Racial and Colonial State Violence in Canada

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Racial and Colonial State Violence in Canada: Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge on the history of racial and colonial state violence in Canada. This quiz covers critical events, policies, and acts affecting Indigenous and racialized communities in Canada.

Learn about the impact of the Doctrine of Discovery.
Discover the effects of the Indian Act.
Understand the history of immigration laws and their repercussions.

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In 1493 a Doctrine was invoked and used by European monarchies to legitimize the colonization of lands outside of Europe. Any land that wasn’t inhabited by Christians was available to be “discovered”. What was it called?

Doctrine of Christian Land Rights

Doctrine of Colonization

Doctrine of Discovery

In 1608 enslavement of Black people was introduced in Canada. In 1834, an Act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire, making enslavement illegal in every province and freeing the last remaining enslaved Black and Indigenous people in Canada. What was the Act?

Freedom Act

Slavery Abolition Act

Anti-Enslavement Act

For over a century, Indigenous children are subjected to abuse in the residential schools, separated from their families to assimilate them into European-Canadian society. In what year did the last residential school close?

1996

1946

2010

The Common Schools Act of 1850 gave local school boards the power to create racially segregated schools, resulting in Black students often being refused entry to "common" schools and forced into substandard facilities. Which province passed this Act? (This continued until 1965)

Ontario

British Columbia

Manitoba

In 1876 an act was passed, giving the federal government extensive power to govern Indigenous Peoples. Personal rights are severely restricted to assimilate Indigenous Peoples, including a ban on traditional ceremonies. What was it called?

The Indigenous Culture Act

The Indian Act

The Assimilation Act

In the early 1900s “White Canada forever” became a popular phrase among Canadian politicians as Chinese immigrants began arriving. Despite contributing to the Canadian Pacific Railway construction, Chinese immigrants were banned in 1923 by this act.

Chinese Citizenship Act

Chinese Head Tax Act

Chinese Immigration Act

In 1911 Canada enacted a prohibition of immigration of this group of people, by an Order in Council stating that “any immigrant belonging to [this group] …is deemed unsuitable to the climate and requirements of Canada”

Black people

Australian People

Muslim People

In 1914 a chartered ship arrived in Vancouver with Sikh passengers: 354 of them were refused entry due to immigration laws. After two months, the ship returned to India. 20 are killed and most imprisoned. What was the ship called?

The SS Komagata Maru

The SS Arabic

The SS Battambang

Some Canadian women were granted this right in 1917-1918. However, all Asian Canadians and First Nations People did not begin to receive the same right until the 1940s-1960s. What was this right?

The right to vote federally

The right to own property

The right to join the army

In 1964, this city demolished the once-prosperous African Canadian community of Africville, in an act of racism. In what city did this happen?

Halifax

Toronto

Edmonton

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