Deck 5: Aboriginal Peoples

Question 1

In the Canadian justice system,what are Natives less likely than non-Natives to do?

A) be put on probation
B) be ordered to pay fines
C) be put in jail for not paying fines
D) be ordered to serve their full sentence.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following provinces has the greatest diversity in Aboriginal languages?

A) British Columbia
B) Ontario
C) Manitoba
D) Quebec

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the potlatch?

A) a dance that features traditional healing
B) a ceremony that celebrates the harvesting of corn
C) a ceremony celebrated by Aboriginal people in British Columbia that was banned from 1884 to 1951
D) a ceremony in which people from all the local families bring food to share with others in the community

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Michif language is a mixture of Cree and French.

Question 5

Which Act first recognized that Aboriginal peoples have rights to their land?

A) Bill C-31
B) the Indian Act
C) the Hudson Bay Act of 1670
D) the Royal Proclamation of 1763

Question 6

Which of the following are referred to as the four medicines?

A) corn,beans,squash and rice
B) sweetgrass,tobacco,sage and cedar
C) four teas used to help fight colds
D) sacred mountains in Alberta

Question 7

What is a "starlight tour"?

A) a form of Aboriginal vision quest
B) an Aboriginal-run tourist business
C) the Aboriginal practice of hunting deer at night
D) the practice of abandoning outside the city Aboriginal people who have been drinking

Question 8

Which of the following crops were grown by Aboriginal people in Canada prior to contact with Europeans?

A) wheat and rice
B) corn and beans
C) corn and wheat
D) rice and beans

Question 9

According to the text,approximately how many Aboriginal people were living in Canada at the time of first contact with Europeans?

A) less than 100 000
B) between 100 000 and 200 000
C) between 200 000 and 400 000
D) between 500 000 and 2 000 000

Question 10

The number of people identifying themselves as Métis is increasing.

Question 11

How long have Aboriginal people been in the Americas?

A) between 1000 and 2000 years
B) between 2000 and 5000 years
C) between 5000 and 7000 years
D) over 12 000 years

Question 12

Roughly how many Aboriginal languages are still spoken in Canada?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100

Question 13

Which of the following two cities are among the four with the largest Aboriginal population?

A) Montreal and Toronto
B) Regina and Saskatoon
C) Winnipeg and Calgary
D) Regina and Edmonton

Question 14

What is the jingle dress dance?

A) a medicine dance that originated among the Ojibwa
B) a social dance associated with Christmas
C) a traditional medicine dance that originated after European contact
D) a traditional men's dance associated with hunting

Question 15

Smallpox was the number one disease killer of Aboriginal people after contact with white people.

Question 16

Which of the following two provinces have the highest number of Aboriginal people?

A) Saskatchewan and Ontario
B) Ontario and British Columbia
C) Alberta and British Columbia
D) Alberta and Saskatchewan

Question 17

Most Aboriginal people do not live on reserves.

Question 18

Where are urban reserves found?

A) in British Columbia
B) in the Toronto area
C) in Saskatchewan
D) in the Montreal area

Question 19

The word "Inuit" means "people who eat food raw."

Question 20

According to the Indian Register of 2006,

A) Slightly more than 50 percent of "registered Indians" live on reserves.
B) More than 70 percent of "registered Indians" live on reserves.
C) More than 70 percent of "registered Indians" live off reserves.
D) Most "registered Indians" live off reserves.

Question 21

Technically,a reserve can be called federal rather than provincial land.

Question 22

Discuss the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal people in Canada.

Question 23

In what ways might someone argue that Aboriginal people in Canada have suffered religious oppression?

Question 24

What are the two statements of significance of the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

Question 25

What changes took place with Bill C-31?

Question 26

There are no Aboriginal-run police services in British Columbia.

Question 27

What is meant by the term "registered Indian"?

Question 28

Toronto is a Mohawk word meaning "poles in water."

Question 29

British Columbia has more Aboriginal people than does any other province.

Question 30

Europeans were the first people who farmed in Canada.

Question 31

Discuss the advantages and difficulties of sentencing circles.

Question 32

What rights do the Inuit have in Nunavut?