This week, we have completed our twelfth chapter from the textbook. Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.
On Thursday, June 8th we will have our Chapter 12 Test about Changing Societies in the West. The following items will be tested:
Vocabulary:
- assimilate
- Benefit Society
- homesteader
- religious persecution
Also, know the following
events, concepts or places:
- Head Tax—why did the government impose the tax on
Chinese immigrants?
- Why did the Canadian government worry that Asians
would not assimilate easily in the settling of Western Canada?
- Eastern European immigrants—why were they considered
good citizens for populating Western Canada?
- Which countries did the Eastern European settlers come
from?
- Why did the government feel that the Eastern European
settlers would assimilate easily into Western Canada?
- Why did the Eastern European settlers prefer to
establish large farms?
- Why did the Eastern European settlers prefer to only
socialize with people from their own background?
- Why didn’t the Eastern European settlers place a high
emphasis on education?
- Francophone struggle for language rights in the West
- was the struggle like climbing a ladder (steady,
straight progress) or like a teeter-totter (up and down)?
- Haultain Resolution
- Manitoba Act
- Reserves
- Residential School
- What does the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms state
regarding Francophone Canadians education rights (who live as minorities)?
- Why do Chinese-Canadians build cultural centres in
their cities in the modern day?
- Why does moving from country to another has a large
impact on the identity that a group develops?
- Why was the building of Catholic schools important to
Francophones in the late 1800s?
- Why were Catholic church leaders concerned that most of
the settlers to the west were not Catholic?
- Treaty—what moved the First Nations people to sign the
Numbered Treaties?
- Did the Canadian Government and First Nations people
understand the terms of the Numbered Treaties in the exact same way?
- First Nations people were used to recording their
events in oral histories and the Canadian government insisted that
everything was in writing—why was the problem for the Treaties?
- UFA
Students will need to study and understand the material, and will not be allowed to use any reference materials during the test. They will also need to be able to use their knowledge and understanding to:
· show critical thinking
· apply historical and geographic skills to bring meaning to issues and events
· apply skills of metacognition, reflecting upon what they have learned
· communicate ideas and information in an informed, organized, and persuasive manner
