unit 1 and 4 test Flashcards
define nation
shared common charectrics and bonds between groups of people
define country
physical place with one government
what is a nation state
state that has soverinity, citizens share cultuarlly homogenus beliefs and has a border
define nationalism
ideology
loyalty or support to a nation or nation state and belives those obligations outweigh those of inidvual or group intests
civic nationalism
community of citizens bound together by common values are a bunch of different cultures tied together
right to self determination
consitution
fundamental principles a nation or country adheres to follow
patriotism
devotion or support for ones country
what are some key factors of canadas national identity
-diversity
-democracy
-natural reoruces
-relibilble alies
what has created canadas shared idenity
shared history
settlement/ colonization
diversity
explain the french exploration into canada
1500s-1600s
french are first explorers
establishes new france and extenisve trade networks
creation of quebec opens as a trading post for France
what happened during the 7 years war
great brittian attempts to take over french territoties they win and succeed
france is so defeated in the war they do not regain any signifigant european influence until revolution
what occors during the rebellion in lower canada
french milliants in lower canada rebel against the brittish crown
direct result of french majority in lower canada conflicting ideas with anglaphone minority
this failed but result was unification of upper and lower and introduction of responsible gov
John a mcdonald and confederation
threatened by Americans canadians needed gov
McDonald unified colonies in Canada together through signing of the British north america act and building of railroad
who is henri bourassa and how did he connect to quebec sovereignty
Henri- saw concern of Francaphone being outnumbered, he pushed for french people to control their own affairs
supporting pro-speratist and french values
cultivated french idenity and self determination
what was the internment of ukrainian canadians
Candains belived ukrainians were working for austria (enemy in world war one) and since they were seen as a national threat ukrainians were put in interment camps as they were forced against their will and had to do manual labor
they belived they were a threat as they belived in pacifism
what was the quiet revolution/ october crisis
attempt of ultra-nationalism to fight for ethnic/langustic beliefs of francaphones in qubec
french had little representation
formation of FLQ and the use of violence (bombing kidnapping) to pormote french rights
what is canadian multiculturalism act
pierre trudeau makes canada billingualism and multiculturalistic society
birth of civic nation making it a pernmenament feature in the charter
referendums on quebec sovernity
quebec got the choice to vote to sperate from canada or not the diff in the votes was less than 1%
what was the oka crisis
expanison of a golf course on the tradiontial burrial sight in oka
indegnous people rallied and fought to protect their relashionship to the land
candains military was called in
what was the creation of nunavut
direct result of Inuit self gov
shows hope for indengous self-gov and rights across country
used politcal abilites to countiue to gain acess of canadas politcal economic and social structure
define nationalist loyalties
allgience connection or devotion towards nation and national idenity
encourages feelings of patriotism and nationalism
define non-nationalist loyalties
alligence devotion ot connection towards things not considered a nation based on time and circumstance
ex NBA team
define contending loyalty
when loyalties compete with one another
arise when indivuals who belong to multiple groups may feel they need to choose between groups
define mutlicultuarlism
offical gov policy in Canada
diff cultures are accepted and promoted
define resonable accomidation
gov put into place so people of diff loyalties work together
public instutions adapt to diff relgious or cultures practies as long as these dont violoate the freedoms of others
what is the James Bay Land Claim
quebec did not consult indegnous people when were in the proccess of building hydroelectric dams on the land of cree and inuit
cree and inut tried to defend their rights
years of negoiations