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Final Exam Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Culture?

a)

The food, fashion, and language of a people

b)

A way of life or a way of being that is shared by a group of people

c)

A way of life that does not unite common beliefs

d)

None of the above

2.

What is Ethnocentrism?

a)

Believing in other Gods

b)

Believing ones own ethnic group is better than another.

c)

Believing other cultures are better than yours

d)

None of the above

3.

What is a pluralistic society?

a)

A society where people are plural

b)

A society where people value all cultures

c)

A society where people look for new technologies

d)

None of the above

4.

The tradition of stories and legends being handed down from Elder to child established:

a)

an oral culture

b)

a written history

c)

a need for legends

d)

a story culture

5.

What type of decision making did most Aboriginal societies use?

a)

Democratic government

b)

Decision making by majority rule

c)

Decision making by consensus

d)

Decision making by the elders

6.

What is Colonization?

a)

when cities take control of other cities

b)

the process of claiming and controlling new lands and territories for one’s homeland.

c)

both of the above

d)

none of the above

7.

The main reason for European exploration was to:

a)

Convert the native population to Christianity.

b)

Locate places to settle new people

c)

Find an alternate route to Asia, instead of the silk road

d)

Find a supply of fish and furs for Europe.

8.

The contact between Europeans and First Nations people lead to positive trade relations. The best example of this would be:

a)

the coureurs de bois developing relations with First Nations people for the French fur trade

b)

the competition between the Hudson’s Bay Company and the French fur trade

c)

the French and English becoming trade partners

d)

the development of colonies

9.

European contact with Beothuk impacted their society the most in what way?

a)

Trade was established

b)

The British hunted the Beothuk

c)

The Beothuk stole British supplies.

d)

Beothuk culture was wiped out by violence and disease

10.

What event began the fur trade?

a)

The discovery of North America

b)

The desire to trade

c)

The cod fishery

d)

none of the above

11.

Who were the coureurs de bois?

a)

A person in the French army

b)

A person in the British army

c)

A fur trader who went into the woods to find fur and trade fur with the First Nations people

d)

A fur trader who went into the woods to find fur and trade fur with the French

12.

Who were the voyageurs?

a)

Runners of the woods

b)

Explorers who went looking for new land to set up trading posts

c)

Men to make canoe trips between New France's settlements along the St. Lawrence and other trading forts.

d)

None of the above

13.

The Hudson’s Bay Company had a monopoly in the fur trade that lasted until 1870. The best definition of a monopoly is:

a)

When a company has no competition and has exclusive rights to trade in a certain area.

b)

When there is more than one company trading a product and competing for the right to trade in a particular area.

c)

When the King of a country grants permission for a company to trade with the local people of a particular area.

d)

When a company tries to compete with a larger company for customers.

14.

The following are all reasons that the Acadians were deported in 1755 from Acadia. Which was the most significant reason for the deportation?

a)

The British wanted to populate the area.

b)

The French did not find it necessary to secure the area.

c)

The Acadians would not swear an oath to the British.

d)

None of the above

15.

The control of New France was essential for Britain’s victory in the Seven Years War. In order to completely take over North America, they used a three pronged attack. In what order did they take over these places?

a)

Quebec first, then Acadia

b)

Acadia first, then Quebec

c)

Louisbourg, Ohio Valley, Quebec/Montreal

d)

Louisbourg first, then Quebec, Ohio Valley

16.

The success of the “Battle on the Plains of Abraham” depended upon:

a)

the element of surprise for British troops to control the Plains

b)

Montcalm’s decision to leave the fortress of Quebec and face the enemy on the battlefield

c)

Wolfe’s military strategies and tactics on the battlefield

d)

all of the above

17.

Under the Treaty of Paris (1763) which areas did the British win?

a)

The British only controlled the region Hudson’s Bay Company.

b)

Any areas that were previously owned by the French, except St. Pierre and Miquelon

c)

All of North America

d)

The British controlled only the 13 colonies

18.

What did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 say Britain was going to do with the Canadiens?

a)

deport French Canadians from the area

b)

allow French Canadians to continue using their own language and religion

c)

treat French Canadians with great harshness

d)

allow French Canadians to continue using their own language and religion assimilate French Canadiens in the colony

19.

The Quebec Act of 1774 recognized that the:

a)

Canadiens were not going to be assimilated easily

b)

French language needed to be allowed

c)

Catholic Church was important to the Canadiens

d)

All of the above

20.

When many Loyalists came to Nova Scotia and complained that they had endured cruelty and hardships that the Nova Scotia colonists had not suffered, the British government

a)

ignored their complaints

b)

sent ships to bring them back to Britain

c)

gave them free farmland in Upper Canada

d)

divided Nova Scotia in two parts, Cape Breton Island and New Brunswick

21.

What is the Great Migration?

a)

A period in history where waves of people began leaving Europe in search of better lives.

b)

A period in history where the Canadiens migrated to Nova Scotia

c)

A period in history where the Loyalists migrated to British colonies

d)

None of the above

22.

Which reason was the main cause of the 1837 Rebellion that was common in both Upper and Lower Canada?

a)

Assimilation of minority groups

b)

Special privileges for the powerful

c)

Lack of responsible government

d)

Reserves of land for the Anglican Church

23.

What was the result of the Durham Report?

a)

Nothing

b)

The Quebec Act

c)

The Act of Union

d)

The British North America Act

24.

“Political deadlock” is a term used to describe

a)

when legislation cannot be passed in the Legislative Assembly

b)

when a federal election is extremely close

c)

when political parties work together

d)

when political parties disagree strongly with one another

25.

As a result of the British North America Act (BNA Act), Canada became a country with powers and responsibilities shared between the federal and provincial governments. What system of government does this define?

a)

Communism

b)

Federalism

c)

Democracy (Limited)

d)

Monarchy (Limited)

26.

Canada officially became a county on

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 1, 1876

c)

July 1, 1867

d)

July 4, 1867

27.

The four provinces that made up Canada at the time of Confederation were

a)

Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland

b)

Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island

c)

Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland

d)

Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

28.

Giving a seat, or position, in the federal government based on the number of voters living in a certain area, is best described as

a)

Representative Government

b)

Representation by Population

c)

Responsible Government

d)

Reprehensible Government