treaty test

Question 1

an agreement between two states that has been formally concluded and ratified is the definition of?

Answer 1

a treaty

Question 2

one of the first known treaty is from

Answer 2

1450

Question 3

there are how many major groups of first nation treaties

Answer 3

3

Question 4

peace and friendship treaties were signed between what years

Answer 4

1725-1779

Question 5

who was the first group of natives to sign a peace and friendship treaty

Answer 5

mi’kmaq

Question 6

the royal proclamation was written in

Answer 6

1763

Question 7

peace and friendship treaties did which of the following

Answer 7

saw no native land surrendered to (europeans/britain/canada)

Question 8

which treaty/document is considered the “Indian Bill of Rights”

Answer 8

royal proclamation

Question 9

what gave the government control/power over first nations

Answer 9

constitution act

Question 10

specific land claims didn’t start till what year

Answer 10

1973

Question 11

when was the first treaty made in ontario

Answer 11

1776

Question 12

the province of canada treaties were needed from a british/canadian perspective because?

Answer 12

land for mining

Question 13

the vancouver island treaties were made in what years

Answer 13

1850-1854

Question 14

when was the north west territories established

Answer 14

1868

Question 15

the indian act created how many categories of “Indian Status”

Answer 15

3

Question 16

how many years did it take the nisga’a people to get their land claim settled

Answer 16

113

Question 17

which treaty gave natives a “medicine chest”

Answer 17

treaty #6

Question 18

which is the only treaty that gave native families their own land (reservation)

Answer 18

treaty #8

Question 19

what was the first native political activist group to be established

Answer 19

the league of indians of canada

Question 20

which land claims are hardest to settle? the one’s in _____ canada

Answer 20

southern

Question 21

“aboriginal rights” are established in canada because

Answer 21

natives long-standing use and occupancy of the land

Question 22

the right to use and benefit from the land is the definition of?

Answer 22

usufructuary right

Question 23

up until 1951 who had to give natives permission to bring a claim against the canadian government

Answer 23

canadian government

Question 24

when did Britain gain supreme control of north america

Answer 24

1763

Question 25

which one of the following is NOT a way to create a specific land claim

Answer 25

the canadian government forcing first nations to go to residential schools