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Answer: True
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3. True or False? Many Indigenous nations in Canada developed unique combinations of
wild plants to relieve coughs, forming what we now know as cough syrup.
Answer: True
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4. True or False? Indigenous nations in Canada have been using the main ingredient in
aspirin for centuries.
Answer: True
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5. Where in Canada is the historic homeland of the Metis?
a. Winnipeg, Manitoba
b. Toronto, Ontario
c. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
d. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Answer: C (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta)
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6. In what year did the last residential school in Canada close?
a. 1966
b. 1976
c. 1986
d. 1996
Answer: D (1996)
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7. Approximately 150,000 Indigenous children attended Residential Schools. What per-
centage of these children died there?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 60%
Answer: B (25%)
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8. What is an example of a Treaty Right?
a. The right to hunt and fish on unoccupied Crown land
b. Resource revenue sharing and measures to participate in the Canadian
economy
c. Schools and teachers on reserves to be paid for by the government
d. All of the Above
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Answer: All of the Above
9. The term Indigenous encompasses…
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Manitoba Education. "Diverse Peoples – Aboriginal Contributions and Inventions". PDF. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/
cur/socstud/foundation_gr2/blms/2-2-1c.pdf
Manitoba Education. "Diverse Peoples – Aboriginal Contributions and Inventions". PDF. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/
cur/socstud/foundation_gr2/blms/2-2-1c.pdf
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Manitoba Education. "Diverse Peoples – Aboriginal Contributions and Inventions". PDF. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/
cur/socstud/foundation_gr2/blms/2-2-1c.pdf
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Government of Canada. Metis Nation. Library and Archives Canada. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aborigi-
nal-heritage/metis/Pages/introduction.aspx
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Wilson, Kory. Pulling Together: Foundations Guide. BC Campus. https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationfoundations/
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Mosby, Ian & Millions, Erin. "Canada's Residential Schools Were a Horror". Scientific American. 1 August 2021. https://
www.scientificamerican.com/article/canadas-residential-schools-were-a-horror/
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Government of Canada. "Treaties and Agreements". https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/
eng/1100100028574/1529354437231
