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Social Studies 11 Unit 1-1 Reading Guide Key
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A Different Canada
Resource: Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, Chapter 1
Introduction
1. Describe five changes in Canada’s borders between 1905 and 2005.
The North West Territories included much of northern Ontario,
The North West Territories included much of northern Quebec,
The North West Territories included much of northern Manitoba,
Nunavut did not exist,
Labrador was much smaller.
2. What was Canada’s population in:
1911 - 7,200,000
2000 - approximately 30,000,000
Society and Manners
3. Where did most Canadians live in 1900?
On farms or in small villages.
4. Identify several Victoria era values in Canada.
Families were expected to attend church.
Support for Britain and the monarchy.
Valued honour, virtue, and duty.
Families were expected to take care of their members.
Hard work was rewarded. Poverty was the result of laziness.
5. Describe how women were treated in the early 1900s.
Had few rights over property or their children after marriage.
Salary belonged to their husband.
Were not considered persons by the law.
Mainly found work as servants or in factories.
6. Define the term suffragist.
Women who campaigned for the right to vote.
7. Identify several goals of the suffragists.
Right to vote.
To address the social problems of their day.
To ban alcohol.
8. Who was Nellie McClung?
A Canadian suffragist.
9. Describe how each of the following influenced Canadian culture:
Lucy Maud Montgomery: author of the novel “Anne of Green Gables”.
Stephen Leacock: humourist; author of the Sunshine Sketches …”
Ernest Thompson Seton: author of animal stories.
Pauline Johnson: Mohawk poetess who wrote about her heritage.
Homer Johnson: painter of farm scenes of Ontario.
Ozias Leduc: Quebec painter of landscapes and religious themes.
Still a
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A Different Canada
Resource: Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, Chapter 1
Introduction
1. Describe five changes in Canada’s borders between 1905 and 2005.
The North West Territories included much of northern Ontario,
The North West Territories included much of northern Quebec,
The North West Territories included much of northern Manitoba,
Nunavut did not exist,
Labrador was much smaller.
2. What was Canada’s population in:
1911 - 7,200,000
2000 - approximately 30,000,000
Society and Manners
3. Where did most Canadians live in 1900?
On farms or in small villages.
4. Identify several Victoria era values in Canada.
Families were expected to attend church.
Support for Britain and the monarchy.
Valued honour, virtue, and duty.
Families were expected to take care of their members.
Hard work was rewarded. Poverty was the result of laziness.
5. Describe how women were treated in the early 1900s.
Had few rights over property or their children after marriage.
Salary belonged to their husband.
Were not considered persons by the law.
Mainly found work as servants or in factories.
6. Define the term suffragist.
Women who campaigned for the right to vote.
7. Identify several goals of the suffragists.
Right to vote.
To address the social problems of their day.
To ban alcohol.
8. Who was Nellie McClung?
A Canadian suffragist.
9. Describe how each of the following influenced Canadian culture:
Lucy Maud Montgomery: author of the novel “Anne of Green Gables”.
Stephen Leacock: humourist; author of the Sunshine Sketches …”
Ernest Thompson Seton: author of animal stories.
Pauline Johnson: Mohawk poetess who wrote about her heritage.
Homer Johnson: painter of farm scenes of Ontario.
Ozias Leduc: Quebec painter of landscapes and religious themes.
Still a