Deck 2: Being Different

Question 1

Which province or territory has the highest proportion of married couples?

A) British Columbia
B) Nunavut
C) Newfoundland and Labrador
D) Ontario

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the text,what happens when men and women form close relationships?

A) Men are more likely to have sex without becoming romantically attached first.
B) Women tend to initiate sexual relations more often than men do.
C) A man is more likely than a woman to think of marriage.
D) Women are more concerned than men over who has power.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to the text,who is beginning to question the secrecy surrounding artificial insemination?

A) social workers
B) gay and lesbian parents
C) extended families of individuals conceived using this method
D) law-makers

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is a physical difference between women and men?

A) On average, women are more muscular than men.
B) Men tend to be more sensitive to sound, touch, and odour.
C) On average, women live longer than men.
D) Men tend to be more fluent in languages.

Question 5

According to the text,what likely accounts for how males and females interact with others?

A) the genetic differences between males and females
B) hormones which affect brain development
C) the process of gender role socialization
D) parenting practices and cultural differences

Question 6

According to the text,what do women,more than men,tend to do?

A) value independence and self-direction
B) try to keep a marriage together
C) be poorer at nonverbal communication
D) live with a partner

Question 7

Which of the following is TRUE of children living with gay or lesbian parents?

A) They are usually conceived through artificial insemination.
B) They may face the need to explain having same sex parents at school.
C) They are more likely to go into a helping profession.
D) They are more likely than others to become gay or lesbian themselves.

Question 8

According to the text,which of the following most accurately describes a difference between men and women?

A) Men tend to live longer than women in Canada.
B) Men tend to be more sensitive to nonverbal cues than women.
C) Men tend to be poorer than women at tracking direction.
D) Men tend to be better at mentally manipulating objects.

Question 9

According to the text,which of the following BEST describes gender roles?

A) They are permanently fixed because of physical differences between men and women.
B) They differ in different times and cultures.
C) They are nonexistent today because of sexual equality.
D) They develop automatically without any personal decision.

Question 10

Many children have a variety of parent figures.When can this cause problems?

A) when creating family tree assignments at school
B) when parental consent is needed for school trips
C) when allocating seats at school plays
D) when making decisions about curriculum for special needs children

Question 11

According to the text,which of the following are men more likely than women to experience?

A) living in poverty
B) physical abuse
C) being a single parent
D) living with a partner

Question 12

The 2006 Canadian Census provided evidence for which of the following demographic shifts?

A) Canadians have an increasing interest in supporting traditional family values.
B) Individuals over the age of 15 are now more likely to be unmarried than married.
C) Common-law couples are decreasing faster than other types of families.
D) The number of stay-at-home mothers is rising.

Question 13

The school staff would like to hold a lunchtime picnic for Grade 4 students.They have run into a problem because they cannot find enough parents who will agree to chaperone.What is likely to be the reason?

A) Parents are less invested in parenting roles than in the past.
B) In many families both parents are employed.
C) Canadian employment legislation no longer approves this kind of work absence.
D) Families today are larger and parents would not be able to attend events for all of their children.

Question 14

Which of the following have the most important differences in terms of family experiences?

A) grandchildren and grandparents
B) males and females
C) immigrants and Canadians by birth
D) adoptees and birth children

Question 15

According to the text,which of the following statements is NOT true of communication?

A) Women are more concerned than men with reasoned arguments and authority.
B) Females tend to focus on relationships and connections between people.
C) Women are usually better at reading and sending nonverbal messages than men.
D) Men are more likely to use deception to get what they want.

Question 16

Mark and Nadya are married,employed,and have two young children.According to the text,which of the following statements is most likely to be TRUE?

A) Mark will be the parent taking time off work when one of their children is ill.
B) Nadya takes less responsibility than Mark for housework because she earns more.
C) Mark sees less conflict between family and career than Nadya does.
D) Nadya has had fewer breaks in employment than Mark.

Question 17

According to the text,when does marital satisfaction tend to be lower?

A) after the birth of a son
B) after the birth of a daughter
C) after the birth of twins
D) after the birth of a second child

Question 18

What does the term "sex" refer to?

A) the appearance of the genitals
B) social roles of males or females
C) the larger size of men and the smaller size of women
D) results of DNA testing

Question 19

According to the text,what assumption is the basis for much government policy in Canada?

A) Any individuals living together as a family should be eligible for family-based benefits.
B) People are not responsible for supporting unrelated children even if they live in the same household.
C) A man and woman living together are the parents of the children living with them.
D) A same-sex couple living together are responsible for supporting each other.

Question 20

Why is the case of M.v.H.important?

A) It allowed same-sex couples to adopt children.
B) It stated that the government should stay out of bedrooms.
C) It was an important step in permitting same-sex marriage.
D) It removed all rights from same-sex couples.

Question 21

In recent years,the Aboriginal population has been growing much faster than the Canadian population as a whole.According to the text,which of the following is NOT a reason for this trend?

A) Residents of reserves have been more completely counted.
B) More individuals count themselves as Aboriginal instead of "passing" as white.
C) Opportunities now match those of the rest of Canadians, so families are larger.
D) As a group, more Aboriginal people are in a child-bearing age range.

Question 22

In contrast to French-Canadian society,what was the experience of many early English-Canadian immigrants?

A) They were encouraged by church authorities to cooperate with community members.
B) They stuck together in order to protect their minority from a strong majority.
C) They were more likely to value and nurture their extended families.
D) They were "sent to the colonies" to make their individual fortunes.

Question 23

How do francophones living outside Québec differ from Quebeckers?

A) They do not have the same official supports for language and culture.
B) They have stronger family support programs available than in Québec.
C) They live common-law more often than those in Québec.
D) They value the French language more than Québec francophones.

Question 24

In the past,many immigrants came to Canada from Britain and the United States.Where does the largest percentage come from now?

A) Sri Lanka
B) Africa
C) the People's Republic of China
D) Europe

Question 25

According to the text,during World War II,how were Japanese Canadians treated?

A) They were valued for their ability to translate Japanese.
B) They were treated like any other Canadian citizens.
C) They were placed in residential schools to learn Canadian culture.
D) They were moved to internment camps away from the West Coast.

Question 26

Immediately following World War I,what was there pressure on companies to do?

A) hire refugees on humanitarian grounds
B) use a "bulk-labour" program
C) sponsor boat people
D) release foreign labourers

Question 27

Many African-Canadians came to southwestern Ontario in the 1800s.Where did most of them come from?

A) the Caribbean
B) the United States
C) South Africa
D) Central Africa

Question 28

According to the text,which of the following BEST describes Aboriginal cultural practices?

A) They are showing new life on reserves and in cities.
B) They depend on the successful pursuit of land claims.
C) They are quickly dying out among young people.
D) They are remembered only among the elderly on reserves.

Question 29

In the Iroquoian confederacy,how were conflicts settled?

A) by potlatch
B) by buffalo exchange
C) by consensus
D) by territorial boundaries

Question 30

Prior to the 1960s,what did the traditional view of Québec society emphasize?

A) education, industrialization, large families, and bilingualism
B) education, industrialization, small families, and the French language
C) the Catholic Church, separatism, family support programs, and bilingualism
D) the Catholic Church, rural life, large families, and the French language

Question 31

In residential schools,what happened to Aboriginal children?

A) They were taught traditional skills in hunting, fishing, and gathering.
B) They experienced a harsh and sometimes abusive military-like regime.
C) They were forced to earn status through fighting and gift-giving.
D) They were able to maintain buffalo-hunting and sun-dances but no other aspects of their culture.

Question 32

Which of the following most accurately describes Canadian immigrants prior to World War I?

A) They were mainly former American slaves using the Underground Railroad.
B) They were brought into Canada because companies wanted cheap labour.
C) They refused to work in mining, lumbering, and railway construction.
D) They tried to rid themselves of worldly goods, including houses and clothing.

Question 33

What are the fastest-growing mother tongues in Canada,according to the 2001 Census?

A) Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibway
B) English and French
C) Chinese, Punjabi, and Spanish
D) Spanish, German, and Russian

Question 34

Which is NOT a factor affecting who has been allowed to immigrate to Canada?

A) the desire to maintain the "British" character of Canada
B) humanitarian motives
C) Canada's birth and death rates
C) the need for labour to develop the country

Question 35

When did matchmaking in small migratory hunting groups like the Swampy Cree occur most often?

A) at the time of summer villages
B) at the time of buffalo-hunting camps
C) at the time of potlatch ceremonies
D) at the time of winter feasts

Question 36

In an example of humanitarian-motivated immigration policy,between 1947 and 1962,what did Canada do?

A) It admitted nearly 250 000 refugees and people displaced by World War II.
B) It offered admittance to thousands of Ukrainian farmers seeking refuge from famine.
C) It offered immigration visas to Romanians fleeing after an unsuccessful uprising.
D) It became the principal destination for individuals using the Underground Railroad.

Question 37

Among Aboriginal peoples,what does the term "families of the heart" refer to?

A) reserve-based networks that provide a stable base for young people
B) extended family members who care for elderly relatives
C) foster and adoptive homes for children needing out-of-home care
D) voluntary groups in cities that aim to preserve traditional ways

Question 38

What happened in the development of a Québec identity during the 1960s?

A) Large families became important for francophone survival.
B) A rural lifestyle was kept as a central value.
C) Family support systems became the weakest in Canada.
D) Education replaced religion as the chief cultural socializer.

Question 39

What did the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 do?

A) It allowed Canadians to be officially regarded as British subjects.
B) It permitted married women to be citizens in their own right.
C) It provided a way for women to bypass citizenship requirements.
D) It allowed men to automatically assume the nationality of their wives.

Question 40

According to the text,what was the main result of the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923?

A) increased adoption of abandoned Chinese girls
B) the immigration of many trained professionals
C) a society of "married bachelors"
D) reuniting of families

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT an example of the spread of stigma to unimpaired aspects of the individual?

A) speaking loudly to a blind person
B) refusing to allow a deaf person to adopt a child
C) asking someone else what a wheelchair user would like to order
D) believing that if someone works with an AIDS-awareness group, he/she is likely to be gay

Question 42

Which saying reflects the fact that stigma can spread to other people?

A) Birds of a feather flock together.
B) All that glitters is not gold.
C) Give them an inch and they take a mile.
D) Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Question 43

According to the text,homosexuality is stigmatized because of what perception?

A) That it is involuntary
B) That it is illegal
C) That it is unnatural
D) That it is dangerous

Question 44

According to the text,what is social acceptability based on in much of Canada?

A) the norms and values of the wealthy
B) the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
C) white society and its norms
D) the party currently forming the government

Question 45

Shondra is intellectually challenged.She wants to marry and raise a family; however,others do not think she would be able to cope with the responsibility.Which attitude does this opinion reflect?

A) Intellectually challenged people are mainstreamed.
B) Intellectually challenged people are inferior.
C) Intellectually challenged people are prejudiced.
D) Intellectually challenged people are dangerous.

Question 46

According to the text,what recent event has brought attention to multiracial families?

A) the election of Barack Obama
B) the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001
C) Hurricane Katrina
D) the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver

Question 47

Which of the following is an example of trying to "pass" as a member of the majority?

A) Carol and Anne are planning to tell their families that they are lesbian lovers.
B) Rob is studying very hard because he wants to prove that the label "lazy Indian" is wrong.
C) John and Martha do not intend to tell their daughter, Alicia, that she is adopted.
D) Gisele gets very angry when anyone calls her brother a "retard."

Question 48

Jannat and Khosro are an Iranian couple who have immigrated to Canada. Which reason BEST describes why they would not access service agencies for support?

A) They may fear agency staff will not understand their culture.
B) They have large extended families who meet their needs in Canada.
C) Demand for service agencies is so great that many services have long waiting lists.
D) They are likely unaware of supports available because most flyers and posters are in only French and English.

Question 49

According to the text,what is one area in which immigrants might find a poor fit between accustomed family roles and family life in Canada?

A) intergenerational relationships because Canadian children respect elders too much
B) gender roles because wives may become co-providers and thus gain power
C) overload and exhaustion for elders because they are employed and do housework
D) employment because immigrants do not have local connections

Question 50

According to the text,which of the following is NOT a common way in which immigrants keep their ethnic identity?

A) following dress codes, like wearing the hijab or turban
B) adopting children from their home country
C) cooking meals like those eaten in the old country
D) participating in an arranged marriage

Question 51

In 2006,what was the country of birth of the largest number of Canadian immigrants?

A) India
B) the United States
C) Pakistan
D) the People's Republic of China

Question 52

What did the 2006 Census find that most mixed-race marriages involve?

A) two persons who are visible minorities
B) two persons who are not visible minorities
C) one person from a visible minority and one person who is not
D) two persons who speak different languages

Question 53

According to the text,what is NOT likely to be a reason for conflict between immigrant parents and their school-aged children?

A) Parents may lose authority when children translate for them.
B) Parents may pressure children to excel in school and extracurricular activities.
C) Children may learn to be independent and outspoken at school rather than respectful.
D) Children may adopt gender roles from television that are in contrast with traditional roles.

Question 54

According to the text,what has research shown about adult children of lesbians?

A) They generally have relationships with members of the opposite sex.
B) They are much more likely to be homosexual than children of heterosexual parents.
C) They are very confused about their sexual orientation.
D) They have more problems than children of gay men.

Question 55

What group in society is the largest in number or holds the most power?

A) a minority
B) a mainstream
C) a majority
D) a democracy

Question 56

Two children from Aboriginal couple Mary Ann and John Smoke were removed from the family home.According to the text,what would be the likely cause?

A) Social service workers found the parents negligent because the children were often cared for by their grandparents.
B) Social service workers did not feel the children were safe when participating in Aboriginal smoking ceremonies.
C) Social service workers wanted the children to have better access to church and educational programs.
D) Social service workers don't have the resources to investigate all family situations properly.

Question 57

Kim argues that women should be considered a minority group.According to the text,which of the following statements justifies her position?

A) Women are disadvantaged in respect to pay and opportunities for promotion.
B) Women are encouraged to be homemakers and to be dependent on their husbands.
C) Men outnumber women in the Canadian population.
D) Women are unable to think rationally because they concentrate on emotions.

Question 58

What is the term for negative actions taken against a minority group?

A) stigma
B) discrimination
C) prejudice
D) passing

Question 59

What is a stigma?

A) a negative action taken against a minority group
B) hiding the fact that one is a member of a minority group
C) a social category that offends against the norms of society
D) a quality that is seen as offensive by the majority

Question 60

Over half of immigrants arriving in Canada from 2000 to 2001 did not work in the same field as in their former country.Which of the following is NOT a reason for this?

A) a poor effort in job hunting
B) a lack of fluency in English or French
C) a lack of Canadian experience
D) problems in having qualifications recognized

Question 61

A(n)____________ is any quality that is seen as offensive by the majority.

Question 62

There may be a(n)____________ if the majority feels endangered by human rights activism.

Question 63

The majority usually has a sense of ____________,the notion that its way is the right way and any other is wrong.

Question 64

Briefly describe differences in communication styles between men and women.

Question 65

Although Jonathan has a hearing impairment,he hopes that no one will notice he is different because he has learned to lip-read expertly.What is Jonathan trying to do?

A) mainstream
B) discriminate
C) assimilate
D) pass

Question 66

Compare the roles traditionally expected of men and women.

Question 67

Give three examples that illustrate how women's family experiences differ from men's.

Question 68

According to the text,which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Most Canadians are unlikely ever to be a member of a minority group.
B) There is a danger of a backlash by the majority as a result of the equal rights movement.
C) Few Canadians are likely to be affected by changes resulting from the pressure for equal rights.
D) The equal rights movement is likely to fade away through lack of interest.

Question 69

What is one problem with trying to pass?

A) It simplifies life too much.
B) It forces the individual to lead a double life.
C) No one will believe the person anyway.
D) It reduces anxiety and role strain too much.

Question 70

Any social category that offends against the norms of society is called a(n)____________.

Question 71

Traditional Quebec society (until about 1960)emphasized a(n)___________________ lifestyle with ________________ families.(Note: When entering your response,separate your answers with a comma.Example: answer1,answer2)

Question 72

The desire to keep Canada ___________ often conflicted with the need for labour in mining,lumbering,and railway construction.

Question 73

Of all the provinces in Canada,____________________ has the highest proportion of married couples.

Question 74

____________________ are the socially approved ways of behaving as males and females.

Question 75

As a result of immigration,there has been a noticeable increase in the numbers of ____________________ in the Canadian population.

Question 76

The 2006 Canadian Census found that mixed-race marriage and common-law unions had increased ___________ times faster than all other unions combined.

Question 77

Like others who are less powerful,____________ as a sex often use intelligence,interpersonal skill,sexuality,deception,and avoidance to get what they want.

Question 78

Before 1947,Canadians were officially regarded as _______________________________.

Question 79

According to the text,why is it important to be aware of differences between families?

A) It is important because Canada will only continue to become more diverse.
B) It is important because everyone will be affected by changes resulting from pressure for equal rights.
C) It is important because the majority culture can learn a lot from minority groups.
D) It is important because discrimination against individuals or families is illegal.

Question 80

In much of Canada,social acceptability relies on values that have come from our ____________ heritage.