Random Stuff
What is the estimated population of the Americas before European Discovery?
100,000 million
How much were the Chinese immigrants paid per day for their work on the railway?
Half of what the Europeans got $ 0.75 to $1.00
They also had to pay for their own tools, clothes, and food.
What was the worth of the third Chinese Head Tax in 1903?
The worth of the Chinese head tax by 1903 was $500.
What are 2 examples of a Push Factor?
Drought, war, natural disasters, disease/sickness,
What were the only animals domesticated in North and South America before Europeans?
The llama and turkey.
What were two of the crops (foods) brought from the Americas to Europe?
Potatoes, corn, cacao, sunflowers, tomatoes, squash, bananas, chili peppers.
Why was it difficult to get new Canadians to work on the railway?
The job was dangerous and difficult.
Why did the Chinese people want to leave China?
There was, crime, poverty, war, lack of food, droughts, and floods.
What are 2 examples of a Pull Factor?
Education, closer to family, religious freedom, farmland, and work/new job.
What percent of the First Nations people died as a result of new diseases brought by the Europeans?
It is estimated that 93% of the population died.
In the Americas they did not have the wheel or metal tools? True or False
True
What impact did the railway have on settlement in Canada?
It encouraged people to move across Canada and provided safe transportation across the country.
What two events brought Chinese immigrants to Canada?
1st wave Gold Rush
2nd wave building the railway (CPR)
What were 2 Push Factors for Europeans to leave Europe after Columbus discovered the Americas.
Europe was crowded, land was owned by rich
there was no way to improve your life
What were the 5 animals brought by the Europeans to the Americas?
Horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, and goats.
Once the Europeans started to out number the Aboriginal people it became harder for them to continue their traditional way of life and they eventually lost the ability to move freely on it.
True or False
True
Why did the First Nation groups move away from the areas of the gold rush?
There were no police or laws to keep them safe from the gold prospectors.
Why was the "Head Tax" created by the Canadian Government?
People in Canada feared that the Chinese workers would take away their jobs.
What was the first European business that began on the east coast of Canada?
Fishing for cod fish.
What are two Aboriginal inventions of contributions?
canoes, stomach remedies, corn, dart game, petroleum jelly, lacrosse snowshoes wild rice cough syrup, kayak, snow goggles, sunflowers, toboggan, pain relief, chewing gum, and acure for scury
What did the Canadian government give to Chinese Canadians for making them pay the Head Tax in 2006?
Steven Harper apologized in 2006.
The government gave compensation of $20,000.
How did the Europeans use smallpox as a weapon against the First Nations people?
They gave blankets infected with the virus as gifts to them.
Why was the Head Tax and the Immigration act discriminatory?
The Chinese were treated differently than other people from European countries. Europeans did not have to pay a head tax.
What were beaver furs used for?
Making felt hats that were popular in Europe.
What were the 3 "Gs" for European exploration?
Gold, God, and Glory