First Nations Facts
One of the largest First Nations societies traditionally occupying what are now Canada's Eastern Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I)
Mi'kmaq
This French explorer met the First Nations people of Stadacona. He raised a cross as a landmark for future travels on the Gaspé peninsula.
Jacque Cartier
The policy (decision) on the part of a ruler or government of one territory to dominate other territories is known as
Imperialism
A disease that causes the skin to break out in large blisters, accompanied by a high fever.
Smallpox
A First Nations society traditionally occupying what is now known as Ontario/Quebec and the Great Lakes area.
Anishinabe
This French explorer, known as "The Father of New France". He established the first French colony in North America- Port-Royal in Acadia.
Samuel de Champlain
The belief that your own culture is superior to other cultures is known as
Ethnocentrism
The ability of the body to fight off infection
Immunity
A First Nations society traditionally occupying what is now known as Ontario,Quebec and New Brunswick
Haudenosaunee
This British explorer who set sail for Asia, ended up in the Arctic where he discovered and mined a thousand tonnes of iron pyrite.
Martin Frobisher
A place where people live permanently, such as a village.
Settlement
A disease resulting from a lack of Vitamin C that causes internal bleeding.
Scurvy
An extinct First Nations Society, traditionally occupying what it now Newfoundland are known as:
Beothuk
This British explorer sent on a mission to find a northwest passage between Europe and Asia. His ship the Discovery got trapped in what is now called the Hudson bay. His crew eventually abandoned him to return home.
Henry Hudson
A region claimed and govered by a country from another part of the world.
Colony
A contagious disease that mostly attacks the lungs.
Tuberculosis
The Confederacy of six nations: They Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora is known as what?
The Great Law of Peace
This explorer was born in New France (now Canada). He began exploring later in his life. Two of his sons became the first non-Aboriginal people to travel to the Great Plains and see the Rocky Mountains.
Pierre Gaultier de la Verendrye
A clan of the Anishinabe, each clan had different responsibilities.
Dodem
Historical accounts passed from one generation to the next in the form of stories that represent historical events, tell of incidents, and are a way of recording information are known as what?
Oral Histories