Key Terms
The definition of Anishnaabe
Ojibwe term meaning "the land and the people"
First nations belong to the larger group known as?
Aboriginals
What is the most important treaty right and what does it include?
The right to self-government, includes control over areas such as health, education, housing, and economic development (deciding how to earn money)
What two countries were the European founders of Canada?
England and France
What is a visible minority?
Any person of colour
Definition of residential schools
Schools run by the Canadian government in partnership with Christian churches, starting in the late 1800s, whose aim was to assimilate Aboriginal students into mainstream society
"First Nations" refers to the original inhabitants of the Americas; it does not include?
The Inuit and Metis peoples
When reservations were made, the federal government thought they were honouring the treaty agreement to?
Share the land
Where did France establish settlements in?
Acadia (now New brunswick and Nova Scotia) and Quebec
When did Canada create the points system?
1976
Definition of Assimilation
The process of absorbing one cultural group into another so that the characteristics of the absorbed group are suppressed
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
An alliance of 5 tribes who met periodically for trade and government issues
Why were Aboriginals excluded from decision-making?
They were seen as "lesser people"
Refugees from the American Revolutionary War were known as?
United Empire Loyalists
How does the points system work?
The system awards applicants points for knowing English or French, for level of education, and for job skills.
Definition of Official Languages Act
The federal law that made English and French Canada's two official languages and made the federal public service and judicial systems bilingual
Which section of the Constitution Act defines the term Aboriginal?
Section 35
The residential schools were created and ran by whom?
Created by the federal government and ran by churches.
Why did the United Empire Loyalists get their name?
They were called this because they were loyal to the British crown and wanted the empire to stay united
What was the purpose of the colour-blind policy?
To eliminate race from the situation, instead focusing on what the person can do for Canada, rather than what they look like or where they're from
Definition of United Empire Loyalists
the approximately 40,000 English Speaking people who immigrated to what is now Canada because they were "loyal" to the British Empire during the American Revolution (1775-1783)
How were the arguments between different tribes solved?
Through playing the original version of lacrosse
What was the federal government's purpose of creating residential schools?
To assimilate the Aboriginal children into mainstream Canadian culture
What were the three special rights granted to the people in Quebec?
Language rights, religious rights and legal rights
Identify 3 ways that Canada limited immigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-only 400 Japanese a year were allowed until 1920
-Chinese immigrants faced a “head tax” of $50 a person in 1885, an amount that had increased to $500 per person in 1904
-East Indian immigrants were required to arrive on ships that followed a “continuous” or direct route to Canada, though no shipping companies followed such routes
-Full citizenship was not granted to certain ethnic groups, keeping them from voting and certain professions