Chapter 7
What is Political Deadlock?
A situation where nothing productive is happening because equally powerful sides oppose each other, but refuse to compromise
the Métis people were heavily involved in three main industries to support their economy. What were they?
Buffalo Hunting, Farming, and the Fur Trade
What is a Natural Resource?
A part of nature that people can use
What were schools where Indigenous children were forced to adopt the dominant culture called?
Residential Schools
What was the points system?
What is representation by population?
A system where legislative seats are assigned to regions based on the number of people who live there.
What was the Pemmican Proclamation?
It banned the export of pemmican from the region for one year. Impacted Metis economy
What were the 3 parts of the National Policy?
Economy, Transportation, Immigration
Reserves are what?
Land set aside by the government for Indigenous peoples
What did the Canadian government offer to families who moved to the West?
Free land
When did Canada become a country? (Date and Year)
July 1, 1867
What conflict/battle started because of the Pemmican Proclamation?
The Battle of the Seven Oaks
What is a Tariff?
A Tax on an imported good
A policy aimed at absorbing a group into the dominant culture
Assimilation
What is urbanization?
The process of people moving from farms to cities
What was the Maritime "Golden Age"?
The fishing, lumber, shipbuilding and coal mining industries were doing very well.
Who was Thomas Scott
He threatened to kill Riel and insulted his guards while in jail. For this, he was executed.
What replaced the fur trade in the praries?
Farming
What connected Canada east to Canada west
The Canadian Pacific Railway
What document became law in 1982 and listed the basic rights of every Canadian citizen?
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
is a system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country and provincial governments have power over local and regional matters.
What was Louis Riel Charged with for his execution?
Treason
What was the Land Dominions Act
Canada would give a person land, which they had to live on the land, build a home, and begin farming. After a period of time, they could gain ownership of the land.
What was the result of the Cypress Hills Massacre?
- American outlaws killed 13+ Assiniboine people. This made Canada send the police force into the west
A policy recognizing and promoting many different cultures within one country
Multiculturalism