Chapter 2 – Who We Are

CANADA
  1. What is the speaking background of the Métis population?

Both French and English

  1. What are Quebecers?

The people of Quebec

  1. Quebecers are the descendants of what groups?

French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s

  1. Who recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

The House of Commons

  1. When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

2006

  1. In becoming Canadian, which principles are newcomers expected to embrace?

Democratic

  1. Who were the English-speaking settlers?

English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish

  1. Who are generally referred to as “English Canadians”?

The Anglophones

  1. Since the 1800s, where were the majority of Canadians born?

 Canada

  1. Regarding diversity, as what is Canada often referred?

 A land of immigrants

  1. Since the 1970s, from where do most immigrants come from?

Asia

  1. After English, what is the second most-spoken non-official language in Canadian homes?

Chinese

  1. To which religious affiliation do the great majority of Canadians identify?

Christian

  1. Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

An Olympian and descendant of black Loyalists

  1. In Canada, gays and lesbians enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage

True

  1. Which of the following statements about residential schools is false?

Aboriginal people demanded to be placed in residential schools

  1. What percentage of Aboriginal people are First Nations?

  65

  1. What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit?

  4

  1. What percentage of Aboriginal people are Métis?

 30

  1. How many Acadians were deported from their homeland during the war between Britain and France?

More than two thirds

  1. From which civilization does Canadian society stem largely from?

English-speaking and French-speaking Christians

  1. Anglo-Quebecers have a heritage of:

250 years

  1. Since the 1800s, the majority of Canadians were born in:

Canada

  1. Canada is not the only constitutional monarchy in North America

False

  1. What is the key phrase in Canada’ s original constitutional document?

Peace, Order and Good Government

  1. What is the name of Canada’ s original constitutional document?

The British North America Act

  1. Name three beliefs that have enabled Canadians to build a prosperous society in a rugged environment?

Hard work, fair play and ordered liberty

  1. What kind of commitment do Canadian institutions uphold?

Peace, Order, and Good Government

  1. As what have poets and songwriters hailed Canada?

The “Great Dominion”

  1. Who are the three founding peoples of Canada?

Aboriginal, French, and British

  1. From where were the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated?

Asia

  1. Aboriginal and Treaty rights are not in the Constitution

False

  1. When were Aboriginal territorial rights first guaranteed?

1763

  1. Who proclaimed the first territorial right guarantee for the First Nations?

King George III

  1. When did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools?

From the 1800s until the 1980s

  1. To what does the term “Indians” refer?

All aboriginal peoples who are not Inuit or Métis

  1. When did the term “First Nations” begin to be used?

In the 1970’s

  1. How many First Nations people live on reserve land today?

About half

  1. What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

First Nations, Métis and Inuit

  1. Who was John Buchan?

A popular Governor General of Canada

  1. What was the view on immigration of John Buchan, a popular Governor General of Canada in the 1930’s?

Unity in diversity

  1. What does the word “Inuit” mean?

“The people”

  1. Where do Inuit people live?

In scattered communities across the Arctic

  1. Who are the Métis?

A distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry

  1. Where do the majority of the Métis live?

Prairie provinces

  1. What is the speaking background of the Métis population?

Both French and English

  1. What is the name of Metis dialect?

Michif

  1. Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in Canada?

First Nations

  1. What are Canada’s two official languages?

English and French

  1. The federal government is required by law to provide services throughout Canada in

English and French

  1. Who are Anglophones?

People who speak English as a first language

  1. Who are Francophones?

People who speak French as a first language

  1. How many Anglophones are there in Canada today?

18 million

  1. How many Francophones are there in Canada today?

7 million

  1. In which province do the majority of Francophones live?

Quebec

  1. Which province is the only official bilingual province?

New Brunswick

  1. Acadians are the descendants of what groups?

French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

  1. What was the “Great Upheaval”?

The deportation of more than two-third of Acadians from their homeland between 1755 and 1763

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