Study Guide


# Question
1 How is Canada viewed globally?
2 Canada has:
3 What makes Canada unique in North America?
4 What key phrase is upheld by Canada's institutions?
5 What is the name of Canada’s original constitutional document?
6 Which document features the phrase "Peace, Order and Good Government"?
7 What values have helped Canadians build a prosperous society across their vast and rugged environment?
8 Poets and songwriters often describe Canada as:
9 Who were the founding peoples of Canada?
10 From where were the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated?
11 Where are Aboriginal and treaty rights recognized in Canada?
12 Which of the following first guaranteed territorial rights to Aboriginal peoples and established the basis for negotiating treaties with newcomers?
13 Who guaranteed territorial rights to Aboriginal peoples through the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
14 When did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools, and why?
15 When did Ottawa formally apologize to the former residential school students?
16 The term "Aboriginal peoples" refers to which three distinct groups?
17 The term "Indian" refers to which group of Aboriginal people?
18 What term has been used since the 1970s for Indigenous groups in Canada that are not Inuit nor Métis?
19 When did the term "First Nations" come into use?
20 Where do First Nations people live today?
21 What does the term "Inuit" mean in the Inuktitut language?
22 What does the word “Inuit” mean?
23 Where do the Inuit people live in Canada today?
24 Where do the majority of Métis people in Canada live?
25 Which Aboriginal group comes from both French- and English-speaking backgrounds?
26 Métis people speak their own dialect, known as:
27 About what percentage of Aboriginal people are First Nations?
28 Today, how many Francophones are there in Canada?
29 Who are called Francophones?
30 What are Canada's two official languages?
31 What languages must the federal government in Canada provide services in?
32 Today, how many Anglophones are there in Canada?
33 Who are referred to as Anglophones?
34 Where do the majority of Francophones in Canada live?
35 Which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?
36 Who are the Acadians?
37 When did the French colonists, known as Acadians, begin settling in what are now the Maritime provinces?
38 From 1755 to 1763, who were deported from their homeland during the war between Britain and France?
39 What was the "Great Upheaval"?
40 Who are Quebecers?
41 Quebecers are descendants of:
42 When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?
43 The Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of how many years?
44 What are newcomers to Canada expected to embrace?
45 Since the 1800s, the majority of Canadians were born in:
46 Who was a popular Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940?
47 John Buchan was titled:
48 Who said that immigrant groups “should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character”?
49 Who established the basic way of life in English-speaking areas?
50 Canada is often referred to as:
51 Which of the following is one of the largest ethnic groups in Canada?
52 Since the 1970s, most immigrants to Canada have come from:
53 What is the second most-spoken language at home in Vancouver and Toronto?
54 What percentage of the population in Vancouver speaks Chinese languages at home?
55 Which is the largest religious affiliation in Canada?
56 What about the rights that gay and lesbian Canadians have in Canada?
57 Who are the Métis?
58 What percentage of Aboriginal people are Métis?
59 What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit?
60 Who are referred to as "English Canadians"?
61 How do the majority of Canadians identify?
62 Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?
63 When did the ancestors of Marjorie Turner-Bailey flee to Canada?