Natural Resources
A resource found in the ocean floor that is sold around the world.
What is oil?
Rough waters can cause shipwrecks.
What are stormy seas?
The homes of the Mi'kmaq.
What are wigwams?
The King of France sent Pierre Du Gua de Monts and Samuel De Champlain to set up a ______________.
What is a fur-trading colony?
What are lumber and paper mills?
A plentiful resource used by both the Europeans and the Mi'kmaq.
What are fish?
Fierce windstorms
Mi'kmaq, ___________, and Beothuk lived in the Atlantic Region.
Who are the Maliseet?
An agreement between two groups of people.
What is a treaty?
By 2001, this job came to an end in Nova Scotia.
What is coal mining?
A valuable fossil fuel that is mined and used to fuel furnaces and engines.
What is coal?
Large storms that form over the ocean.
What are hurricanes?
A First Nations group who died from diseases brought by Europeans, starvation, and by settlers who wanted the land for themselves.
Who are the Beothuk?
French settlers in the Atlantic region.
Who are the Acadians?
The breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments.
What is aquaculture?
What are forests.
A large ocean wave produced by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
A group of people who wrote a letter to the governor of Nova Scotia that read: "you have taken from us our lands and trees and have destroyed our game.”
Who are the ten chiefs of the Mi’kmaq First Nation?
People living in the Colonies who remained part of the British Empire and were loyal to the British king.
Who are the United Empire Loyalists?
The making of materials on a large scale using machinery.
What is manufacturing?
A resource sourced from the Bay of Fundy that can be used to generate electricity for the community.
What are ocean high tides?
A french mapmaker who was not prepared for the regions harsh winters.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
An important natural resource for all of the First Nation groups in the Atlantic region.
What is the water?
The British forced the Acadians to leave because they would not swear allegiance to Britain.
What is the Grand Dérangement?
The beauty and history of the region attract visitors from all over the world.
What is the tourism industry?