FUR TRADE
This animal's fur was the most important in the fur trade.
What is a beaver?
One major reason the railway was built was to encourage people to move to this part of Canada.
What is Western Canada (Alberta?)
Many settlers came hoping to receive this from the government.
What is land?
This natural region contains Calgary and Edmonton.
What is the Parkland Region?
Alberta is famous for fossils of these prehistoric animals.
What are dinosaurs?
What did First Nations and Métis peoples trade in exchange for goods?
What are animal furs or pelts?
To make room for the railway, the government encourage people to get rid of the ________
What are buffalo/bison?
Settlers often built these homes from prairie grass and soil.
What are soddies?
This natural region is known for mountains and forests.
What is the Rocky Mountain Region?
This Alberta town is known as the Dinosaur Capital of the World.
What is Drumheller?
Fur traders often travelled in these boats.
What is a canoe?
Before building the railway, the government had to create a new police force in the west called....
Who are the North West Mounted Police?
New settlers were given a piece of land called a __________.
This region covers the largest area of Alberta.
What is the Boreal Forest Region?
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of these.
What are living things/plants and animals?
This company became one of the largest fur trading companies in Canada.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
Because of the railway, small stops often grew into these.
What are towns/communities?
People who move to a new country to live are called ____________?
Who are immigrants?
This dry region in southeastern Alberta is known for hoodoos and badlands.
What is the Grassland Region?
This Alberta World Heritage Site is famous for dinosaur fossils.
What is Dinosaur Provincial Park?
This group acted as guides, translators, and traders between cultures.
Who are the Métis?
Before railways, settlers often travelled long distances using this animal-drawn vehicle.
What is a wagon? Or what is a carriage?
What is $10?
Scientists who study fossils are called these.
What are paleontologists?
We have so many fossils here because....?
What is because of the way the land formed?