Chapter 3 Self-Graded Quizzes

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. What two developments were necessary for humans to occupy the Arctic?

The Artic having year-round ice free water and easy access to areas further south correct incorrect

The introduction of sea mammals to the region coupled with improved boat making correct incorrect

The western Artic becoming ice-free and the emergence of specific hunting techniques correct incorrect

Weather warm enough for some farming and an increase in available wildlife for hunting correct incorrect

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. What is considered to be the principal reason for the sudden decline in First Nations people and Inuit living in Canada at the time of first contact?

Cutting off traditional trade routes correct incorrect

Diseases introduced by Europeans correct incorrect

Loss of traditional hunting lands correct incorrect

War and conflict correct incorrect

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. How does the idea of the American Manifest Destiny philosophy help spurn the creation of the trans-Canada railroad?

A railway would minimize the need for American immigration correct incorrect

The hope was some northern states would apply for to be a part of Canada if a proper railway was built correct incorrect

The thought trans-Canada railway would unite all the British territories correct incorrect

This was a way to quickly gather troops in case of an American invasion correct incorrect

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. In 1867, the government pulled together the ________ Act using various legislations to "manage" Indigenous Groups.

Canada correct incorrect

Colonial correct incorrect

Indian correct incorrect

Native correct incorrect

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. How much was the fee to be awarded one quarter section (160 acres) of land in the late nineteenth century by Ottawa?

$1 correct incorrect

$10 correct incorrect

$100 correct incorrect

$1000 correct incorrect

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. While Canada officially became a country in 1876, the southern boundaries of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were determined in 1783 by which treaty?

Treaty of Paris correct incorrect

Treaty of North York correct incorrect

Treaty of the St. Lawrence correct incorrect

Treaty of the United States correct incorrect

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. What year did Ottawa announce the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan?

1881 correct incorrect

1899 correct incorrect

1901 correct incorrect

1905 correct incorrect

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. What was the boundary that, west of which, Indigenous peoples had undefined rights to through the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

The Alberta Badlands correct incorrect

The Appalachian Mountains correct incorrect

The Oak Ridges Moraine correct incorrect

The Red River correct incorrect

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. Which church was the first to formally apologize to victims of abuse at residential schools?

The Anglican Church correct incorrect

The Methodist Church correct incorrect

The Roman Catholic Church correct incorrect

The United Church correct incorrect

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. What act was passed by British Parliament in 1774 which has been described as the Magna Carta for French Canada?

The French Act correct incorrect

The New Brunswick Act correct incorrect

The Paris Act correct incorrect

The Quebec Act correct incorrect