WorksheetsNative Territory
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
What percentage of the world's population is considered to be indigenous?
> 1 %
5 %
15%
20%
According to the Canadian constitution, what are the three types of indigenous groups in Canada? Check all that apply.
Indian
First Nation
Metis
Inuit
Where did Canada get its name? Check all that apply.
From the word Kanata
From the British
From European settlers
From the St. Lawrence Iroquois
When was the United Nations created? Check all that apply.
1945
1876
After World War II
1999
What are the 3 purposes of the United Nations. Check all that apply.
Maintain Peace and Security
Develop Friendly Relationships
Find Peaceful Solutions
Declare War
According to the UN, what are the 3 criteria to be considered indigenous?
Be considered indigenous by your country's government
Live in a territory before foreign settlers
Preserve a distinct culture (languages, way of life, religion)
Suffer domination or discrimination by others
Define Indigenous
Indian
A people living in a territory before the arrival of foreign settlers
European explorers who arrived in the "new world"
People of mixed ancestry (European and First Nation)
Which document states that, Indigenous peoples have the right to define for themselves who belongs to their group?
The Canadian Constitution
The Indian Act
The Treaty of Peace and Reconciliation
The Martinez Cobo Report
Who are the Inuit?
The people of the far north
First Nations
Indians
People of mixed ancestry (European and First Nation)
Who are the Metis
The people of the far north
Indians
First Nations
People of mixed ancestry (European and First Nations)
Define First Nations. Check all that apply.
People of mixed ancestry
A 1970 word, meant to replace the word Indian
Indigenous peoples of Canada
Metis and Inuit
What is Native territory? Check all that apply.
A reserve
All the territory of Canada
An area inhabited by indigenous peoples
Nunavut
How did Indigenous peoples originally use the territory they inhabited?
They built fortifications
They were nomadic hunters and gathers
They set up trading posts
They owned it
What document allowed the Canadian government the right to control all aspects of Indigenous peoples' lives?
The Martinez Cobo Report
The Canadian Constitution
The Indian Act 1876
The Treaty of Peace and Reconciliation
Define reserve
Land owned by the federal government but set aside for the exclusive use of First Nation communities
Land that is not allowed to be developed
Nunavut
Land within the Arctic Circle
What percentage of First Nations peoples live on reserves in Canada?
5%
40%
54%
100%
What issues effect native territory today? Check all that apply.
Development of natural resources
Migration to cities
Environmental disasters
Mass tourism
