Aboriginal Regions
This region invented the birch bark canoe for forest travel
Woodlands Region
This explorer first sailed to the New World in 1534 for France
Jacques Cartier
How Aboriginal peoples viewed their relationship with land
They believed they were an integral part of the environment, not in control of it, and saw the natural world as inseparable from the spiritual world
Year the first African slave ship arrived in the Caribbean
1518
French explorer who prioritized maintaining goodwill with Aboriginal peoples
Samuel de Champlain
Nomadic people who followed bison and lived in tepees
Interior Plains
The year Europeans first made contact at L'Anse aux Meadows
1000 CE (or 1000 years Before Present)
Trading purpose among Aboriginal groups before European contact
To cement alliances, create friendships, show prosperity, and obtain needed goods
Total number of Africans kidnapped during the slave trade
11 million
Aboriginal groups allied with English and French respectively
Haudenosaunee (English), Wendat (French)
Aboriginal group that built dams to catch fish on the west coast
Pacific Coast
Two European powers competing for exploration and trade
Portugal and Spain
Government structure of smaller nomadic hunter-gatherer groups
Egalitarian, with group interests taking priority over individual interests
How slave trade impacted European economic development
Generated wealth that enabled Britain and Europe to industrialize and expand their empires
Methods Champlain used to build relationships with Aboriginal peoples
Sent young fur traders to live among Aboriginal peoples, learned their languages and customs, formed military alliances
Region where people lived in longhouses and established farming
Lowlands
The religious movement challenging Catholic Church practices
The Reformation
How Aboriginal technologies reflected environmental understanding
Technologies were invented to help them survive in their unique environments, using local materials like stone, bone, and animal parts
Economic systems driving colonization
Capitalist economic system focused on profit and resource extraction
How young fur traders learned about Aboriginal cultures
By living among Aboriginal communities, learning their languages, values, and customs
The coldest region where people built shelters from snow
Arctic Region
Explain the difference between expansionism and colonialism
Expansionism is a policy of territorial or commercial expansion, while colonialism involves one nation ruling over another territory, controlling its people and resources
Describe the progression of Aboriginal societal independence
From independence to interdependence, and finally to dependence due to European contact and colonization
Detailed explanation of how colonization transformed societies
Disrupted traditional Aboriginal ways of life, created economic dependencies, and fundamentally changed social structures
Complex diplomatic strategies in early Canadian interactions
Creating strategic alliances, trading partnerships, and cultural exchanges to navigate complex political landscapes