Vocab
Who is a person who measures and divides land into lots for settlement?
Surveyor
Who were upset when Rupert's Land was transferred to Canada without being consulted?
Métis
What law created the province of Manitoba in 1870?
Manitoba Act
Which group wanted more farmland and opportunities in the West.
Ontario settlers
What animal has three hearts and blue blood?
Octopus
Who became the most important leader of the Red River Resistance?
Louis Riel
Who became the leader of the Red River Resistance?
Louis Riel
What word best describes the Manitoba Act because both sides gained something?
Compromise
This group wanted protection for their culture, language, and land rights.
Métis?
What is the only continent that is also a country?
Australia
Who buys land hoping to sell it later for a profit?
Land Speculator
What government did the Métis establish to protect their rights?
Provisional Government
What rights were protected under the Manitoba Act?
French language and Catholic schools
This group believed the government should negotiate before settlers moved onto their lands.
First Nations peoples
What country is known as the Emerald Isle because of its green countryside?
Ireland
What means to force someone to do something against their will?
Coerce
Who created conflict by measuring land before consulting local people?
Surveyors
What event led to negotiations that resulted in the Manitoba Act?
Red River Resistance
These people were concerned about protecting French language and Catholic schools.
Canadiens/French-speaking settlers
What board game has 64 squares and a king that can never be captured?
Chess
What term describes the population changes that occurred in the Red River area as increasing numbers of settlers moved west and affected the balance between different cultural groups?
Demographic Change
What event occurred when the Métis resisted Canadian control of Red River?
Red River Resistance
Who moved west after 1870 because many promises were not fully carried out?
Métis families
This idea connects many of the viewpoints in the chapter because people wanted to be consulted before decisions were made.
Citizenship or having a voice in government
What is the highest mountain above sea level on Earth?
Mount Everest