Language
Immigration
Voting
Aborginals\First Nations
Mystery
100
What are Canada's 2 languages?
English and French
100
What does Immigration mean?
Coming to live in another place.
100
Who were the people that weren't allowed to vote?
Women, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Asian, Aboriginals.
100
Who were the aboriginals?
The people who first inherited the land.
100
When was Confederation created?
1867
200
What does the word bilingual\bilingualism mean?
Speaking 2 languages.
200
Why did Canada encourage immigration?
To populate the land and to maintain its population. Also the more people the more people to pay taxes.
200
What first 3 provinces gave women the right to vote?
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
200
What are some things First Nations don't have complete access to? Name 2.
Jobs, Education, Culture, Languages.
200
Why was CBC made?
To foster national spirit, interpret national citizenship and Canadians watched American tv shows so they wanted Canadian shows.
300
What does the word francophone mean?
A person's whose first language is French.
300
What is the point system?
How we evaluate applicant's education, work experience etc to come emigrate to Canada.
300
When did ALL of Canada allow women to vote?
1918
300
When were First Nations allowed to vote?
1960
300
What does urbanization mean?
The increase of people living in urban areas instead of rural.
400
What does the word anglophone mean?
A person's whose first language is English.
400
When did Canada switch to the point system? (*Hint: It was around a certain war*)
World War 2
400
What influenced the government to allow women to vote?
A play created by women that reversed the roles of men and women.
400
As the First Nations population grows what else does?
Their political influence.
400
Why are there Francophone schools?
Since Canada is a bilingual country we have schools that teach in both our official languages. English and French.
500
When was The Official Languages Act passed?
1969
500
Why did Canada switch to the point system?
Canada realized how poorly people were treated around World War 2 and also realized they were being racially discriminating immigrants.
500
When were Chinese, South Asian and Japanese canadians given the right to vote?
1947-1948
500
What did the First Nations want added in The Official Languages Act?
To have a 3 way partnership and change The Official Languages Act so that their languages received constitutional protection.
500
How did technology play a part in urbanization?
Factories were built so workers moved closer to the factories in those urban area's and the workers families needed schools, hospitals etc which created more jobs.
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