FNMI BEFORE CONTACT
These groups made up Indigenous peoples in Canada before Contact: First Nations, ______, and ______.
Métis and Inuit
European buying and selling based on money is known as this economic system.
capitalism
This explorer reached the Caribbean in 1492 and thought it was India.
Christopher Columbus
These were the two competing empires in Canada.
French vs. British
This war from 1765–1776 led the American colonies to break from Britain.
American Revolution
Most FNMI groups lived this lifestyle, moving from place to place.
nomadic
This famous land route connected Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
Silk Road
This explorer reached Newfoundland in 1497 and claimed it for England.
John Cabot
The British mainly wanted to conquer land for this resource.
American “patriots” wore this colour of coat during the Revolution.
Blue coats
This belief system taught that all parts of nature had a spirit.
Animism
These people traveled long distances to trade goods such as tea, silk, and spices.
Merchants
This French explorer sailed the St. Lawrence River and named places like Quebec and Montréal.
Jacques Cartier
This British company, created in 1670, became the largest fur-trading company.
Hudson's Bay Company
This idea claimed the USA was destined to spread across North America.
Manifest Destiny
This scientific model says people crossed the Beringia land bridge into North America.
New World Migration Model
This belief made Europeans fear sailing west because they thought they might fall off.
the belief that the world was flat
This Iroquoian word meaning “village” eventually became the name “Canada.”
Kanata
This French fur-trading company was created in 1770 in Montreal.
Northwest Company
This Canadian woman ran 20 miles to warn of an American attack in 1813.
Laura Secord
According to the slides, FNMI groups believed land belonged to ______ and could not be owned
The Creator
These three European countries were major competitors in early sea exploration besides Spain and Britain.
Portugal, France, and the Netherlands
This French explorer founded Quebec City as the capital of New France.
Samuel de Champlain
These French fur traders paddled canoes along rivers to transport pelts.
Voyageours
In 1814, British soldiers attacked Washington, D.C., and set fire to this building.
the White House