History of U.S.
History of Canada
U.S. Gov't
Canada Gov't
Vocabulary
100

The reason why some Irish farmers left their homeland to come to the U.S..

What is the Potato Famine?

100

Part of a country that doesn't have the full rights of a province.

What is a territory?

100

A plan of government that sets up how the U.S. government works.

What is the Constitution?

100

The group of people in Canada that want to become a separate nation.

What is Quebec?

100

The most widely spoken language after English in the U.S..

What is Spanish?

200

The war the United States and its allies won in 1945.

What is World War II?

200

People who are descendants of the first groups to live in an area.

Who are indigenous people?

200

A signed agreement between two countries.

What is a treaty?

200

Canada's ______ is similar to the Bill of Rights.

What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

200

French fur traders.

What are voyageurs?

300

One reason the American colonists declared their independence from Britain.

What are the British taxes?

300

The group of First Peoples who settled the far North of Canada.

Who are the Inuit?

300

The amendment that allowed women the right to vote.

What is the Nineteenth amendment?

300

The way the prime minister is chosen in Canada.

Who are the people of Parliament?

300

A government where voters choose their leaders.

What is representative democracy?

400

The route many explorers searched for that was thought of as a shortcut to Asia.

What is the Northwest Passage?

400

Britain got control over Canada after this war.

What was the Seven Years' War?

400

An addition to the Constitution.

What is an amendment?

400

The province where people of French ancestry mostly live.

What is Quebec?

400

A policy of accepting cultural differences.

What is multiculturalism?

500

One advantage the British had over the French in the 1600's and 1700's.

What was the result of the colonists receiving help from the British army?

500

This country claimed Montreal and Quebec in the early 1700's.

Who is France?

500

Prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful.

What are checks and balances?

500

An area Canada's national government is in charge of. 

What is keeping Canada safe?

What is trading with other countries?

What is immigration?

500

An idea of independence from the rest of Canada.

What is separatism?

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