THE MI'KMAQ
HAUDENOSAUNEE & SIX NATIONS
THE OJIBWA
FRENCH EXPLORATION & KEY FIGURES
BRITISH EXPLORATION, THE FUR TRADE & CONFLICT
100

Where did the Mi'kmaq people live?

  • What are Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Saint Lawrence River, Eastern Québec, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire?
100

Name the six nations of the Haudenosaunee.

  • What are the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora?
100

What is a scalp lock and who would wear one?

  • What is a tuft of hair left on the crown when men shaved their heads?
100

 What did the Iroquois receive in exchange for trading furs with Jacques Cartier and his explorers?

  • What are iron cooking pots, metal goods, and coloured beads?
100

 Who hired John Cabot to explore the continent of North America?

  • Who is King Henry the Eighth of England?
200

Name five things the Mi'kmaq used to decorate their clothing.

  • What are animal claws, animal teeth, porcupine quills, bird feathers, and dried fish skins?
200

Describe who the Peacemaker was.

  • Who was a man who brought the tribes together with a message of peace and unity and persuaded them to accept the Great Law of Peace?
200

 How did the Ojibwa catch fish?

  • What is they would spear and net fish in shallow shore areas where fish gathered?
200

Where did the name "Canada" come from?

  • What is from an Iroquois word "Kanata" that Cartier's men heard when visiting aboriginal villages?
200

What two bodies of water were named after Henry Hudson?

  • What are the Hudson River and Hudson Bay?
300

What Mi'kmaq word do we still use today for a sled in winter?

  • What is "toboggan"?
300

 Why were women important to the Iroquois?

  • What is that they were the leaders of the family and chose the chiefs of the Grand Council?
300

The Ojibwa were mostly known for living in what area?

  • What is north and west of Lake Superior?
300

What did Cartier think he found during his explorations and what did he actually find?

  • What is he thought he found gold and diamonds, but actually found less valuable minerals like quartz?
300

 When did the British government create the Hudson's Bay Company?

  • What is to manage the fur trade and compete with the French fur trade?
400

What did the phrase "Msit no 'kmaq" mean to the Mi'kmaq people?

  • What is "All my relations"?
400

How did young people find their guardian spirit?

  • What is through a vision quest?
400

Name five clan totems of the Ojibwa people.

  • What are the crane, the bear, the catfish, the loon, and the marten?
400

What did Champlain do to establish his settlement?

  • What is he founded the first permanent European settlement at Québec City with 28 people, and devoted the rest of his life to making the settlement a success?
400

Name two of the First Nations people Henry Kelsey met on his trip.

  • What are the Assiniboine and the Siksika (or Cree)?
500

According to historians, how did the land of the Mi'kmaq become so unpopulated?

  • What is that over half the Mi'kmaq population died due to exposure to European diseases?
500

 How did the French become enemies of the Iroquois?

  • What is that the French helped the Huron, who were enemies of the Iroquois?
500

What did a person do on an Ojibwa spiritual quest?

  • What is eat very little while being alone and quiet in nature for days until guardian spirits reveal themselves through visions?
500

What caused so many people to die the first winter in Québec City?

  • What is exposure to the extreme cold and poor nutrition?
500

How far west did Anthony Henday travel in his explorations?

  • What is as far as the area known today as Red Deer, Alberta?
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