Key Terms
Confederation
When regions or provinces join together under one central government (Canada)
This person was the father of confederation.
John. A. Macdonald
What is a place where artifacts are collected, and exhibits are created so that people can learn more about the past.
Museum
The first settlers who travelled to Alberta were?
French-Canadian
Tourism
When people visit or vacation in another place, they are tourists participating in tourism.
1867
An official location where something from our history has been preserved because of its importance or value. Could be a building, landscape, site or structure that is significant.
Heritage Site
In 1982 Jean-Pierre Grenier created what?
Franco-Alberta Flag
Economy
How much money a city, province, or country earns to pay for the services they need to provide
What year did Alberta join confederation?
1905
What was a devastating piece of Alberta's history?
Drought of the 1930's where Alberta experienced 10 years of no rain or snow. The hot weather dried out the land and made it difficult to farm. Grasshoppers ate the only farming that grew.
How do francophones keep their culture alive?
Through schools, radio and media
Collective Identity
belonging to a bigger group
The British government to sell Rupert's Land and Northwest Territories, the Maritime provinces to join Canada even though they were far away, everyone he would be Prime Minister, all the provinces not to join the United States, are all what?
These are all the people John A. Mcdonald needed to convince to make confederation happen.
What was a celebratory event in Alberta's history?
The discovery of oil from the imperial Oil Company who drilled 134 holes before striking oil.
Approximately how many communities in Alberta have French inspired names?
2,000
Multiculturalism
supporting different cultures in a region, province or country
What were the factors that led Alberta to join confederation?
-A stronger economy for the province
-more control over their resources and how the province is ran
What were the positive changes to Alberta after 1905?
-cities grew larger making it easier for resources to be traded.
-population grew and became diverse as people were coming from all over the world to live
-private French schools were open to keep the francophone culture strong.