History Test Unit 1

Why Study History?

1. helps understand ppl and societies

2. contributes to moral understanding

3. provides identity.

What are the problems with studying history?

1. Distortion

2. Fragmentation

3. Perception

4. Bias

Define DISTORTION

When the content seems something its not intended to mean

Define FRAGMENTATION

only have small fragments of the bigger picture

Define PERCEPTION

How we look at events, could be different details

Define BIAS

unfair judgement

What are Primary Sources?

Provide firsthand information about the past

What are the examples of Primary Sources?

1. Physical Remains

2. Geographical Records

3. Visual Records

4. Written Testimony

5. Formal Oral Records

6. Informal Oral Readings

Define Physical Remains

ruins of buildings, roads, artifacts, tools, weapons etc, made or modified by humans

Define Geographical Records

Maps, Charts,

Define Visual Records

Drawings, Portraits, photos, films

Define written testimony

Inscriptions on monuments, handwritten records letters, diaries, printed books of the period, etc.

Define Formal Oral Records

Tapes and recordings of actual events(interviews, eyewitness, etc.

Define Informal Oral Records

Legends, Ballads Traditions

What are Secondary Sources?

descriptions of an event or period (think of it as biographies) written by someone usually a historian, describing what happened in the past. Usually use primary sources or other secondary sources to assist the descriptions.

Define Bias and Frame of Reference

Bias is an unfair judgement, and Frame of Reference is their personal experiences, family, friends, interests.

How do you determine authenticity and credibility of a source?

1. were they able to tell the truth

2. were they willing to tell the truth

3. Other people who aren't involved must prove the story is true

Define Indigenous peoples

the first people to live in any land (Inuit, Metis, and first nations)

Define Inuit

An indigenous circumpolar people found in the north

Define Metis

person mixed of indigenous and European ancestry

Define First Nation

All other Indigenous peoples who are not Inuit or Metis

Define Independence

complete freedom of control/influence from another party

Define assimilation

individuals adopt the language, values, and customs of a dominant culture, giving up their own distinct heritage.

Define Residential School

School designed by Canada to forcibly assimilate indigenous children

Define Inferior

lower legal rights, or human worth

Define imperialism

big, powerful countries overtake weaker ones.

Define Colonialism

When the country moves its own people onto the territory

Where else has colonialism existed?

the colonization of indigenous peoples

Define Racism

Believing that some races are inherently superior to others.

What are the three ways to over come Racism?

1. giving the people who were hurt a real seat at the table

2. Apologizing and fixing it

3. Teaching people the truth, and making them learn to talk with respect.

What was the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

Made by King George the Third, it was a document that recognized the political and military strength of Indigenous peoples (they strong so didn’t fight or would lose).

What impact did the Royal Proclamation have on Indigenous Peoples?

Impacted Indigenous beneficially because it protected them at the time.

How did Canada attract immigrants in 1900? Who involved?

Clifford Sifton used posters advertising “FREE LAND”. Farmers

How were immigrants discriminated against in Canada?

Through unfair policies, saw them as undesirable.

What was the impact of the railway system in Canada? (Positive and Negative)

Positive, it allowed people to move west.

Negative, few people went west.

What was Canada's relationship with England like in the late 1800s, early 1900?

Canada was independent but England was its voice.

What was the impact of the Boer War on Canada?

It caused the split in English Canadians and French Canadians because English Canadians wanted to fight and the French Canadians were oppressed.

What was the Alaskan Boundary Dispute?

The Alaskan Boundary Dispute was the dispute about the border of Alaska and Yukon with Canada and America regarding the Klondike Gold rush.

What was the Naval Dispute?

Naval Dispute is about how Canada was supposed to send money to Britain’s fight with Germany but instead built its own Navy.