Humanities 8
This deadly pandemic swept across Europe in the mid-1300s, killing an estimated one-third to one-half of the population.
What is the Black Death (or the Bubonic Plague)?
Fuelled by steam engines, coal, and textiles, this major historical era reshaped European economies and society starting in late 18th-century Britain.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
During World War II, the Canadian government forcibly relocated over 22,000 Canadians of this heritage away from the BC coast into internment camps.
Who are Japanese Canadians?
What territories is the Surrey School District located on?
What are the Coast Salish Peoples (Katzie First Nation, Kwantlen First Nation, Semiahmoo First Nation)?
This famous playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Under European feudalism, these bound agricultural laborers were legally attached to the lord's land and could not leave without permission.
What are serfs?
This iconic Canadian trade organization, founded in 1670, dominated the fur trade.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company (HBD)?
The period of geopolitical tension without direct military conflict between the US and USSR from the late 1940s to 1991 is known by this name.
What is the Cold War?
Derived from the Narragansett word for "leader," this traditional Indigenous gathering features dancing, singing, drumming, and social celebration.
What is a Powwow?
This chemical element with atomic number 79 is represented by the symbol Au on the periodic table.
What is Gold?
Meaning "rebirth" in French, this European cultural movement brought a major resurgence in art, science, and learning following the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
This major infrastructure project, completed in 1885 with a "Last Spike" in Craigellachie, BC, was a key condition for BC joining Confederation.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)?
Pierre Trudeau's government introduced this legislation in 1970 to deploy the military during the FLQ Crisis in Quebec.
What is the War Measures Act?
This federal legislation defines the legal status of First Nations people and governs reserves.
What is the Indian Act?
The largest living mammal on Earth, capable of growing over 90 feet in length.
What is the Blue Whale?
This massive network of overland trade routes connected China to the Mediterranean world, spreading goods like silk, spices, and paper.
What is the Silk Road?
He led the Red River Resistance in 1869 and the North-West Rebellion in 1885 to fight for Métis rights before his execution in Regina.
Who is Louis Riel?
This document guarantees fundamental rights and civil liberties for everyone in Canada.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Established in 2008 and concluding in 2015, this national body examined the dark legacy of the Indian Residential School system, issuing 94 Calls to Action.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)?
Located in East Africa, this is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
The global exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following 1492 is known as this exchange.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The slogan "No taxation without representation" was in this revolution against Great Britain.
What is the American Revolution (or American Revolutionary War)?
On June 6, 1944, Canadian forces stormed this specific beach codename in Normandy, France, during D-Day.
What is Juno Beach?
Signed between 1871 and 1921, this series of 11 agreements between the British Crown and First Nations covered vast swaths of land from modern-day Ontario to Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
What are the Numbered Treaties?
Written by Mary Shelley in 1818, this gothic masterpiece about a monster is widely considered the first true science fiction novel.
What is Frankenstein?