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