Genocide and Cultural Assimilation Quiz

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What was the intent of placing Indian children in central training industrial schools, as stated by Sir John A MacDonald?

To promote diversity within the schools

To preserve their cultural heritage

To acquire the habits and modes of thought of white men (correct)

To strengthen parental influence

According to the United Nations Genocide Convention, which of the following acts defines genocide?

Promoting cross-cultural exchange

Celebrating cultural diversity

Providing education to underprivileged groups

Killing members of a group with intent to destroy them (correct)

What act is specifically mentioned in relation to forcibly transferring children of a group in the United Nations Genocide Convention?

Forcibly transferring children to another group (correct)

Promoting family unity

Providing healthcare services

Encouraging cultural preservation

What impact did the Canadian government's policies have on Indigenous cultures in the 1870s?

Erosion and destruction of Indigenous cultures Signup and view all the answers

How do the conditions imposed on Indigenous children in central training industrial schools relate to the concept of genocide?

They were calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part Signup and view all the answers

What is the common root of all modern racism according to the text?

European imperialism Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of producing, maintaining, changing, and dissolving racial categories called?

Racialization Signup and view all the answers

What is the practice of actively opposing racism collectively known as?

Anti-Racism Signup and view all the answers

What global process was deeply involved in shaping the modern world?

Settler Colonialism Signup and view all the answers

What process involves opposing forces producing and transforming identities through continual contestation?

Dialectic Signup and view all the answers

What legitimate claim was used to justify colonialism according to the text?

Superiority of white Europeans Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the impacts of MacDonald's policy of starvation against Indigenous peoples?

Forced relocation away from traditional territories Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following was a genocidal policy implemented against Indigenous peoples?

Suppression of the Sun Dance and potlatch ceremonies Signup and view all the answers

How did the policy of starvation impact Indigenous mortality rates?

Increased mortality rates due to withholding food Signup and view all the answers

What was the intent behind the imposition of European gender and family norms on Indigenous communities?

Integration into settler society Signup and view all the answers

Which discriminatory practice was faced by Indigenous women who married settler men?

Denial of First Nations status to their children Signup and view all the answers

How did anti-Black racism manifest in Canada?

'Whites-only' areas in public spaces Signup and view all the answers

What discriminatory practice was enforced on Chinese immigrants during the construction of the CPR?

'Yellow Menace' wage discrimination Signup and view all the answers

Which group faced discrimination through internment and forced relocation during WWII in Canada?

Jewish Canadians Signup and view all the answers