Chapter 2 - Who We Are

Question 1

Who proclaimed the first territorial right guarantee for the First Nations?

• King George III
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• King George II
• King George I
• Queen ElizabethIncorrect

Question 2

When did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools?

• From the beginning of the 1900s until the 1980s
• From the 1700s until the 1980s
• From the 1800s until the 1980sCorrect
• From the 1700s until the 1970s

Question 3

To what does the term "Indians" refer?

• Métis and Inuit
• Acadians, Métis and First Nations
• All aboriginal peoples who are not Inuit or MétisCorrect
• Early settlers, Métis and Inuit

Question 4

When did the term "First Nations" begin to be used?

• In the 1970sCorrect
• In the 1960s
• In the 1980s
• Never

Question 5

How many First Nations people live on reserve land today?

• About two thirds
• About halfCorrect
• About one third
• 100%

Question 6

What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit
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Question 7

Who was John Buchan?

• A popular Governor General of CanadaCorrect
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Question 8

What was the view on immigration of John Buchan, a popular Governor General of Canada in the 1930s?

• Complete cultural assimilation
• No unity
• No diversity
• Unity in diversityCorrect

Question 9

What does the word "Inuit" mean?

• "The people"Correct
• "The land"
• "The village"
• "The far North"

Question 10

Where do Inuit people live?

• In scattered communities across the ArcticCorrect
• In small towns across Manitoba
• Across the Yukon
• In reserve land across the Northwest Territories

Question 11

Who are the Métis?

• A distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestryCorrect
• First Nations
• Acadians
• Inuit

Question 12

Where does the majority of the Métis live?

• Atlantic provinces
• Prairie provincesCorrect
• Western provinces
• Northern provinces

Question 13

What is the speaking background of the Métis population?

• French
• English
• Both French and EnglishCorrect
• Acadian

Question 14

What is the name of Metis dialect?

• Acadian
• MichifCorrect
• Frenglish
• Inuit

Question 15

Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?

• Inuit
• Métis
• First NationsCorrect
• Acadians

Question 16

What are Canada's two official languages?

• English and First Nations
• English and FrenchCorrect
• French and British
• First Nations and French

Question 17

The federal government is required by law to provide services throughout Canada in

• English and FrenchCorrect
• Chinese and English
• English only
• English, French and Chinese

Question 18

Who are Anglophones?

• People who speak English as a first languageCorrect
• People who speak French as a first language
• Aboriginal people who speak English as a first language
• British people

Question 19

Who are Francophones?

• Aboriginal people who speak French as a first language
• People who speak English as a first language
• French people
• People who speak French as a first languageCorrect

Question 20

How many Anglophones are there in Canada today?

• 18 millionCorrect
• 50 million
• 10 million
• 5 million

Question 21

How many Francophones are there in Canada today?

• 10 million
• 5 million
• 7 millionCorrect
• 50 million

Question 22

In which province does the majority of Francophones live?

• Alberta
• New Brunswick
• Manitoba
• QuebecCorrect

Question 23

Which province is the only official bilingual province?

• Alberta
• New BrunswickCorrect
• Manitoba
• Quebec

Question 24

Acadians are the descendants of what groups?

• Métis and Inuits
• French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604Correct
• First Nations who began settling in what are now the Prairie provinces in 1600s
• British colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

Question 25

What was the "Great Upheaval"?

• The deportation of more than two-third of Acadians from their homeland between 1755 and 1763Correct
• The deportation of more than two-third of Aboriginal from their homeland between 1755 and 1763
• The deportation of more than two-third of Inuit from their homeland between 1755 and 1763
• The great earthquake that ravaged Canada's East Coast during the 18th century

Question 26

What are Quebecers?

• The people of QuebecCorrect

Question 27

Quebecers are the descendants of what groups?

• French settlers from the 1600s and 1700sCorrect

Question 28

Who recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

• The Prime Minister
• The House of CommonsCorrect
• The Senate
• The Cabinet Ministers

Question 29

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

• 2006Correct
• 2001
• 1986
• 1972

Question 30

In becoming Canadian, which principles are newcomers expected to embrace?

• DemocraticCorrect
• Libertarian
• Liberalist
• Capitalist

Question 31

Who were the English-speaking settlers?

• English, Welsh, Scottish and Métis
• Australians and British
• English, Irish and French
• English, Welsh, Scottish and IrishCorrect

Question 32

Who are generally referred to as "English Canadians"?

• The English-speaking Aboriginals
• The AnglophonesCorrect
• The British
• The English

Question 33

Since the 1800s, where were the majority of Canadians born?

• China
• India
• CanadaCorrect
• England

Question 34

Regarding diversity, as what is Canada often referred?

• The land of the strong and free
• The Great Dominion
• A land of immigrantsCorrect
• The Great Outdoors

Question 35

Since the 1970s, from where do most immigrants come from?

• AsiaCorrect
• Europe
• South America
• Africa

Question 36

After English, what is the second most-spoken non-official language in Canadian homes?

• Punjabi
• ChineseCorrect
• French
• Spanish

Question 37

To which religious affiliation do the great majority of Canadians identify?

• ChristianCorrect
• Muslim
• Jewish
• Hinduism

Question 38

Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

• An Olympian and descendant of black LoyalistsCorrect
• A famous Canadian settler
• The first woman to become Prime Minister
• The first Canadian female athlete

Question 39

In Canada, gays and lesbians enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage

• TrueCorrect
• False

Question 40

Which of the following statements about residential schools is false? 

• Aboriginal people demanded to be placed in residential schoolsCorrect
• The schools were poorly funded and inflicted hardship on the students
• Aboriginal language and cultural practices were mostly prohibited
• The federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture

Question 41

What percentage of Aboriginal people are First Nations?

• 60
• 65Correct
• 50
• 80

Question 42

What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit? 

• 65
• 30
• 20
• 4Correct

Question 43

What percentage of Aboriginal people are Métis?

• 30Correct
• 40
• 65
• 4

Question 44

How many Acadians were deported from their homeland during the war between Britain and France? 

• About one-third
• About half 
• All of them 
• More than two thirds Correct

Question 45

From which civilization does Canadian society stem largely from? 

• English-speaking and French-speaking ChristiansCorrect
• Chinese
• Aboriginal
• Acadian

Question 46

Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of:

• 350 years
• 250 yearsCorrect
• 100 years
• 150 years

Question 47

Since the 1800s, the majority of Canadians were born in:

• CanadaCorrect
• China
• India
• England