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INST-1111 Opening Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the course instructor for this class?

a)

Dr. Travis Haye

b)

Dr. Travis Hays

c)

Dr. Travis Hayes

d)

Dr. Travis Hay

2.

What is the course code for this class?

a)

INST-1100

b)

INST-1101

c)

INST-1111

d)

INDI-1111

3.

This is the citational style the professor want us to use.

a)

Chicago

b)

Harvard

c)

APA

d)

MLA

4.

We are currently sitting on the lands of...

a)

Treaty No. 6

b)

Treaty No. 7

c)

Treaty No. 8

d)

The Treaty of Western Canada

5.

What room are we in?

a)

EA2610

b)

AE1026

c)

EA1026

d)

EA6201

6.

What are the Three G's of Classical Colonialism?

a)

Goodness, Graciousness, and Galantry

b)

God, Glory, and Gold

c)

Goals, Gains, and Gifts

d)

Geography, Governance, and Global Power

7.

Who brought the technology of irrigation and communal water management to Europe?

a)

The Chinese

b)

The Moors

c)

The Maori

d)

The Kurds

8.

The Chinese Han Dynasty invented the compass in 206BC, but it took Europeans until about 1190AD to catch up.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who described their policy as "refusing food until the Indians are on the verge of starvation"?

a)

Sir John A Macdonald

b)

Sir Francis Bacon

c)

Sir Wilfrid Laurier

d)

Duncan Campbell Scott

10.

What Canadian statesman said it was their goal to 'get rid of the Indian problem'?

a)

SJAM

b)

Sir Francis Bacon

c)

Sir Wilfrid Laurier

d)

Duncan Campbell Scott

11.

The Indian Act came into legislative force in the year

a)

1786

b)

1867

c)

1876

d)

1678

12.

This code was used to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden in the US Military Machine.

a)

Sitting Bull is Down

b)

Custer Got his Revenge

c)

Black Hawk Down

d)

Geronimo!

13.

This was the name of the mounted police force discussed in the Australia week.

a)

Royal Australian Mounted Police

b)

The Queensland Mounted Constibulary

c)

Native Mounted Police

d)

The Native Police of Australia

14.

Most 'prisoners' shipped to Australia from England were violent criminals seen as too volatile for European society.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Indigenous peoples of Australia include Australian Aboriginals as well as Torres Strait Islanders.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

This is the term used to describe Indigenous kids taken from their families in Australia from 1920 to 1970

a)

The Broken Generation

b)

The Lost Kids

c)

The 60s Scoop

d)

The Stolen Generation

17.

Before the French and British colonial projects began, this European people had a presence in South Africa

a)

Portuguese

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Spanish

18.

The policy of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa, known as (a)   , was enforced by the government from 1948 to the early 1990s.

19.

As a young man, Nelson Mandela was a radical and revolutionary who supported violent resistance (e.g., the bombing of public buildings) to resist Apartheid.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Apartheid began in this year.

(a)  

21.

The Balfour Declaration, which led to British Mandated Palestine, was issued in this year.

(a)  

22.

The founding of the State of Israel (as well as Al Nakba) began in this year:

(a)  

23.

This term, loosely translated to 'shaking off' or 'uprising', is used to refer to Palestinian uprisings against Israeli encroachment.

a)

Shukran

b)

Intifada

c)

Jameela

d)

Najma

24.

This is the term that refers to an episode of mob violence against Jewish peoples in Europe

a)

Pogrom

b)

Still Nacht

c)

Balrog

d)

Chutzpah

25.

The Palestinian scholar (and author of 'Orientalism') I focused on in our week on Palestine was:

a)

Rashid Khalidi

b)

Omar Khayyam

c)

Edward Said

d)

As'ad AbuKhalil

26.

This explorer is credited with 'discovering New Zealand.'

a)

Miguel de Torres

b)

Abel Tasman

c)

Roberty Fitzroy

d)

James Cook

27.

This is the Maori word that means 'non-Maori.'

a)

Watangi

b)

Nudongo

c)

Pakeha

d)

Te Moko

28.

This is the traditional Maori greeting wherein the noses touch:

a)

Tipurah

b)

Te Moko

c)

Haka

d)

Hongi

29.

This is the name of the national rugby team in Aotearoa/New Zealand

a)

The All-Blacks

b)

MMM (Massive Maori Men)

c)

The Hakamen

d)

The Honorary Whites

30.

What famous European explorer (who could not swim) was killed in Hawai'i on Valentines Day, 1779?

a)

Captain Robert Fitzroy

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Captain James Cook

d)

Sir Richard Franklin

31.

The potato is native to Ireland

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The course instructor is a big fan of St Paddy's Day, as it helps share Irish culture worldwide.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Because of the colonial political of English rule, Ireland stayed neutral during WWII

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The CIA plan to topple democratically elected governments during the Cold War and prop up brutal fascist dictatorships was called...

a)

The MacArthur Plan

b)

Operation Condor

c)

Operation Eagle

d)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

35.

If I got to add another locale to this class, it would probably be...

a)

Japan

b)

Hawai'i

c)

Tasmania

d)

The Phillipines

36.

The professor is unduly obsessed with the Oxford or serial comma and demands that we use it in our writing. He will also be a stickler for it on final papers.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

If someone claims to be Cherokee, we can simply do a DNA test to find out if they really are Cherokee.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

This 1998 film about Native American life was a massive watershed moment in the history of Indigenous representation in Hollywood.

(a)  

39.

This Mohawk actress and star of Letterkenny directed and produced the film SEEDS.

a)

Waneek Horn-Miller

b)

Kaniehtiio Horn

c)

Lily Gladstone

d)

RoseAnne Archibald

40.

Who gave up their Oscar in 1973 and had Sacheen Littlefeather criticize the Academy instead of thanking them for the award?

a)

Clint Eastwood

b)

John Wayne

c)

Marlon Brando

d)

John Ford