Exam 8: Critical Studies in Race and Ethnicity

The Holocaust resulted in the extermination of more than 12 million people, including more than 6 million Jews. What is it an example of?

Native people in Canada have the lowest levels of education, income, and health and employment in Canada.

Which of the following was identified as a tool to promote tolerance and an appreciation of diversity?

How many ethnic groups did Canadians list in answering the 2001 census question on ethnic ancestry?

Multiculturalism, as an official government policy, is intended to place a high value on which of the following?

According to the textbook, which of the following best describes Canada?

Which of the following terms describes persons whose names appear on the Indian Register maintained by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada under the Indian Act and who are registered as Indians for the purpose of special entitlements?

Which of the following is the least common but most violent type of hate crime?

What is the difference between primary assimilation and secondary assimilation?

The life expectancy for Native women in Canada is six years lower than the national norm.

In the former Yugoslavia, ethnic Serbs have attempted to eliminate Muslims through a process they call "ethnic cleansing." Which of the following is ethnic cleansing an example of?

The first Aboriginal group in Canada to achieve at least partial self-determination was:

Which two provinces account for almost 75 percent of Canada's total visible minority population?

Historically, where did candidates who were given preference by Canada's immigration policy come from?

Which of the following terms refers to the deliberate, systematic annihilation of an entire nation or people?

Secondary assimilation occurs when different groups become integrated in public areas, and in social institutions such as neighbourhoods, schools, and the workplace, and in government.

The number of nonstatus Indians has increased in the last decade.

What is the passage of the French Language Charter (Bill 101) in 1977 an example of?

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec has the absolute right to secede unilaterally from Canada.

Provide at least three examples as to how Canadian immigration policy has been racist over the years.