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WorksheetsThe Charter of Rights & Freedoms: Collective Rights
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Canadian government's commitment to collective rights is best demonstrated by which of the following documents?
YCJA
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Indian Act
Numbered Treaties Act
All of the following groups have affirmed collective rights recognized in Canada except:
Disabled Individuals
Inuit
Metis
Quebec Anglophones
Which of the following were attempts at assimilation by the Canadian government?
BNA Act
Indian Act
Numbered Treaties
Residential School system
When people believe their culture to be superior to the foreign ones they are introduced to
assimilation
ethnocentrism
multiculturalism
sovereignty
To have full control of all the land in a nation's territory
assimilation
ethnocentrism
multiculturalism
sovereignty
In 1970, the leader of the Indian Ass. of Alberta introduced this term, that identifies both the same rights First Nations have as Canadians plus collective rights?
citizens extra
citizens plus
citizens premium
special citizens
What language is spoken by the Inuit?
Cree
English
Inuitish
Inuktituk
Which section of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms considered the Metis as Aboriginal Peoples?
15
23
35
41
The Numbered Treaties denied First Nations peoples these inherent rights?
democratic rights
equality rights
legal rights
mobility rights
Many First Nations would prefer to have full _________________ on their reserves to make their own decisions.
autonomy
citizenship
multiculturalism
power
How many Numbered Treaties are there in Canada?
7
9
11
13
There are three different Numbered Treaties in Alberta. Which ones are they?
4, 5 & 6
6, 7 & 8
8, 9 & 10
9, 10 & 11
What language do most Alberta Metis speak?
English
French
Metis
Spanish
What was promised to the Metis through scrip in 1870?
Land around the Red River region
Annual payments from the federal govt.
The right to be considered a First Nation
Protection for the French language in Canada
Which events occurred to the Metis during the 19th century?
Red River Resistance
Patriation of BNA Act
Establishment of permanent settlements in Alberta
NW Rebellion
What did Metis want from the Manitoba Act?
More English speaking government
Protection of land and French culture
To move east and establish farms
To build a railway to British Columbia
