Schools
What country was most notoriously known for residential schools?
A. Brazil
B. Iceland
C. Japan
D. Canada
What were some long term impacts that residential schools had on Indigenous survivors?
A. Survivors got to return to their lands forever
B. Generational trauma never left survivors and their families
C. All children that were lost had proper funerals and had their names registered
D. Survivors were provided financial sustainability for them and their families forever
What are some strategies how Indigenous people resisted to colonial policies?
A. Collaborating with colonial authorities to improve educational opportunities
B. Sending their children willingly to residential schools to learn European ways
C. Engaging in legal battles to challenge the legality of residential schools
D. Establishing underground schools to teach Indigenous culture and language
What was the main purpose of residential schools?
A. To welcome Native Americans to their new country
B. To eliminate Indigenous culture
C. To provide housing and proper education to Indigenous children
D. To allow Indigenous parents to have a break from their children
Which one of the following is not a way that residential schools took away Indigenous culture?
A. Cutting the students’ hair.
B. Forbidding them to speak their language.
C. Not allowing any form of practice of their own religion.
D. Forcing students to learn normal subjects (i.e. English, History, Mathematics)
What are some examples of how Indigenous people fought against residential schools?
A. By obeying to the residential schools strict rules
B. By having press conferences and protests to close down all residential schools
C. By running away, committing arson, and stealing
D. By practicing their culture anyway
How many residential schools were opened in Canada between the 19th and 20th century?
A. 78
B. Over 160
C. 132
D. Less than 100
How did the suppression of Indigenous languages in residential schools affect the transmission of cultural knowledge from one generation to the next?
A. Facilitated the preservation of Indigenous languages through written documentation
B. Troubled the transmission of cultural knowledge as language was discouraged in boarding schools
C. Encouraged the development of new Indigenous languages that were easier to teach within the residential school system
D. Had no significant impact on the loss of language
How did Indigenous communities resist the forced enrollment of their children in boarding schools?
A. By refusing to cooperate with government agents enforcing enrollment policies
B. By actively recruiting children from other communities to join resistance movements
C. By petitioning colonial authorities to improve conditions within residential schools
C. By encouraging children to voluntarily attend residential schools to learn about Euro-Canadian culture