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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Racialization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

    <p>Dialectic</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    How did anti-Black racism manifest in Canada?

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

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

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

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