WorksheetsSOC204: Quiz 1
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 30mins
_________ refers to the first inhabitants of Canada. Was taken from the Australian word "aborigines". Includes First Nations, Inuit, and Metis.
Aboriginal
Indian
Indigenous
Native
_________ is a term used to encompass a variety of groups. Most frequently used in international contexts.
Aboriginal
Indian
Indigenous
Native
_________ refers to the legal identity of a First Nations person who is registered under the Indian Act.
Aboriginal
Indian
Indigenous
Native
_________ a term used to describe a person/thing that has originated from a specific place.
Aboriginal
Indian
Indigenous
Native
True or false:
Commercial partnerships and military alliances were established between Indigenous and European settlers between 1530s and early 1800s.
True
False
When did Indigenous peoples of Canada begin to collectively mobilize and assert their rights after decades of mistreatment?
1530s
1800s
1920s
1960s
True or False:
The initial period of contact between Indigenous and settlers was one of mutual respect.
True
False
Select the motives Europeans had for being in Canada:
Exploration
Fishing
Fur trade
Converting Indigenous to Christianity
Escape monarchy
The Seven Years War (1756-1763):
True or False --> It was the final Indigenous-European conflict in North America
True
False
The Seven Years War (1756-1763):
_______ had ceded its colonial European power throughout much of North America
Britain
France
Spain
What became the first public recognition of First Nations rights to land and titles?
The 1867 British North American Act
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Indian Act of 1876
The 17th century Doctrine of Discovery
What was the international law that gave license to explorers to claim vacant land in the name of their sovereign?
The 1867 British North American Act
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Indian Act of 1876
The 17th century Doctrine of Discovery
What was the legal framework for Canadian nationhood?
The 1867 British North American Act
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Indian Act of 1876
The 17th century Doctrine of Discovery
Through which document did the Canadian government assume control of Indigenous people's governments, economy, religion, land, education, and personal lives?
The 1867 British North American Act
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Indian Act of 1876
The 17th century Doctrine of Discovery
When was there a change in the relationship between settlers and Indigenous?
1800s
1500s
2000s
1900s
________ is the process where a central system of power dominates the people, the surrounding land, and its components.
Colonization
Assimilation
________ is the process by which members of a minority group adopt the culture of a majority group and become absorbed into it.
Colonization
Assimilation
Select all that were aspects of the Indian Act of 1876:
Indigenous peoples were not allowed to own reserve land as individuals
Prohibited Indigenous folks from participating in sacred ceremonies
The Band system was nullified as it "undermined" traditional governments
Governments could lease/dispose of reserve lands without Indigenous authorization
What is the social and cultural principles around which people and things are structured, ordered, and categorized?
Social organization
Cultural rule
Select all that apply:
Historically, Indigenous economies depended on...
geographical availability
seasonal patterns
European technology
Indigenous governance was usually _________, with local units coming together or sending representatives to councils of a nation or confederacy.
decentralized
a monarchy
True or False:
Indigenous people hold the belief that human beings were placed on the earth at creation and given special responsibilities to serve as stewards of the natural world.
True
False
Society...
refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture
consists of collective thoughts and shared expectations that influence individual actions
Social facts...
refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture
consists of collective thoughts and shared expectations that influence individual actions
_________ is any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern, which can be performed again in the future in the same manner.
Habitualization
Colonization
Assimilation
_______ trauma refers to injury inflicted not on an individual directly but on the tissues of community life. It is the destruction of social infrastructure and the ensuing negative mental health outcomes.
Collective
Cultural
_______ trauma is the imposition of historical and ongoing attacks by a dominant group on the culture of a group of people sharing a collective identity.
Collective
Cultural
Select all that apply:
Cultural trauma is predicted by the following...
Exclusion from access to privilege, status, and power while attaching oneself to an identity whose history is rooted in trauma narratives
Isolation in varying degrees, manifest in occupational, educational, and other segregations
Involves rejection situationally through statues expectations about competency and performance, and stigmatization that severely reduces economic chances and access to social needs
True or False:
Social institution of education refers to enduring set of ideas about education and how it can be used to accomplish goals that are deemed important by society
True
False
Different types of education:
_______ education usually takes place in the premises of school, where a person may earn basic, academic, or trade skills.
Formal
Non-formal
Informal
Different types of education:
_______ education is planned but occurs outside the formal school system
Formal
Non-formal
Informal
Different types of education:
_______ education is spontaneous process of cultivating learning
Formal
Non-formal
Informal
In 1867, education for status Indians became a _______ responsibility and education for non-status Indians became a _______ responsibility
federal, provincial
provincial, federal
collective, individual
individual, collective
The primary objective of the residential school system was to...
provide Indigenous children with the best education possible
assimilate Indigenous children into the dominant culture
When were residential schools established?
1883
1867
1876
1996
In 1967, there were only ____ indigenous students enrolled in Canadian universities with a total Indigenous student population of 60 000.
70
1 000
200
800
600
When did the Minister of Indian Affairs give official departmental recognition to the policy of Indian control of Indian education?
1972
1967
1973
1996
1988
True or False:
Indigenous peoples have not benefitted from the established education system in Canada.
True
False
True or False:
Education continues to sustain the superiority of Eurocentric knowledge and processes
True
False
The modern education system was created to maintain the identity, language, and culture of a ________ society
Indigenous
Colonial
(a) imperialism is a form of cognitive manipulation to disclaim other knowledge bases and values. It is about white-washing the mind as a result of forced assimilation.
Select all that define an experience of cognitive imperialism:
When Indigenous knowledge is omitted or ignored in schools
When a Eurocentric foundation is advanced to the exclusion of other knowledges
When all cultures are included in education
Only ____ of Indigenous students graduate within the six years of entering grade eight.
50%
80%
30%
75%
Only ____ of Indigenous students graduate within the six years of entering grade eight.
50%
80%
30%
75%
In 2021, ___ of Indigenous folks were reported to be living in poverty compared to ____ of non-Indigenous persons.
7%, 9%
9%, 7%
6%, 10%
10%, 6%
True or False:
Indigenous people in Canada have lower participation and employment rates than non-Indigenous people
True
False
True or False:
Indigenous people in Canada have lower participation and employment rates than non-Indigenous people
True
False
______ Indigenous people ages 25-64 had not completed their high school education, almost twice the proportion of their non-Indigenous counterparts.
2 out of 5
1 out of 5
3 out of 10
2 out of 10
______ Indigenous people ages 25-64 had not completed their high school education, almost twice the proportion of their non-Indigenous counterparts.
2 out of 5
1 out of 5
3 out of 10
2 out of 10
In ______, Trent University became the first Canadian university to establish a Native Studies Program
1969
1973
In ______, Saskatchewan Indian Federated College became the first Indigenous controlled degree granting post-secondary education institution in Canada
1969
1973
True or False:
In 2010, the Assembly of First Nations said there were more than 515 First Nations elementary and high schools in Canada, serving over 100 000 Indigenous students on reserves.
True
False
In Canada, when was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission created? When was the final report presented?
2008 and 2015
2015 and 2018
1996 and 2008
2010 and 2014
In Canada, when was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission created? When was the final report presented?
2008 and 2015
2015 and 2018
1996 and 2008
2010 and 2014
True or False:
Canada immediately adopted the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
True
False
Select all the transformations that the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will bring about:
Indigenous peoples have the right to control and establish their own educational systems
The state will work with Indigenous peoples to give children access to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language
Indigenous people will be assimilated into the dominant culture
