Key Definitions
Residential Schools
Cultural Elements
Japan Now and Then
300
Cultural diffusion

What is the spread of cultural beliefs and social acts?

300

The result of a specific group of people being deemed inferior.

What is racial discrimination?

300

Name at least three cultural elements.

What are technology, beliefs & values, government, economy, environment, expressions of culture, or history?

300

This person was the first Canadian to visit Japan when it was still self-isolated.

Who was Ranald MacDonald?

600
The act of a major culture taking over that of a minor culture, resulting in the minor culture being lost and immersed into the major culture.

What is assimilation?

600

These two groups were the main creators of residential schools.

What were the Federal Government and the Catholic Church?

600

Name two expressions of culture related to Canada.

Example: What are poutine and maple syrup?

600

These two countries were the only countries in which Japan traded to a certain extent when it isolated itself from the rest of the world.

Who were the Dutch and the Chinese?

900
The process of passing cultural traits from one culture to another; the adoption of cultural aspects to form new cultures.

What is acculturation?

900
The children of these groups of people were subjected to assimilation and were forced to attend the residential schools.

Who were the First Nations, the Métis, the Inuit, as well as other indigenous groups?

900

Name three types of beliefs & values.

Example: What are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism?

900

True or False. If false, give the true answer. The act of how Western culture and customs were integrated into mainstream Japanese culture is called assimilation.

False. This is called acculturation.

1200

Common cultural elements

What are the similarities shared by all cultures?

1200

This cultural expression of Inuit was banned by the Catholic Church.

What are tattoos?

1200
Give any four examples of any cultural elements.

Example: What are pizza, sushi, alliances and urban?

1200

This American naval officer launched an expedition into Japan, opening its borders for the first time in over 200 years.

Who was Matthew Perry?

1500
The foods people eat, clothing they wear, values & beliefs, language, recreation, etc..

What is way of life?

1500

These two people gave formal and notable apologies to the the indigenous groups about what happened in the past.

Who are Pope Francis and Prime Minister Stephen Harper?

1500

Name five cultural elements relevant to Japan, and identify which cultural element.

Example: What are sushi (expression), ramen (expression), Mt Fuji (environment), the Japanese Empire (history), and Buddhism (beliefs & values).

1500

This event and/or era in Japanese history involved the re-establishment of relations with the West, as well as the rapid Westernization and modernization of the country.

What was the Meiji Restoration?

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