Vocabulary Review
Do the Quebecois speak French or English?
French
Is a dominion entirely, or only partially self governing?
Only partially
Name ONE thing that caused Native populations to decline after Europeans arrived in Canada.
Lost lands OR disease.
Give an example of how industrialization effects your life.
Pick anything around you that was made in a factory.
What country have we been talking about for the last week or two?
Canada.
THROWBACK: Define Aquaculture
The farming of fish, as opposed to the catching of wild fish.
Who are the Inuit people?
Native Americans from Canada.
Name ONE of the reasons why people immigrated to Canada in the 1800s.
Gold rush, fertile soil, OR to escape slavery.
Give one example of how local geography impacts jobs in an area.
Access to a river creates shipping jobs.
Access to river power and coal created steel jobs in Pittsburgh.
Access to oil creates drilling jobs.
Access to the internet creates online work.
Etc.
Where do most people in Canada live?
In the south, along the US-Canada border.
The name for an American colonist who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.
Loyalist
This is when a group of people in a country want to separate and form a new, independent country.
Seperatism
What was the purpose of the "healing fund" towards Native Canadian tribes?
To make reparations for their loss of land.
Name TWO distinctive geographic features of Northern Canada.
Name any Canadian province.
Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, OR Newfoundland.
Province
The legislative body of Canada, like Congress in the US.
Parliament
Name BOTH countries that rivaled over territory in Canada during colonization.
Great Britain AND France.
What part of Canada has discussed breaking away to form a separate country?
Quebec
What country had lots of control over Canada until the 1980s?
Great Britain
Name the free trade agreement signed between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 1994.
North American Free Trade Agreement (or NAFTA)
THROWBACK: Define Tributary
Small creeks and rivers that branch off from a larger waterway.
What industry fueled the growth of Edmonton, Canada?
Petroleum.
How is Canadian healthcare different from United States healthcare?
The Canadian government pays for every citizen's healthcare, while the US government pays for the healthcare of people who are elderly or have low incomes.
How did World War II impact the Canadian economy?
It increased industrialization.