Social Studies - Chapter 3 Exam Review

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

Is a way a group of people organize their lives – includes the knowledge, behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes learned and shared by a group of people or society.

Question 2

List the different features of a culture. List 5 of them:

Answer 2

Customs & traditions
Language
Social organization
Arts and storytelling
Government
Spiritual systems
Economic systems
Education

Question 3

3. Why is it important to learn about other cultures?

Answer 3

Multicultural:
a. Containing many different cultures
b. Canadian Multiculturism Act was passed in 1988 – freedom to preserve and share their cultures
Racism:
c. Intolerance or hatred of another group
Prejudice:
d. An opinion formed beforehand that is not based on experience or reason
Bias:
e. Prejudice in Favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
Stereotype:
f. An oversimplified image of a person or thing

Question 4

Define the following terms: Acculturations

Answer 4

When individuals adopt aspects of another culture when they come into contact with it

Question 5

Give an example of the following term: Acculturations

Answer 5

Example: immigrants coming to Canada

Question 6

Define the following terms: Assimilations

Answer 6

When a dominant culture deliberately absorbs another culture

Question 7

Give an example of the following term: Assimilations

Answer 7

residential schools in Canada

Question 8

Define the following terms: Diffusion

Answer 8

Spreading of a technology or an idea from one culture to the next

Question 9

Given an example of the following term: Diffusion

Answer 9

When I brought my Filipino Culture moving to Canada.

Question 10

Define the following term: Heritage language.

Answer 10

Languages other than English and French in Canada

Question 11

The main points of the Canadian Charter of Rights

Answer 11

Made English and French as official languages in Canada and New Brunswick.
a. All federal government communications must be in both languages
b. Confirmed the right of Canadians to be educated in either official language

Question 12

Main points of the Canadian Charter of Freedom

Answer 12

Freedom of:
c. Thought, belief, opinion, or expression
d. Peaceful assembly and association
e. Conscience and religion

Question 13

Define the following term: Multiculturalism

Answer 13

the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within society:

Question 14

How does Canada promote the following term: Multiculturalsim

Question 15

Describe Bill 101

Answer 15

Bill 101 Defined French as the official language of Quebec in 1977
1. Appeals lead to another law that allowed English as well as French on the signs, but only the English text was smaller.

Question 16

What was the Goal of Bill 101

Answer 16

To allow francophone/French-speakers Quebecers to live and assert themselves in French. There are still changes happening in Bill 101, but the Quebec Government has identified the protection of the French language as one of its keys values.

Question 17

What is the importance of the Candian Broadcasting Corporations (CBC)

Answer 17

Promoted a feeling of unity and a way for Canadians to have a voice, tell stories, and connect to their heritage.

Question 18

What language is CBC also in?

Answer 18

English, French, and 8 different Indigenous languages.