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?

<p>Erosion and destruction of Indigenous cultures (D)</p> 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?

<p>They were calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>European imperialism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Racialization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Anti-Racism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Settler Colonialism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Dialectic (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Superiority of white Europeans (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Forced relocation away from traditional territories (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Suppression of the Sun Dance and potlatch ceremonies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the policy of starvation impact Indigenous mortality rates?

<p>Increased mortality rates due to withholding food (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Integration into settler society (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Denial of First Nations status to their children (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did anti-Black racism manifest in Canada?

<p>'Whites-only' areas in public spaces (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>'Yellow Menace' wage discrimination (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Jewish Canadians (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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