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