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U.S. - Canada relations
Industrialization
Staple
Geography
First Nations
100
trade agreement of 1854
What is the Reciprocity Treaty
100
Coal mining in Glace Bay is an example of what?
What is a company town?
100
a commodity which dominates an economy's exports
What is a staple?
100
How much of Canada's farmland is located in the Prairie provinces?
What is 80%
100
What part of the staple trade did Aboriginal peoples dominate?
What is the fur trade
200
end of the American Civil War and the Reciprocity Treaty
1865
200
group advocating for 9 hour work days, instead of 12.
What is the Nine-Hour Movement?
200
Creator of the Staple Thesis
Who is Harold Innis?
200
How much of Canada's total area is forests?
What is 43%
200
People of mixed blood
What is the Metis?
300
He defeated the Liberals and ended reciprocity with the U.S.
Who is Robert Borden and the Conservatives?
300
National holiday falling on the first Monday in September
What is Labour Day?
300
Company that controlled the trading of furs
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
300
North West Territories, Western Canada and the Atlantic provinces
What is the Hinterlands?
300
was a prominent Metis rebellion leader
Who is Louis Riel
400
1989 Brian Mulroney - trade agreement
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
400
compensation for families who lost children in coal mines
What is 10 dollars?
400
What particular staple first brought Europeans to Canada?
What is cod?
400
approximation of Metis people in Canada today
What is 350,000 - 400,000
500
NAFTA includes what countries?
What is Canada, Mexico and the United States?
500
the process of negotiations between employers and a group of employees aimed at reaching agreements to regulate working conditions.
What is collective bargaining
500
When a staple economy expands beyond the production of raw materials to the manufacturing of materials.
What is the most successful form of staple economy?
500
The 7th largest wheat producing country in the world
What is Canada?
500
What were some products given to Aboriginals in exchange for furs?
What is clothing, blankets, pots and weapons.