Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Collective Rights
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Rights
Historical Legislation
Key Terms
100

In what year was the Charter of Rights and Freedoms enacted?

(1982)

100

Which group in Canada holds collective rights alongside First Nations and Inuit?

(What are Métis?)

100

What is the term for land set aside for the use of a First Nations community?

(What is a reserve?)

100

What law aimed to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Canadian society?

(What is the Indian Act?)

100

What term describes the authority to govern oneself or another entity?

(What is sovereignty?)

200

What is the freedom to express opinions without interference called?  

(e.g., freedom of expression)

200

What is the purpose of collective rights in Canada?

(What is to recognize and affirm the unique identity and contributions of certain groups?)

200

What piece of legislation defines the rights and obligations of Indigenous peoples in Canada?

(What is the Indian Act?)

200

What law protects the French language in Canada?

(What is the Official Languages Act?)

200

What term means to validate or support rights

(What is affirm?)

300

Which section of the Charter outlines democratic rights?

(What is Section 3?)

300

Which section of the Constitution Act recognizes the rights of Indigenous peoples?

(What is Section 35?)

300

What is the term for rights that Indigenous peoples have because of their historical use of the land?

(What are inherent rights?)

300

What agreements were made between First Nations and the Crown to secure land for settlers?

(What are the Numbered Treaties?)

300

What is the belief that one’s culture is superior to others?

(What is ethnocentrism?)

400

What right allows Canadians to live and work anywhere in the country?

(What is mobility rights?)

400

What is the name of an agreement that granted collective rights to First Nations in the Prairie provinces?

(What is Treaty 6?)

400

What is a land or money voucher issued to Métis called?

(What is scrip?)

400

What legislation officially entrenched Indigenous rights in Canada?

(What is the Constitution Act?)

400

What term means to bring control of a document, like the Constitution, back to a country?

(What is patriate?)

500

What clause allows provinces to pass laws overriding certain Charter rights?

(What is the notwithstanding clause?)

500

What protects French-speaking communities in English-majority provinces?

(What are language rights?)

500

What event in 1982 brought Canada’s Constitution under full Canadian control and recognized Indigenous rights?

(What is the patriation of the Constitution?)

500

What system caused cultural loss and trauma in Indigenous communities?

(What are Residential Schools?)

500

What is the term for making rights legally protected within the Constitution?

(What is entrenching?)