Vocab Words #4

Question 1

Anglophone

Answer 1

A person whose first language is English

Question 2

First Nations

Answer 2

An umbrella name for the diverse aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are protected

Question 3

Francophone

Answer 3

A person whose first language is French

Question 4

Indian

Answer 4

Europeans used the word Indian to describe the First Nations if North America

Question 5

Indian Act

Answer 5

Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples; passed in 1876

Question 6

Affirm

Answer 6

To validate and express commitment to something

Question 7

Ethnocentrism

Answer 7

The belief that one’s culture is superior than all other cultures

Question 8

Annuity

Answer 8

An annual payment

Question 9

Assimilate

Answer 9

Become part of a different cultural group

Question 10

Autonomy

Answer 10

Authority to make decisions

Question 11

Collective identity

Answer 11

The shared identity of a group of ppl especially because of a common language and culture

Question 12

Collective rights

Answer 12

Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional purposes

Question 13

Entrenching

Answer 13

Fixing firmly within

Question 14

Official language community

Answer 14

One of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak and official language (English or French)

Question 15

Patriate

Answer 15

To bring something to the country that belongs to the country

Question 16

Publicity funded

Answer 16

Paid for by taxes and provided by government

Question 17

Scrip

Answer 17

I’m Métis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered the Métis at the time numbered treaties were negotiated

Question 18

Reverse

Answer 18

Land for the exclusive use of First Nations

Question 19

Sovereignty

Answer 19

Independence as ppl with a right to self government

Question 20

Official language minority

Answer 20

A group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages (English or French) and that does not make up the majority population of a province or territory