Cultural Groups
How many distinct cultural groups populated Manitoba during its early agricultural settlement era?
Three
What dollar amount was the registration fee for the primary "homestead" duty?
$10
When did the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) come to be?
1880's
What cultural group provided vital ecological knowledge and localized crop cultivation?
First Nations
How many years did the claim have to "prove up"?
Three years
Prairie farms were connected to ___________ markets.
Global
What cultural group did the Anishanaabe, Cree, Dakota, Oji-Cree belong to?
First Nations
What did the homesteader have to do to "prove up" the claim?
Build a habitable dwelling, break/cultivate a minimum of 30 acres, and live on the land.
What did the CPR transport out?
The ___________________ established the Red River long-lot system and early commercial livestock/crop networks.
Metis Nation
How did the Dominion Land Survey system map out the praires?
They had a grid layout based on meridians and base lines.
What did the CPR bring in?
Machinery
The ______________________, such as Mennonites, Ukrainians, and Icelandics) introduced specialized dry-land farming techniques, populated rural municipalities, and massively scaled up grain production.
European/Global Immigrants
How big was a standard township under the Dominion Land Survey system?
6 miles by 6 miles and was subdivided into 36 sections.
Before the railway, farmers could only produce food for local consumption because hauling heavy grain overland by wagon was what?
Too expensive