Understandings of Nation
Canadian people consider things like hockey, manners, and multiculturalism as part of our identity. These aspects all fit into this understanding of nation:
What is culture?
The King who was responsible for the events of the French Revolution:
Who is Louis XVI?
As conditions worsened in France in the years before the revolution, the people in the Third Estate began to develop a________ regarding their unfair situation in the country:
What is collective consciousness?
The first prime minister of Canada who played a large role in completing the national railway:
Who is John A. Macdonald?
Canada's national shame, a campaign which spanned centuries intended to "Kill the Indian in the Child":
What are residential schools?
The "Great White North" is a term that is often used to describe Canada. This term is considered to be a _______ understanding of nation.
What is geographical/geography?
The seemingly common place where the most significant Oath of the French Revolution took place:
What is a tennis court?
Circumstances which force people OUT of a place for various reasons are called:
What are push factors?
This major event in World War 1 played a massive role in developing a Canadian identity of "us"
What is Vimy Ridge?
Though the last residential school closed in _____, the legacy of the schools lives on through cycles of abuse, neglect of Indigenous peoples' sovereignty and, more positively, programs like the Truth and Reconciliation Committee:
What is 1996?
Quebec and its French speaking majority are united in this understanding of nation:
What is language?
The document known as one of the first examples of a nation's constitution, it would become an example for many other nations to follow in the future:
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Myths like the railway and settling the West historically gave the people of Canada a _________ to unite under
What is a national identity?
This disagreement in central Canada played a big role in the formation of labor unions we know today:
What is the Winnipeg General Strike?
In the first report of the TRC, there was a prescriptive document which outlined steps the government and other leaders could take on the path to reconciliation called:
What are the 94 Calls to Action?
Indigenous groups around the world consider this to be the most important understanding of nation:
What is relationship to land?
This major event is considered symbolic of the overthrowing of France's monarcy, which gave way to the republic
What is the storming of the bastille?
Stories like the Inuit reclamation and the Oka crisis ar examples of ___________ in Canada:
What are contending loyalties?
Beginning in the 1960s, this somewhat violent event played a big role in the development of Quebec's regional identity:
What is the Quiet Revolution?
As seen in "Canada: The Story of Us", this man played an integral role in the Red River Rebellion in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, cementing his status as one of the greatest Metis figures in history:
Who is Louis Riel?
The contending loyalties in Ireland/Northern Ireland both had a distinct understanding of this type of nation:
What is religion?
After the revolution had won, King Louis XVI's execution marked the beginning of this brutal period in France's history:
What is the Reign of Terror?
Modern Canada is well known for this welcoming aspect which attracts newcomers from around the world:
What is cultural pluralism?
This piece of legislation was signed in 1977 which prioritized French language and culture in Quebec:
What is Bill 101?
In 1991, in response to the Oka Crisis, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney issued this decree regarding the future of Indigenous peoples in Canada:
What is the Royal Commission on Aboriginal* Peoples?