Residential schools in Canada
  • 1. What was the primary purpose of residential schools in Canada?
A) To provide vocational training
B) To educate Indigenous children about their culture
C) To promote land rights
D) To assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture
  • 2. Which government policy was responsible for the establishment of residential schools?
A) Indian Act
B) Treaty System
C) Metis Rights Policy
D) Land Claims Agreements
  • 3. Which Indigenous group was primarily affected by residential schools?
A) Only First Nations
B) First Nations, Inuit, and Métis
C) Only Inuit
D) Only Métis
  • 4. What did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada focus on?
A) Residential schools
B) Environmental issues
C) Political rights
D) Economic development
  • 5. Which group of people were often forced to work in residential schools?
A) Community leaders
B) Government officials
C) Indigenous children
D) Teachers
  • 6. In what year did the last residential school close?
A) 2000
B) 1996
C) 1982
D) 1984
  • 7. Which was a common method of discipline in residential schools?
A) Positive reinforcement
B) Cultural instruction
C) Corporal punishment
D) Counseling
  • 8. What is a significant legacy of the residential school system?
A) Successful integration of Indigenous peoples
B) Intergenerational trauma
C) Revival of Indigenous languages
D) Economic prosperity for all
  • 9. What did the Canadian government officially apologize for in 2008?
A) Indigenous land rights
B) The residential school system
C) Treaties with Métis
D) The Indian Act
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