Groups Involved/
Land and Difficulties
Indigenous P.O.V.
Vocabulary
Dominion Lands Act
101

Rupert's land was sold by whom? and who bought it?

Who are the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Government?

101

What makes up the West?

What are the prairies/ Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan?

101

Which First Nations group took a huge role in the Red River Rebellion?

Who are the Métis?

101

Meaning of Immigrants?

Who are people who move to foreign countries permanently?

101

What is the meaning of penants?

What are governmental licenses that grant a right?

202

This group was the roots of the Red River Rebellion

Who were the Métis?

202

What would settlers have to do if the water quality became poor?

They would melt snow/ or collect rainwater and filter it.

202

What did the Indigenous people get in exchange for privacy and land?

Hunting and fishing rights, as well as payment and reserves.

202

Define inhabiting.

What is to live in?

202

When was this federal act declared?

What is April 14, 1872?

303
For how much did the Hudson's Bay Company sell the land for?

What is $1.2 million?

303

How many hectares of land did $10 buy?

What is 65 hectares of land?



303

What is a scrip?

What is a certificate given by the government that can be used to exchange land or money?

303

What is the meaning of agriculture?

What is growing crops and the cultivation of soil?

303

What did the Dominion Lands Act promise the Indigenous?

What are the promises of reserved lands?

404

List some immigrants' countries of origin that have moved to Western Canada.

Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Germany, and France.

404

What were sod houses made of and where did it originate from?

What are grass and mud?

What are Norse and Indigenous origins?

404

How did many Metis become homeless?

Because the government refused the change the scrip's flaws.

404

Define expansion?

What is to increase from the original value?

404

List some of the corporations that purchased the West.

Who are Canadian Businesses, Hudson's Bay Company, religious groups, municipalities, and railway constructors?

505

What specific group of Americans migrated to western Canada?

Who are black Oklahomans?

505


What kind of plant was used as insulation in sod houses?

What is thick tundra grass?

505

How were the Metis unknowingly a part of the scrip?

Because agents forged their signatures, leading to a one-sided agreement.

505

What is the meaning of prairies?

What are vast, open, grassy fields?

505
About how many homesteads were created?

What is 1.25 million?

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