Social Studies: Exploring Canadian Issues
|Social Studies 11 Unit 1-1 |
|Reading Guide |
Name: __________________
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Introduction
1. Describe five changes in Canada’s borders between 1905 and 2005. • • • • • 2. What was Canada’s population in: • 1911 • 2000
Society and Manners 3. Where did most Canadians live in 1900? 4. Identify several Victoria era values in Canada. • • • • • 5. Describe how women were treated in the early 1900s. • • • • 6. Define the term suffragist. 7. Identify several goals of the suffragists. • • • 8. Who was Nellie McClung? 9. Describe how each of the following influenced Canadian culture: • Lucy Maud Montgomery: …show more content…
Who was responsible for settling Canada’s disputes with other nations in 1900? 11. What was at stake in the Alaska Boundary Dispute? 12. Why might Britain not have supported Canada’s desire to control the Lynn Canal in Alaska? 13. Define the term imperialist. 14. Why did many English Canadians support Britain in the Boer War? 15. Why were French speaking Canadians not enthusiastic supporters of the British Empire? 16. Define the term nationalist. 17. Why did Henri Bourassa resign from Wilfred Laurier’s government? 18. What Manitoba issue caused disagreements between French and English speaking groups in Canada?
Canada’s Changing Population 19. What did Wilfred Laurier do to help Canada prosper after he became Prime Minister in 1896? 20. What did the federal government offer immigrants who settled on Canada’s prairies? 21. What did they have to do in return? 22. Define the term ethnocentric. 23. Why did some French speaking Canadians fear the arrival of immigrants? 24. Why were some eastern European immigrants ridiculed? 25. Under what circumstances were Asian immigrants tolerated? 26. Why did many “white” Canadians oppose Asian …show more content…
30. What are reserves? 31. Why were Aboriginal peoples on the prairies forced to live on reserves? 32. How were Aboriginal people expected to support themselves on the reserves? 33. Why was the Aboriginal population declining in the early 1900s? 34. What were residential schools? 35. What problems did Aboriginal children face in these schools? 36. Based on what you may have read in the media or seen on TV, what other impacts did residential schools have on Aboriginal children and their culture? 37. Define assimilation. 38. Suggest why Aboriginal people often resisted assimilation.
Urbanization
39. Describe Winnipeg’s growth between 1901 and 1911. 40. List the luxuries that wealthy city dwellers often enjoyed in this era. • • • • 41. List characteristics of the living conditions of working class people in cities around 1910. • • • •
An Economy Transformed 42. Identify three important Canadian exports in the early 1900s. 43. What was discovered in the Yukon in 1896? 44. What impact did the use of electricity have on Canada’s industry? 45. Identify several consumer goods that became popular in this
|Reading Guide |
Name: __________________
___ / 55 A Different Canada Resource: Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, Chapter 1
Introduction
1. Describe five changes in Canada’s borders between 1905 and 2005. • • • • • 2. What was Canada’s population in: • 1911 • 2000
Society and Manners 3. Where did most Canadians live in 1900? 4. Identify several Victoria era values in Canada. • • • • • 5. Describe how women were treated in the early 1900s. • • • • 6. Define the term suffragist. 7. Identify several goals of the suffragists. • • • 8. Who was Nellie McClung? 9. Describe how each of the following influenced Canadian culture: • Lucy Maud Montgomery: …show more content…
Who was responsible for settling Canada’s disputes with other nations in 1900? 11. What was at stake in the Alaska Boundary Dispute? 12. Why might Britain not have supported Canada’s desire to control the Lynn Canal in Alaska? 13. Define the term imperialist. 14. Why did many English Canadians support Britain in the Boer War? 15. Why were French speaking Canadians not enthusiastic supporters of the British Empire? 16. Define the term nationalist. 17. Why did Henri Bourassa resign from Wilfred Laurier’s government? 18. What Manitoba issue caused disagreements between French and English speaking groups in Canada?
Canada’s Changing Population 19. What did Wilfred Laurier do to help Canada prosper after he became Prime Minister in 1896? 20. What did the federal government offer immigrants who settled on Canada’s prairies? 21. What did they have to do in return? 22. Define the term ethnocentric. 23. Why did some French speaking Canadians fear the arrival of immigrants? 24. Why were some eastern European immigrants ridiculed? 25. Under what circumstances were Asian immigrants tolerated? 26. Why did many “white” Canadians oppose Asian …show more content…
30. What are reserves? 31. Why were Aboriginal peoples on the prairies forced to live on reserves? 32. How were Aboriginal people expected to support themselves on the reserves? 33. Why was the Aboriginal population declining in the early 1900s? 34. What were residential schools? 35. What problems did Aboriginal children face in these schools? 36. Based on what you may have read in the media or seen on TV, what other impacts did residential schools have on Aboriginal children and their culture? 37. Define assimilation. 38. Suggest why Aboriginal people often resisted assimilation.
Urbanization
39. Describe Winnipeg’s growth between 1901 and 1911. 40. List the luxuries that wealthy city dwellers often enjoyed in this era. • • • • 41. List characteristics of the living conditions of working class people in cities around 1910. • • • •
An Economy Transformed 42. Identify three important Canadian exports in the early 1900s. 43. What was discovered in the Yukon in 1896? 44. What impact did the use of electricity have on Canada’s industry? 45. Identify several consumer goods that became popular in this