Chapters 23-26 Flashcards

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What territory borders on Quebec to the north east?

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Labrador

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What river marks the border between Quebec and the neighbouring province to the south west

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Ottawa River

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3
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What bodies of water lie to the north west of Quebec?

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James and Hudson Bay

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4
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What country borders on Quebec to the south

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US

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5
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Comparing Quebec in 1905, versus 1980: choose the statements that are true.

In 1980 Quebec was smaller than a 1905,

in 1980 Quebec had expanded towards the north,

in 1905 Newfoundland was part of Canada,

the southern border of Quebec was the same and in 1980 as in 1905.

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In 1980, Quebec had expanded toward the north and the southern border of Quebec was the same in 1980 as a 1905

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What was the population of Quebec in 1980

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6.5 million

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True or false nearly 80% of Quebeckers lived in Towns and cities mainly in Montreal

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True

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8
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On average in 1980 how many children couples have

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Two

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9
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French Quebeckers is made up what percentage of the population

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80%

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10
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Was the French population growing?

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 no

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11
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True or false the number of Quebecers of British, or origin has been dramatically decreasing

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True

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12
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What percentage of the population was in British origin

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8%

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13
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What percentage of the population was aboriginal

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Less than one

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14
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What was the percentage of rural population versus urban population?

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Urban was 80 Ruel was 20

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15
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What percentage of the population were immigrants?

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12%

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16
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Which city had the largest population how many people?

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Montreal more than 500,000

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17
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What other cities had large populations?

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Laval, Longueuil , Quebec they had between 100,000 and 500,000 people

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18
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Where did most of the immigrant settle?

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Montreal

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19
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What is a cosmopolitan city?

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A wide variety of cultures that coexisted

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20
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What was the collective des femmes immigrants du Quebec?

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An organization that supports women immigrants to the province was founded in 1983 helps women integrate into Quebec society, and the labour market

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1905 or 1980:
The greatest number of immigrants came from Great Britain.
People live most in the country.
Immigrants came from different countries.
Couples had one or two children on average.
Montreal was a cosmopolitan city where a wide variety of culture school existed

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1905,
190 5
19 80
19, 80
1980

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22
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What is the charter of the French language in 1977 commonly called bill 101

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To protect the priority of French in Quebec the government passed charter of the French language in 1977 the law commonly called bill, 101 made the only official language of the province. It forced immigrants to send their children to French language school pushing new families to live among French, speaking communities

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23
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What party was in power when Bill 101 was passed

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The Parti Quebecois

24
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What are the main reasons for passing the charter of the French language

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To protect the French language from being abandoned Quebec to counteract the choice of many immigrants to live in English, and to make sure that French remained the official language of Quebec

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What is JOUAL
Working class variety of Quebec French
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What is the quiet revolution?
The evolution of Quebec culture it became more diverse with local creations and painting, literature, poetry music, dance sculpture, photography, etc.
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How was Art during this.
It was modern and focussed on CLL and representative of Quebec’s new realities
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For every tradition write the innovation. Writing in standard French The theme of country life in farming European works of art. Classical literature? Classical music?
Using joual City life Quebec art Working class characters. Rock or pop
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1980 what did most Quebeckers do for fun?
They read books went to plays shoulder exhibitions movies remain the most popular form of entertainment. The invention of game consoles in the 1970s also began to be played. Young people began to go to arcades or played video games at home and the first personal computers appeared in the early 1980s.
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What popular forms of entertainment first appeared in 1980s and still exist today
Games and computers
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Right who these people were Leonard Cohen Michael Tremblay, Jean Paul Riopelle Anne Herbert
Singer and songwriter. Playwright and novelist. Painter, Poet and novelist
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True or false sports were only reserved for the wealthy
False
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Who were rivals of the Montréal Canadiens
The Quebec Nordic, they no longer exist today
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What event takes place in Montreal that has thousands of friends every year
Formula One, Jill Villeneuve was a Montreal Quebec race car driver
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M what event contributed to the development of amateur sports Quebec
The 1976 Olympic games
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What baseball team was popular?
The Montreal expos
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In 1980 what did Quebec farmers focus on?
Raising livestock, such as dairy,beef, cattle hogs, or poultry
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What is monoculture?
When only one crop is grown on a farm
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What was different with farming now in the past
Each farmer used to grow a variety of produce so he could now feed his family, but now that they practice monoculture Ing the crops and produce were generally intended for sale. Being a farmer had also become a real trade farming tools and techniques had been modernized farmers now used modern machinery, such as tractors instead of horses, they applied fertilizer to their crops and agricultural schools continue to teach them knowledge in the field.
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Fill in the blanks in 1980 farms were fewer but blank
Bigger
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They had become blank
Businesses
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Farmers use blank and blank
Machinery and modern techniques
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Most farmers, focussed on blank or on blank
Raising livestock, or growing one type of crop
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What is agricultural zoning?
In 1978 the Quebec government passed the act to preserve agricultural land to protect farmland from urban expansion. The measure which was also referred to as agricultural zoning, determined which areas of the province would be reserved for farming. It helped regulate both agricultural development and land preservation in Quebec.
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Why did cities represent a threat to agriculture?
Population increased and cities expanded , people use good agricultural land to build homes and facilities this made so that the agricultural land decreased
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How did the law in Quebec in 1978 affect farming
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Did the majority of the population worked for companies that offered services or products?
Services industries based on natural resources, such as logging and mining were less important in Quebec then they had been in 1905 fewer Quebecers worked in factories and plans where these resources were processed
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Give examples: raw material extraction. Processing Services
Fishing farming, mining logging. Factory work, sewing printing carpentry Sales secretary, work, teaching accounting
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True or false as of 1984 the percentage of workers stayed in school
True
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Which was a leading employment sector in 1905, versus 1980
1905 was raw material extraction in 1980 with services because more people went to high school
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Fill in the blanks in 1905 what percentage of the population had primary education versus 1980
44% versus 82%
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The language at work in 1905, versus 1980
In 1905 the language of business and trade was English after Bill 101 was passed it was French
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Who were the heads of business in 1905 versus 1980
English Canadians and Americans for the most part in 1905 and after that it became many French Canadian speaking Quebeckers in 1980
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What was women’s status around 1980
They were active in the job market with half of the adult female population working They held jobs traditionally done by women, such as teaching, waitressing and nursing. A growing number had begun taking jobs that were reserved for men such as professors, doctors, politicians and business executives. Do you still were unequal a woman who had the same position as a man did the same work was often paid less than her male colleague
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Choose one of the following nearly half of women, certain women, most women, women’s salaries, Held jobs that were once reserved for men
Certain women
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Had the jobs that were traditionally held by women
Most women
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We’re often lower than those of their male colleagues
Women’s salaries