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Why did people choose Canada as home
Polish, Irish, Jamaican, and Mennonite Immigrants
Interactions Among Communities & Residential Schools
Responding to Conflict
Miscellaneous
100
Why did people come to Canada? Name 4 reasons
- Freedom and safety - Opportunities - No wars - Jobs
100
What is the Jamaican celebration called that is held in Toronto in August?
Caribbana
100
What languages did the students have to speak at Residential schools?
English and French
100
What was the name of the guy who created the Dawn Settlement and why did he create it?
Josiah Henson To offer a new day and a fresh start to Black people
100
What is my full name and what does my last name mean in Greek? :)
Demitria Julia Neofotistos New Light
200
What are the benefits and challenges of settling in a community made up of people of the same cultural background?
Many answers.
200
Why did families want their children to attend private school?
To be with kids of their own culture
200
How have interactions among communities changed over time?
Many answers
200
Why did the Europeans resent the Chinese immigrants? What city was this happening in?
They took their jobs ; Vancouver
200
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
Sir John A. Macdonald
300
Canadas natural resources provided many jobs for people. What were the 4 main job categories they found work in?
1) Mining 2) Forestry 3) Fishing 4) Agriculture
300
What group of immigrants had about 13 children per family?
Mennonite immigrants
300
Why did the federal government want Indigenous children to assimilate?
They wanted to teach them the european ways.
300
Tell me 5 things about the Komogata Maru
- It was a ship that carried 376 passengers from India - It was not permitted to stop along its journey - People had little food or water - Only 20 passengers entered Canada - Everyone else returned to India
300
What was the significance of potatoes to the Irish people. List 3 reasons.
- they were a large part of their diets - a disease infested the potatoes and they went hungry - they had no crops to sell so they were unable to pay their rent - many people starved to death - this caused many Irish people to immigrate to Canada.
400
Define these terms: 1) Refugees 2) Abolitionist 3) Boomtown
Refugee - People escaping to another country Abolitionist - Someone who works to end a practice such as slavery Boomtown - A community that grows quickly and suddenly
400
Define these terms: 1) Peddler 2) Assimilate 3) Anti - Semitism
Peddler - salesperson who travels from place to place selling goods Assimilate - To live like the europeans Anti- Semitism: a prejudice against, or hatred of, Jewish people
400
What were residential schools like?
- overcrowded - poor living conditions - poor sanitation - poor healthcare
400
Tell me about the Cristie Pits Riots. 5 things
- happened at a baseball game - group of men displayed the Swastika symbol - jewish and italian men went to destroy the symbol - people ran home to tell their neighbours and families - more than 10 000 people were involved
400
Name 4 regions in Canada
- the cordillera - the interior plains - the arctic - the great lakes/st.lawrence lowlands
500
Compare the reasons for immigration from 1800 to 1900 with the reasons for immigrating from 1900 to today.
1800-1900: Fleeing war, safety, freedom, job opportunities, etc. 1900-now: To be with their families, safety, good land, lots of space in the country, good government, no wars, one step closer to Selena Gomez (this ones for Varak lol) :)
500
Compare the lives of the Polish immigrants to the lives of the Jamaicans.
Refer to book.
500
DAILY DOUBLE***** How did the children feel when returning to their homes after being in residential schools? List 4 reasons.
- felt like strangers - they did not learn their traditional ways - they forgot their own language - much of their identity had been taken away from them
500
Tell me about Internment Camps. 5 points
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500
Keep a straight face while the rest of the class tries to make you laugh for 1 minute. You have 2 attempts. Good Luck :)
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