Vocab
An agreement reached by a group as a whole
What is consensus
A tax placed on a good being brought from one country to another
What is a tariff
The 3 G's that pushed people to explore
What is Gold, Glory and God
Land that was controlled by the HBC
Rupert's land
a term used to talk about a country with 2 main languages
What is bilingualism
Dried, shredded buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries
What is pemmican
One who betrays one's country
What is a traitor
An explanation of how imperialism works
What is, that the home country would send people to colonize a new country, using economic and military force to get people to submit to their will.
the first 4 provinces to join confederation
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada East (Quebec), Canada West (Ontario)
An act that made French a second language in Canada
What is the Quebec Act
A formal agreement between nations
What is treaty
To discuss something in detail, an argument
What is debate
An explanation of how mercantilism worked
What is English merchants traded for the natural resources to send back to England, where they would make products and sell them back to the colonies at a larger price.
The first European group to move west to farm
The Scottish
Someone born of a First Nations mother and European father
What is a Metis person
A process by which a culture or an individual is absorbed into a more dominant culture by force
The way in which people meet their basic needs, such as food, clothing and shelter
What is economy
An explanation of why Acadians pledged to Britain
What is, Acadians wanted to remain neutral so they wouldn't have to fight the French, they also wanted to get along with the First Nations and the British.
Describe the two viewpoints on Louis Riel
Some believed he was a hero for helping fight for the rights of the Metis, others believed he was a traitor
The difference between fact and opinion
What is, a fact is something that can be shown to be true, and an opinion is a personal view based on personal judgment
A viewpoint that judges other global cultures and ideas according to personal values and standards, believing one's own ethnic group is better
What is ethnocentric
A system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country
What is federalism
Factors that lead to the war of 1812
What are, that Britain was at war with France, that the British were kidnapping American Sailors to serve in the British Navy, and that the British supported First Nations in their struggle for land.
The reasons why they sent the NWMP out West
What is, to show that Canada controlled the territory, to protect aboriginal people and help newcomers and to enforce laws to create peace
The difference between matrilineal and patrilineal
what is matrilineal is ancestral descent through the mothers line, and patrilineal is through the fathers line