The Wild Wild West
Many of the Missionaries came from what two countries in Europe?
Britain and France
Why were the North West Mounted Police formed
- to show that the western prairies were controlled by Canada
-To bring law and order
-to stop the whiskey trade
How did the British help to grow Alberta?
-fur trade and explorers
-built schools
-form governments
-missionaries
a) people
b) other places
c) the land
d) all of the above
a) people
What was the name of the disease that caused many First Nations people to die?
Smallpox
Around How many North West Mounted Police officers rode across Canada to bring safety to the west?
More than 400
True or False:
Ranchers provided corn for the North West Mounted Police?
False
How did Francophones help to grow Alberta?
-missionaries
-fur traders
-built churches, schools, hospitals
What did children in early school study?
a) British Literature, history, and geography
b) Computer Science
c) music
d) chemistry
a) British Literature, history, and geography
The Assembly of the North West Territories used both French and English in meetings and written records until 1892.
True
Flase
True
Why was the railway important to the growth of Alberta
the railway allowed:
- Travel with large family groups
- access to goods service and supplies
- growth of communities
- a home for new immigrants.
What was the name of the Metis leaders who tried to explain to the government that the Metis people needed land?
Louis Riel
What did the treaties promise First Nations People?
hunting and fishing rights
farming equipment, farm animals, seeds
education and health care
Where did many of the settlers come from when moving to Canada?
Countries in Europe
True or False, Only men over 40 years of age could serve as members of the North West Mounted Police.
False
How did early settlement affect the First Nations people?
- They lost their land, tradition, and quality of life
- lost the buffalo
- death ( European diseases)
Which Prime Minister came up with the idea to build a railway from seas to sea?
John A MacDonald
How were schools different then and now?
Past: One room Today: Many classrooms
Past: Stove Today: Natural gas furnace
Past: Not many supplies Today: Many supplies and technology
Who were they Grey Nuns and what did they do to help develop communities in Alberta.
Nuns that worked as teachers and Nurses.
True
How did the government encourage immigration to the west?
-Cheap land prices
- Advertising
-Buildint the railway
To help build the Candian Pacific Railway, the Canadian Government gave?
a) Free Land to all First Nations People
b) Free train tickets to all immigrants
c) free land to the Siksika Nation
d) the CPR 25 million dollars and 25 million acres of land
d) the CPR 25 million dollars and 25 million acres of land
Who were the Oblates what did they do to help develop communities in Alberta?
French-speaking Missionaries who built churches started schools and planted gardens
The North West Mounted Police was re-named to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police because
a. it sounded way cooler
b. the name went better with their red uniforms
c. Prime Minister John A. MacDonald renamed them.
d. I'm not too sure
c. Prime Minister John A. MacDonald renamed them.