First Peoples and Early Contact
Who lived on the lands now called Canada before Europeans arrived?
Indigenous peoples, including many distinct First Nations and Inuit peoples.
Which level of government usually handles garbage collection in a town or city?
Municipal
Name the three distinct Indigenous peoples recognized in Canada’s Constitution.
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
What do we call goods brought into Canada from another country?
Imports
What part of a map explains what its symbols mean?
Legend or the Key
The fur of which animal was especially sought after in the early fur trade?
Beaver.
Which level of government is mainly responsible for public education?
Provincial
What word describes people moving to a new country to live there?
Immigration
What do we call goods Canada sells to another country?
Exports
Is a diary written during an event a primary source or a secondary source?
Primary source
Name one kind of knowledge Indigenous peoples shared that helped European newcomers travel or survive.
Accept: travel routes, knowledge of the land, hunting, food, medicines, or transportation.
Which level of government is responsible for military defence?
What are formal agreements between Indigenous nations and the Crown called?
Treaties
What does UN stand for?
United Nations.
Two groups describe the same event differently because they experienced it differently. What do we call each group’s way of seeing the event?
Perspective
Name one European disease that spread among Indigenous communities after contact.
Smallpox
Is freedom of expression a right or a responsibility?
A right.
What term means prejudice or hostility toward Jewish people?
Antisemitism
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
Which imaginary line is used as the starting point for measuring latitude?
The Equator
What was the French colony established in parts of what is now Canada called?
New France
What is the name of Canada’s national lawmaking body?
Parliament
What is the capital of Ontario and the capital of Canada? These may not be the same answer....
Toronto and Ottawa.
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Which imaginary line is used as the starting point for measuring longitude?
The Prime Meridian