Deck 8: Immigrants and Immigration

Question 1

According to the text, there are three main visions of Canada with respect to Quebec's place within the federal system. This of the following is NOT a vision of Canada as discussed in the text.

A) Coalition
B) Contract
C) Compact
D) Community

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What term describes those Quebecers whose first language is neither French nor English?

A) Anglophones
B) Allophones
C) Francophones
D) Quebecois

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the Clarity Act, Quebec can leave Canada but only if certain preconditions are met. Which of the following is NOT a precondition for leaving Canada?

A) a clearly worded referendum
B) a clear majority
C) bilateral negotiations
D) return to Canada all of the territory transferred to Quebec since 1867

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What Act in 1969 confirmed Canada's language duality as a fundamental characteristic of Canada?

A) Multiculturalism Act
B) Official Languages Act
C) Official Bilingualism Act
D) Charter of Rights and Freedom

Question 5

What is the name of the bilingualism that expects each person to acquire competence in both official languages of the country?

A) Official bilingualism
B) Individual bilingualism
C) Institutional bilingualism
D) Grounded bilingualism

Question 6

What term describes a vision of Canada as a covenant between the French and English?

A) Compact
B) Contract
C) The Two Solitudes
D) Bilingualism

Question 7

What percentage of the population in Quebec is francophone?

A) 72 %
B) 92 %
C) 52 %
D) 61%

Question 8

According to most surveys, how do most Quebecers prefer to identity themselves?

A) Only as a Quebecer
B) Only as a Canadian
C) A combination of both Canadian and Quebecer
D) A bilingual Quebecer

Question 9

What kind of relationship is proposed by coalition view of Canada?

A) Bi-national arrangement
B) Multi-national partnership
C) Multicultural mosaic
D) Provincial federalism

Question 10

What is Canada's only official bilingual province?

A) Nova Scotia
B) Quebec
C) Ontario
D) New Brunswick

Question 11

What expression describes the status of Francophones who live outside of Quebec and Anglophones who live in Quebec?

A) Heritage language minority
B) Multicultural language minority
C) Official Language minority
D) Official bilingual minority

Question 12

In what year was the first Official Languages Act passed?

A) 1969
B) 1978
C) 1982
D) 1990

Question 13

What kind of bilingualism best describes Canada's formal commitment to language duality?

A) Territorial
B) Institutional
C) Individual
D) Community

Question 14

Different types of bilingualism are known to exist. According to the text, which of the following options does NOT qualify as a type of bilingualism?

A) Community
B) Territorial
C) Individual
D) Institutional

Question 15

What did Ontario hope to accomplish with passage of French Language Services Act of 1986?

A) Make Ontario officially bilingual in the delivery of services at the provincial level
B) Provide bilingual services for all Ontarians
C) Ensure bilingual services in Ontario's workplaces and in Ontario's government sector
D) Provide delivery of French language services where numbers warrant it

Question 16

Passage of the French Language Charter proposed major changes to public communication in Canada. Which of the following was NOT proposed by the Charter?

A) French was the only language required on commercial signs in Quebec
B) All Quebecers had the right to work and shop in French
C) Children of most new immigrants had to study French in public schools
D) Quebec was an official bilingual province

Question 17

In November 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his government would recognize Quebec as

A) Sovereign state
B) Distinct province
C) A nation within a united Canada
D) An independent Quebec within an asymmetrical federalism

Question 18

According to the 2001 census, what percentage of Canadians claims to have some degree of fluency in both official languages?

A) 8 %
B) 17 %
C) 27 %
D) 38 %

Question 19

What revolutionary change did Bill 101 introduce into Quebec?

A) Transformed Quebec into an officially bilingual province
B) Transformed Quebec into an officially monolingual province
C) Elevated English into the preferred language for the government sector in Quebec
D) Elevated English into an optional language for Quebec's workplaces

Question 20

What is the name of the Act that normalized the possibility of a 'negotiated divorce' should Quebec decide to leave Canada?

A) Constitution Act
B) Charter of Rights and Freedom
C) Sovereignty-Association Act
D) Clarity Act

Question 21

At least three different types of bilingualism can be discerned. Canada's official bilingualism most closely resembles a (n) type of bilingualism.

Question 22

Canada's Act suggests the possibility of a negotiated divorce should Quebec decide to leave Canada.

Question 23

According to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accommodation, Quebec possesses certain insecurities because of its dual status as a majority in Quebec but (a) in Canada and North America?

A) Province
B) Distinct
C) Minority
D) Charter Group

Question 24

What term describes a system of governance involving at least two levels of government with each possessing distinctive jurisdictional powers?

Question 25

What percentage of Canadians claims to be bilingual?

Question 26

A commitment to official multiculturalism and the equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms reflects a vision of Canada.

Question 27

Quebec's commitment to the primacy of the French language is reflected in Bill 101 or the.

Question 28

A vision of Canada endorses Canada as a covenant between the French and English.

Question 29

Official bilingualism is not about personal fluency in French or English, but about the right of everyone to work or to receive services in either language at the level.

Question 30

The Act in 1969 confirmed Canada's language duality as a fundamental characteristic of Canadian society.

Question 31

What term describes those Quebecers whose first language is neither French nor English.

Question 32

While many English-speaking Canadians tend to see Quebec as a province or an ethnic minority, many Quebecers prefer to see themselves as a .

Question 33

What term describes a bilingualism in which a country is divided into zones in which one language prevails as an official language? Bilingualism

Question 34

The inclusion of Aboriginal peoples as founding peoples of Canada produces a vision of Canada.

Question 35

According to some observers, Canada's current federal system may be outdated and inappropriate for the realities of the 21^st century. Proposed instead is a new form of federalism based on the principles of

A) multiculturalism
B) interculturalism
C) symmetrical federalism
D) multi-nationalism

Question 36

What is Canada's only officially bilingual province? .

Question 37

According to the text, a provincial-based federalism may no longer be appropriate for the evolving realities of a 21^st century Canada. Proposed instead to address the demands of both Quebecois and Aboriginal peoples is a federalism

Question 38

The Official Language Act of 1988 guaranteed certain language rights. Which right was NOT included in the Act?

A) The right to either French or English at the provincial level
B) The right to work in French or English within the federal government sector
C) The right to receive services in French or English within the federal government sector
D) The right to protect official language minority rights across Canada

Question 39

Trudeau's contract vision of Canada included all of the following in the list below except one. Which of the following does NOT belong to this list?

A) Official bilingualism
B) A strong central government
C) Special status for Quebec
D) Equality of provinces

Question 40

With respect to the debate between French-English relations in Canada, the forces of pose a greater threat to territorial integrity and national unity than does the danger of external invasion?

A) Ethnicity
B) Terrorism
C) Multiculturalism
D) Bilingualism