SS7.Chapter6.Vocabulary

A rapid, often violent change in a system of government is known as a(n):

• Conspiracy

• Revolution

• Reformation

• Epidemic

Answer explanation

The correct answer is revolution. Revolutions typically overthrow a monarchy government to replace it with a democracy.

The process of people establishing homes and citizenship in a country that is not their native country is called:

• Reservation

• Imperialism

• Immigration

• Migration

Answer explanation

The correct answer is Immigration. Immigration can also be explained as someone moving permanently to a new country

An area of land set aside by treaty (agreement) is known as a(n):

• Republic

• Reserve

• Reformation

• Migration

Answer explanation

The correct answer is reserve. A reserve is an agreed upon area set aside for a group of people.

Asking for something in a formal way is also known as a(n):

• Petition

• Protocol

• Revolution

• Charter

Answer explanation

The correct answer is petition. A petition is a way to ask for something in a formal way. Petitions are often include a list of signatures along with the request.

A system of government that does not have a monarchy is known as a(n):

• United Society

• Revolution

• Reserve

• Republic

Answer explanation

The correct answer is republic. Republics are usually democracies; where voters make the decisions and not queens and kings.

A republican government typically:

• Has a monarch and is elected

• Has no monarch and is elected

• Has a monarch and is not elected

• Has no monarch and is not elected

Answer explanation

The correct answer is: A republican government typically has no monarch and is elected;

Usually a democracy.

A person who seeks protection in another country to escape danger in their own country is known as a(n):

• Migrant

• Reformer

• Refugee

• Settler

Answer explanation

The correct answer is refugee. During the time of the American Revolution, in order to escape torture, many Loyalists became refugees in what is now known as Canada.

Movement of people from one region of a territory to another is called:

• Deportation

• Migration

• Immigration

• Reformation

Answer explanation

The correct answer is migration. People migrated from the 13 Colonies to the colonies of Quebec and Nova Scotia during the American War of Independence.

The process of becoming part of a different cultural group that is not your own is known as:

• Assimilation

• Collective Identity

• Biculturalism

• Emigration

Answer explanation

The correct answer is assimilation. Following the War of 1812, assimilation was what Britain desired for the non-British people (including First Nations and the Canadiens) living in Upper and Lower Canada.