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Citizenship · Set B

Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering RI 4: Citizenship. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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Citizenship · Set B

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Circle the best answer for each question. Use the space to note the reasoning or the source detail that decided it.

  1. Idle No More, which began in 2012, is best described as:

    1. a) a Quebec independence party
    2. b) a labour union for public workers
    3. c) a federal government program
    4. d) an Indigenous-led movement for Indigenous rights, sovereignty and environmental protection

  2. What did the Persons Case (1929) establish?

    1. a) Women were legally "persons" and could be appointed to the Senate
    2. b) All Canadians over 18 could vote
    3. c) Canada was independent from Britain
    4. d) Indigenous peoples could vote federally

  3. Quebec's Bill 101 (1977), the Charter of the French Language:

    1. a) made English the language of Quebec's courts
    2. b) declared Quebec independent
    3. c) made Quebec officially bilingual
    4. d) made French the official language of Quebec and regulated its use in business, signs and schools

  4. A law supported by most citizens restricts the rights of a minority group. How would a citizen guided by liberal principles most likely respond?

    1. a) Call for the Charter to be abolished
    2. b) Accept the law, because the majority always decides
    3. c) Ignore the law privately without saying anything
    4. d) Challenge the law in court under the Charter, because rights protect minorities from the majority

  5. Meeting with or writing to an elected representative to influence a decision is called:

    1. a) a referendum
    2. b) lobbying
    3. c) a boycott
    4. d) civil disobedience

  6. Refusing to buy a company's products in order to pressure it to change is called:

    1. a) lobbying
    2. b) a petition
    3. c) a boycott
    4. d) civil disobedience

  7. Civil disobedience is best defined as:

    1. a) deliberately and peacefully breaking a law you believe is unjust, and accepting the consequences
    2. b) refusing to vote in an election
    3. c) using violence to overthrow a government
    4. d) any kind of protest against the government

  8. The Nisga'a Final Agreement, which took effect in 2000, is an example of:

    1. a) a law ending all Indigenous land claims in Canada
    2. b) a modern treaty that includes Indigenous self-government
    3. c) an agreement to create a new province
    4. d) a provincial election reform

  9. Gandhi's Salt March in 1930 was a protest against:

    1. a) the partition of India and Pakistan
    2. b) British laws that controlled and taxed salt in India
    3. c) high taxes on cotton imports to Britain
    4. d) the building of railways in India

  10. Which statement reflects a collectivist view of citizenship?

    1. a) Each citizen is responsible only for themselves
    2. b) Government should stay out of citizens' lives as much as possible
    3. c) A citizen's main concern should be protecting their own freedoms
    4. d) Citizens have a duty to contribute to the well-being of their community

Answer key · Citizenship · Set B

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  1. d) an Indigenous-led movement for Indigenous rights, sovereignty and environmental protection — It began as a response to federal legislation affecting First Nations and waterways, and grew into a wider grassroots movement using rallies, teach-ins and round dances.
  2. a) Women were legally "persons" and could be appointed to the Senate — Five Alberta women, the Famous Five, challenged the idea that "persons" in the law meant only men — and won. Women could then be appointed to the Senate.
  3. d) made French the official language of Quebec and regulated its use in business, signs and schools — It protects French as a collective identity by limiting some individual language choices — a live example of collective rights set against individual rights.
  4. d) Challenge the law in court under the Charter, because rights protect minorities from the majority — Liberalism protects individual rights even against the majority's wishes — the danger Mill called the tyranny of the majority. Courts are the liberal route for that challenge.
  5. b) lobbying — Lobbying means directly trying to persuade decision-makers. It can be done by individuals, groups or professional organizations.
  6. c) a boycott — A boycott uses buying power as pressure. It is legal, so it is not civil disobedience.
  7. a) deliberately and peacefully breaking a law you believe is unjust, and accepting the consequences — Three things make it civil disobedience: the law is broken on purpose, it is done nonviolently and openly, and the person accepts the penalty to show the law is unjust.
  8. b) a modern treaty that includes Indigenous self-government — It was British Columbia's first modern treaty, recognizing Nisga'a land and a self-governing Nisga'a Lisims Government — collective rights within Canada.
  9. b) British laws that controlled and taxed salt in India — Gandhi walked to the sea to make salt himself, openly breaking the British salt laws. Thousands followed and were arrested — mass civil disobedience.
  10. d) Citizens have a duty to contribute to the well-being of their community — A collectivist view sees citizenship as membership with obligations to the group. The other three centre the individual, which is the individualist view.