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100
The Canadian Shield is the second largest region in Canada.
What is false.
100
Dried meat, pounded to a paste and mixed with melted fat and berries.
What is pemmican.
100
These people had one parent who was First Nations and one who was Canadien.
Who are the Metis.
100
This industry is very popular in the Canadian Shield due to the large formations of rock that cover the area.
What is mining.
100

The Canadian Shield has many of these, and they were used by the explorers for exploring and easy travel.

What is rivers

200
The Canadian Shield covers parts of 5 provinces and 2 territories.
What is true.
200
A French word meaning "traveller".
What is voyageurs.
200

The First Nations sold beaver pelts to this Company who ended up exploiting them

Who is the Hudson Bay Company

200
This industry uses a renewable resource (water) and turns it into energy.
What is hydroelectricity.
200

This is the largest body of water in the Canadian Shield located between Quebec and Ontario and is named after a famous explorer.

What is Hudson Bay.

300
Both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company built trading posts across the Canadian Shield.
What is true.
300
A swamp or bog formed from the buildup of moss, leaves, and other plants.
What is muskeg.
300

These people worked ALONE in the fur trade, going to the camps and trading with First Nations people. They often lived with the First nations.

Who are the Coueur Des Bois

300
This industry uses the natural resource of forests to create items like paper, lumber and firewood.
What is forestry.
300

Name the Bay where the large hydroelectric project was installed that Hudson Bay feeds into

What is James Bay

400
The main industry in the Canadian Shield is farming.
What is false.
400
A French term meaning "runners of the woods".
What is Coureurs de Bois.
400
These three First Nations groups have always lived in the Canadian Shield.
Who is the Woodland Cree, the Anishinabe, and the Innu.
400

These 2 natural resources in the Canadian Shield are mined; they are valuable; one is yellow and one is grey; and both are  used to make jewelry!

What is gold and silver

400

The name of the action of carrying the canoes when the rivers got too rough. 

What is portage or portaging

500
The Coureurs de Bois became friends with the First Nations.
What is true.
500
A word used by some First Nations to refer to the Great Spirit.
What is creator.
500

Who was the English explorer who mapped most of Western Canada and is also known as the greatest map maker of all time?

Who is David Thompson

500
It is the biggest natural resource and it can be any shade of blue.
What is water.
500
When voyageurs were crossing the Canadian Shield, they had to cross many rivers using the land because the _______ were too dangerous to cross in their canoes.
What are rapids.