Exam 4: Historical Overview

In Canada, Indian Reserves are

An example of assimilation as it applies to Indigenous people is

Bill C31, an amendment to the Indian Act enacted by Parliament

The Canadian government began providing medical services to the Indigenous population

The heartland of pre-Contact Indigenous agriculture lay in __________________, ___________________ and _________________.

Which of the following foods were domesticated by First Nations farmers before Contact?

Which of the following pre-Contact Indigenous populations were primarily agricultural?

What factor allowed tuberculosis (TB) to flourish among Indigenous people during the 20th century period?

Some imported diseases that travelled the Atlantic with explorers and settlers to the Americas include ________________, ________________, ______________, ______________ and ________________.

The trade centres of the Northern plains were the hub for disease contact and concomitant spread of many epidemics. Which one of the following diseases fulfils the criteria for depopulating epidemics in the Northern plains?

The spirochete that causes syphilis was

The harsh environment of the Inuit left them

Residential school had a major negative impact on the health and well-being of many Indigenous people. An example of a loss experienced by children who attended residential school is

The term First Nations is now preferred over Indian.

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms places the individual rights of Canadians (including Indigenous Canadians) above the treaty rights of Indigenous peoples.

Virgin soil epidemics are characterised by

Infectious diseases of particular concern in Indigenous communities include _____________, ________________ and ___________________.

Which of the following were introduced to the Americas by European explorers and traders?

Introduced epidemic diseases caused Indigenous populations to suffer mortality rates as high as

Pre-Contact Northern populations were in close contact with mammals. As a result of this contact diseases such as tuberculosis may have infected pre-Contact Indigenous people of the Arctic.