Unequal Relations A Critical Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada By Angie - Test Bank

Unequal relations, 8^th Ed. (Fleras)

Chapter 1

race, ethnic, and aboriginal relationS:

patterns, paradoxes, perspectives

Multiple Choice

Select the best available response

MC 1-1

In what year was Canada’s Multiculturalism Act passed?

a.              1960

b.              1971

c.              1982

d.              1988

Answer: d

Difficulty: 1

Page: 3

MC 1-2

What was the significance of the 1967 Immigration Act?

a.              Immigration was restricted to European countries.

b.              Quotas and preferences on the basis of race or ethnicity were abolished.

c.              An open door policy that allowed entry to anyone regardless of their credentials.

d.              It opened the door to Cold War refugees from the Soviet Union.

Answer: b

Difficulty: 3

Page: 5

MC 1-3

What was the most significant aspect about Canada’s first Citizenship Act?

a.              It disregarded any distinction between foreign-born and native-born Canadians for citizenship purposes.

b.              It automatically conferred citizenship on those of British ancestry living in Canada.

c.              It established a different citizenship for Aboriginal peoples and non-native Canadians.

d.              It abolished all immigration quotas based on race or ethnicity

Answer: a        

Difficulty: 3       

Page: 5

MC 1-4

Canada received the Nansen Medal from the United Nations in 1986 for ______?

a.              Its promotion of an official multiculturalism

b.              Its humanitarian response to the global refugee crisis

c.              Passage of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1985

d.              For being the first country to constitutionally recognized Aboriginal rights

Answer: a

Difficulty: 1

Page: 5

MC 1-5

A UN Development ranking of the best countries in the world in which to live puts Canada eighth overall. What is the global ranking if Canada’s Indigenous peoples are disaggregated from Canada and treated as an independent country?

a)     101

b)     63

c)     34

d)     121

Answer: b

Difficulty: 2

Page: 9 

MC 1-6

According to the 2011 National Household Survey, approximately how many ethnic origins were reported in Canada?

a.              100

b.              150

c.              200

d.              250

Answer: c

Difficulty: 1

Page: 12

MC 1-7

The constitutional status of Canada’s Indigenous (or Aboriginal) peoples can be divided into three categories. Which of the following is NOT defined as a constitutional category?

a)     Native Canadians

b)     Status Indians

c)     Metis

d)     Inuit

Answer: a

Difficulty:1

Page: 12

MC 1-8

Canada possesses a high proportion of foreign born residents (“immigrants”). What country has the highest percentage of foreign born relative to the total population?

a)     New Zealand