Page 4 Flashcards
1) Territorial first rights was guaranteed in__________ .
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
2) When did the British Commonwealth of Nations evolve into the British Empire known as a free association of states?
After the first world war
3) Which group has the majority of the Aboriginal people in Canada?
First nations
4) Where in North America, the only constitutional monarchy exists?
Canada
5) Metis are recognized by the government of Canada as one of the official Aboriginal peoples. TRUE or FALSE?
True
6) From which inhabitant group has Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey descended?
Black Loyalists
7) Which one of the following is a key phrase in the British North America Act where our institutions must uphold a commitment?
Peace, Order and Good Government
8) The Metis people of Canada are mixed descendants of European and Aboriginal origin.
True
9) Bank of Canada was created in the year _______ .
1934
10) During which period most of the Black loyalists who were either escaped slaves or liberated people of African origin fled to Canada and America?
The 1780s
11) What is the dialect spoken by the Metis people?
Michif
12) What do we understand by the word “inuit”?
The People
13) Aboriginal people of which group populate 4%?
Inuit
14) In which year recognition for FORMING a nation within Canada was given by the House of Commons?
2006
15) In which year slavery was fully abolished throughout the British Empire?
1833
