Through Much of the Dinner Conversation, Jayden Grew Increasingly Angry

question 21

Multiple Choice

Through much of the dinner conversation, Jayden grew increasingly angry with her father who insisted that the people living north of the tree line were Eskimos. She finally left the table, exclaiming that "You don't know what you're talking about." Why would Jayden say this to her father?

• A) because there are no people who live north of the tree line
• B) because in Canada, the name Inuit has replaced the earlier name Eskimo
• C) because in Canada, the preferred name is First Nations
• D) because in Canada, the proper terminology is Aboriginal peoples

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