Study for that exam! Use the links in the blog post below.

Read the Gazette article about the Brossard coach who had his team don turbans for their soccer game against Granby last week.


Tutorials Friday, June 14.


OFFICIAL POWER NOTES: CHECK THE MAY 23 BLOG ENTRY.



Match each of the ten statements with one "culture" vocab. Use the exam "bible."You can use part 4 of the "got it-forgot-it" paper and fill in the first 10...

1. An entrepreneur is willing to invest capital to create a new business, hoping to make a good profit.
2. A belief that emphasizes individual freedom, equality and more rapid social change.
3. Leaders who urge support for the ruling administration in order to keep their rights and privileges.
4. The reduction of the influence of clergy in politics and social affairs.
5. People who want to conserve the language, religion, history, customs and laws of their cultural group.
6. Trade between nations with no import tariffs or subsidies for exports.
7. Roman Catholics who believed that divine right is more important that the state's rights.
8. A belief that idealises the benefits of the agricultural way of life.
9. People who are reluctant to change and value traditional and moral values of the past.
10. Economic policies that are designed to foster growth of home industries and exports to preferred markets.
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Some official power "got it - forgot it" questions, 1500-2012 (some we've done):

1. Define "absolutism" with regard to power relations in New France?
2. In matters of the law, what kind of rights did the people have in New France?
3. Was criticizing the governor or were public demonstrations permitted in New France? How were people intimidated in New France?
4. Other than government, what other institution in NF had power over people's daily lives?
5. What was the first British constitution for "Quebec"? Which social group opposed Governor Murray in the 1760's?
6. What new rights did colonists gain during the first 30 years of British rule?
7. In general, why were the canadiens (seigneurs, church) favourable to the Quebec Act, 1774?
8+9. The Loyalists arrived in Quebec in the 1780's. How did their arrival impact Quebec? (2 facts)
10. Which political group developed in Lower Canada in the 1820's & 1830's? Who was its leader?
11. What do we call a system of government in which the party leader chooses the executive council from the Assembly and the governor no longer exercises the power of veto? When achieved in United Canada?
12. Why was the union of Upper & Lower Canada proposed? By whom?
13. What is the importance of sections Section 91 & 92 of the B.N.A. Act, 1867?
14. Which groups lost influence in Quebec society during the Quiet Revolution?
15. When did Canada gain its full legal independence from Britain?
16. What particular event empowered Aboriginal groups in Canada and led to an increase in their influence?
17. What methods has the PQ used to try to reach their goal of sovereignty-association?
18. What is the purpose of the Charter of the French Language?
19. How have environmental groups raised awareness about environmental concerns in Quebec and Canada?
20. What kinds of “advantages” do business and financial circles lobby for from government?