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Who We Are Flashcards

1
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How many constitutional monarchies are there in North America

A

One, Canada

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2
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What do Canadian institutions uphold?

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Peace, Order and Good Government

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What was the name of Canada’s original constitutional document?

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the British North America Act, 1867

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When was the British North America Act written?

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1867

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5
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What is a phrase that poets and songwriters have used to refer to Canada?

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“The Great Dominion”

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6
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Who are the Three Founding People’s of Canada?

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Aboriginal, French and British

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Where are the ancestors of aboriginal people’s believed to have come from

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Migrated from Asia many thousands of years ago

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What type of religious beliefs did the Aboriginal People have their cultures rooted in?

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the Creator, the natural environment and each other

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In what document were territorial rights first guaranteed to Aboriginal People?

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763

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10
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When did King George III sign the Royal Proclamation?

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1763

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Who signed the Royal Proclamation of 1763

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King George III

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During what time period did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools?

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1800s - 1980s

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What was the supposed purpose of the residential schools

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to educate them and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture

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What were the negative effects of the residential schools

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hardship and physical abuse, took them away from their families

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In what year did Ottawa formally apologize to former students of residential schools?

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2008

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Who are the three distinct groups that the term “Aboriginal Peoples” refer to?

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Indian, Inuit, and Metis

17
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When did the term “First Nations” begin to be used?

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1970s

18
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What percentage of First Nations people live on reserve land?

A

about half

19
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How many First Nations reserve communities are there in Canada?

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about 600

20
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What does The Inuit mean?

A

“The People”

21
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Who are the Metis?

A

Mixed aboriginal and European ancestry that live primarily in the Prairie provinces

22
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What is the dialect of the Metis?

A

Michif

23
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What percentages of each group (First Nations/Metis/Inuit) are Aboriginal people?

A

65% First Nations, 30% Metis, 4% Inuit

24
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When was John Buchanan the Governor General of Canada?

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1935-1940

25
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What was John Buchanan known for?

A

He believed in immigrant groups retaining their individuality

26
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How many anglophones and francophones are there in Canada today?

A

18 million Anglophones and 7 million Francophones

27
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Which province is the only official bilungual province?

A

New Brunswick

28
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When did the Acadians start settling in the maritime provinces?

A

1604

29
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When was the ‘Great Upheaval’ of Acadians?

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1755-1763

30
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What was the ‘Great Upheaval’?

A

A mass deportation of more than 2/3rds of Acadians from their homes during the war between Britain and France from 1755-1763

31
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Who are most of the people of Quebec descendants of?

A

The 8500 French Settlers from the 1600s and 1700s

32
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When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

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2006

33
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Where do the Anglophone settlers from Canada come from?

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England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

34
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What are the largest ethnic groups in Canada?

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English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, Aboriginal, Ukrainian , Dutch, South Asian and SCandanavian

35
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Since the 1970s, where have most Canadian immigrants come from?

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Asian Countries

36
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What is the second most spoken language in Canadian homes?

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Chinese languages

37
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What religion do the majority of Canadians identify as?

A

Christians

38
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What is the largest Christian denomination in Canada?

A

Catholic

39
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Who was the first to map Canada’s Atlantic shore?

A

John Cabot

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