CANS 200 Final questions well answered
graded A+ (latest version)
Colonialism - correct answer ✔✔the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control
over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Liberalism - correct answer ✔✔A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens,
representative government, and the protection of private property
welfare - correct answer ✔✔government aid to the poor
affairs of state - correct answer ✔✔important government matters
Lifeworld - correct answer ✔✔taken-for-granted pattern and context for everyday living through
which people conduct their lives
the myths - correct answer ✔✔(1) the pristine myth
- no man's land myth
-naturalizes indigenous populations (part of the land to be conquered)
- makes the land seem empty
(2) Noble/Ignoble Savage
Ignoble:
- indigenous people seen as savages to be civilized
- they are "outside the march of progres"
-justification for exclusion + racism
Noble:
, - idea that indigenous peoples lived peaceful, static lives environmentally and socially
-implication of a primitive culture
-they "need the white man's help"
tools of the state - correct answer ✔✔institutional, political, social, cultural, economic
the constitutional act (1791) - correct answer ✔✔Quebec becomes two colonies: Upper and
Lower Canada
Upper Canada:
- english canada
- british civil + criminal law
Lower Canada:
- retains a seigneurial system (french civil law)
- british criminal law
Confederation - correct answer ✔✔canada provinces join into a confederate (1867)
empire - correct answer ✔✔an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme
authority
nation-state - correct answer ✔✔a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively
homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
proclaims the commonality of the people (even if the reality is much more complex)
imperialism - correct answer ✔✔A policy of extending a country's power and influence
graded A+ (latest version)
Colonialism - correct answer ✔✔the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control
over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Liberalism - correct answer ✔✔A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens,
representative government, and the protection of private property
welfare - correct answer ✔✔government aid to the poor
affairs of state - correct answer ✔✔important government matters
Lifeworld - correct answer ✔✔taken-for-granted pattern and context for everyday living through
which people conduct their lives
the myths - correct answer ✔✔(1) the pristine myth
- no man's land myth
-naturalizes indigenous populations (part of the land to be conquered)
- makes the land seem empty
(2) Noble/Ignoble Savage
Ignoble:
- indigenous people seen as savages to be civilized
- they are "outside the march of progres"
-justification for exclusion + racism
Noble:
, - idea that indigenous peoples lived peaceful, static lives environmentally and socially
-implication of a primitive culture
-they "need the white man's help"
tools of the state - correct answer ✔✔institutional, political, social, cultural, economic
the constitutional act (1791) - correct answer ✔✔Quebec becomes two colonies: Upper and
Lower Canada
Upper Canada:
- english canada
- british civil + criminal law
Lower Canada:
- retains a seigneurial system (french civil law)
- british criminal law
Confederation - correct answer ✔✔canada provinces join into a confederate (1867)
empire - correct answer ✔✔an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme
authority
nation-state - correct answer ✔✔a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively
homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
proclaims the commonality of the people (even if the reality is much more complex)
imperialism - correct answer ✔✔A policy of extending a country's power and influence
