarianism
  • popular or state control of the major institutions of political and economic life
  • term from 1790s, French socialist representatives sat left
  • hostile to traditional elites, including wealthy and members of aristocracy
  • favour interests of working class
  • social welfare as most important
  • communism is radical leftist ideology
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Right

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  • associated with conservative
  • c.1790 French conservatives sat right
  • 19th cent. term applied to conservatives who supported authority, tradition, and property
  • fascism is radical rightist ideology
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Authoritarianism

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A principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action

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Libertarianism

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A political philosophy that takes individual liberty to be primary political value.

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Characteristics of the Left

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  • Supports legal marijuana (lit)
  • Defence budget should be cut
  • Bigger government
  • Business regulation
  • Free market not fair
  • Equality
  • Society freedom
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Characteristics of the Right

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  • Supports strong defence
  • Free market
  • Smaller government
  • Lower taxes
  • Traditional value
  • Liberty
  • Individual freedom
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Definition of language families

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a group of languages that likely evolved from a common language

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Definition of dialects

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Variations of a language used by groups of speakers who are often regionally or socially based.

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Definition of treaty

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An agreement. Treaties are written to have the government recognize its responsibilities toward Aboriginal people in the areas of social, educational, and economic concerns

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Definition of repatriate

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To bring back something that was taken out of a country

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Definition of consensus

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group agreement obtained through a process of dialogue and discussion

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This term loosely translated means “their existence is here”

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Indigenous

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The text indicates that traditional First Peoples’ view of the land was

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In relationship with the land as caretakers

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“Life” was best described as ___ in a traditional First People worldview

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Interconnected or holistic

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_____ is/are to First Peoples’ past as documentation is to traditional European past

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Oral tradition

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All world views have a _____

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Creation Myth

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First Peoples originally identified themselves through

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Totemic images

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First Peoples arrived to North and South America via

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The Bering Strait Land Bridge and perhaps other means

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Most First Peoples’ languages are:

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Connection and relationship based

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Elders of the First Peoples are perceived as:

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Natural leaders in the community to whom people turn to for advice

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What is the description that best suits the First Nations concept of justice?

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Let’s talk this through and fix the problem within the community

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What were the coureurs de bois?

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Unlicensed inland fur traders

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Radisson and Groseilliers, brothers-in-law, were:

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Allies of England (even though they were French) who were sponsored for inlander trade exploration by Prince Rupert

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Based on the success of the Nonsuch voyage to the Hudson Bay area, King Charles II:

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Granted a charter for the creation of the Hudson Bay Company

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Officially, Rupert’s Land was:

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The drainage basin of the Hudson Bay

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Indentured Servants were:

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People who agreed to work for the HBC for 7-9 years

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An important individual to the northern development of what is now Manitoba was named:

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Henry Kelsey

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The Ininimowin (Swampy Cree) were:

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Avid traders and supporters of the Hudson Bay Company

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Two events that encouraged the Northwest expansion by the French were

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Haudenosaunee Wars; Creation of the Hudson Bay Company

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The “custom of the country” was:

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French traders taking First Nation wives, in time creating a new culture known as Metis

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In 1770 an organized attempt was made to rival the Hudson Bay Company. It as known as;

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The Northwest Company - a Montreal based organization

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Much of the colonization of North America that has taken place because of

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Greed

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Frobisher’s exploration of the New World was largely to:

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Seek fame and fortune

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European contact with the Indigenous Peoples:

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Was peaceful at first and then violent

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The Indigenous peoples of the Northwest of Canada were different than many other groupings in Canada in the following way:

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They lived in a permanent living arrangement

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Numbered Treaties, post-1867, were designed to:

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Acquire land for political gain in Canada

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Donald Trump would represent the following political ideology:

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Right Wing Libertarian

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The Indigenous peoples eventually made alliances with Europeans for the following reason:

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Trade in exchange for military support

40
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Halifax Explosion?

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1917.

  • Mont Blanc and IMO crash into one another
  • War munitions were on board and exploded
  • Levelled the northwest of Halifax
  • 1500 dead; 9000 injured
  • Largest explosion in history prior to Japan WWII
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Pier 21 Halifax

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Majority of immigrants arrived via steamship and the Ports of Halifax and St. John

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WWI - The Great War: 1914-1918

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  • The Great War did not directly impact Canada at first
  • Eventually men were encouraged to go and fight for the cause, under the Union Jack
  • War was actually romanticized at first. Propaganda became commonplace
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Canada’s involvement in WWI

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  • Vimy Ridge- fought with courage and took charge of operations and claimed the victory after a long stalemate
  • Led by British General (Sir) Julian Byng; Brigadier General Arthur Currie
  • “In those few minutes,” said Canadian Brigadier-General A.E. Ross of the victory, “I witnessed the birth of a nation.”
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WWI Canada by the Numbers

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Population: 6 000 000
Soldiers: 600 000
Deaths: 61 000
Wounded: 174 000
Shell shock: 9 000
45
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Winnipeg General Strike

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Year 1919. Unemployment, inflation, the Bolshevik Revolution, Industrial Unionism (first of its kind in Canada) post-war labour unrest led to 30 000 people walking off their jobs to protest. 30 injured 1 dead. Bloody Saturday

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Japanese Internment Camps

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  • Property was confiscated and all people were put into camps as if prisoners
  • Apology issued by Prime Minister Mulroney along with compensation
47
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Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Elliot Trudeau are ____

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Liberals

48
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John Diefenbaker and Brian Mulroney are _____

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Conservative

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Jean Chretien is _____

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Liberal

50
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Stephen Harper is _____

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Conservative

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Definition of political deadlock

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A situation in which government decisions are prevented by opposing sides by refusing to compromise

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Definition of “rep by pop”

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Representation by population; a system of democratic government in which representation in the legislature is distributed according to population

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Definition of Confederation

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(1867) the political union of British North American Colonies

54
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Definition of American Civil War

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(1861-1865) the war in which a group of southern states tried to secede from the United States

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Definition of Manifest Destiny

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a popular belief held among Americans in the 19th century that their country had a right to control North America

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Definition of annexation

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The incorporation of a foreign territory into another

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Definition of Fenians

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A group of Irish immigrants in North America dedicated to the freedom of Ireland from British control

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Definition of reciprocity

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The basis of a trade agreements between countries involving an exchange of benefits

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Definition of federation

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More than one level of government

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Definition of British North American Act

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(1867) legislation passed by the British parliament that formed the Constitution of the Dominion of Canada

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Definition of enfranchisement

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The right to vote; used by the Government of Canada

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Definition of constitutional monarchy

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A country with a monarch as the head of state whose power is limited by the country’s constitution

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Definition of prorogue

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To suspend Parliament temporarily

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Equality

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  • Each person same treatment
  • Each person same amount of something
  • Systematic division of something into equal parts
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Equity

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  • Recognizes not everyone has the same needs
  • Focuses on fairness and justice
  • Takes into account past injustices; positions of privilege; barriers to well-being
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Year of Plains of Abraham

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1759

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Year of Conquest of NF

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1760

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Year of Treaty of Paris

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1763

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Year of Quebec Act

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1774

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Year of Declaration of Independence

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1776

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Year of Constitutional Act

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1791

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