provinces
What are all the provinces of the Atlantic region?
Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec
What does colonist mean?
Settlements or outpost that are under command by another nation or country
What are all 3 first nation groups of the Atlantic region?
Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Beothuk
What is the fish that people all over the world came to the Atlantic region to catch?
Cod
What are some physical features of the Atlantic region?
Forest, ocean, rocks, farmland, ect
What and where are the 2 biggest cities in the Atlantic region?
St. Johns Newfoundland and Halifax Nova Scotia
What is pulse?
A common type of seaweed that grows along the coast
Who was the famous French explorer?
Jacques Cartier
What are 3 common types of natural resources in the Atlantic region?
Coal, fish, and oil
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
Latitude: imaginary lines that run east to west and show the distances of the equator
longitude: imaginary lines that run north to south and show the distances of the prime meridian
What is one of the biggest provinces in the Atlantic region?
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick (if you got one or two of these right you are correct)
What is scurry?
A type of sickness that is caused by the lack of vitamin C
What are wig warms?
Tipi like homes made by sewing spruce poles and birchbark
When and where was oil first found in the Atlantic region?
Newfoundland 1960s
what was the largest mining industry in the Atlantic region?
Coal mining
Name one of the smallest provinces in the Atlantic region?
Prince Edward Island
What are tides?
Daily changes in the ocean level
Who had founded Port Royal?
Samuel de Champlain
what are 2 types of natural resources from meat, vegetables, fruits, and ocean the first nations used to survive?
Ocean: cod, salmon
Meat: deer, moose
Vegetables: rice, onions
Fruits: blueberries, plums
What is a Aquaculture?
Raising fish in protected areas until they are big enough to cook and eat
What and where is the biggest river in the Atlantic region?
St. Lawrence River near Quebec
What is an archleogist?
A person who studies how people lived back then by studying old diaries, clothes, books, tools/weapons, and even houses
What type of first nations provided food, medicine, and knowledge for the French colonist?
The Mi'kmaq
How did the finding of cod change the Atlantic region?
With cod being found, the Atlantic region's population skyrocketed
What province did the Beothuk live in?
Newfoundland