Early Societies Terms (4)
What is an early society?
Early societies were societies formed between 3000 BCE and 1500 CE.
What is an Indigenous community?
Indigenous communities are the first groups of people who lived in an area.
What is an artifact?
Is an object that was made by a person.
Which early community was often referred to as Vikings?
Norse
Grade 4 - Give three examples of early societies.
Grade 5 - What are the four sacred herbs?
Grade 4 - Ancient Rome, Six Nations, Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Inca Empire, Indus Valley, Inuit
Grade 5 - Sage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Tobacco
Who is an archaeologist?
An archaeologist is someone who studies the past by exploring early society and searching for artifacts.
What is the role of an Indigenous Elder?
Elders are Indigenous teachers who teach about their culture, beliefs, and traditions.
The Ancient Egyptians used picture words to write called:
Hieroglyphs
Cedar Tea
Grade 4 - The name of this early society means "the people" in its native language.
Grade 5 - What is The Hudson's Bay Company?
Grade 4 - Inuit
Grade 5 - The Hudson's Bay Company was a successful fur trading company in Canada.
Define the term culture.
Culture is a word for the way of life of groups of people.
How were the Coureurs de Bois different from voyagers?
They were both fur traders. However the Coureur de Bois were unlicensed and the voyagers were licensed.
Which early society did not relay on currency and trading?
Inca Empire
A person who is sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
Missionary
Grade 4 - Why type of currency did Ancient Rome use?
Grade 5 - How is Cedar Tea made?
Grade 4 - Ancient Rome used coin currency to transfer wealth.
Grade 5 - Cedar Tea is made by boiling the leaves of a cedar tree in hot water.
Define the term trade.
Trade is exchanging something for something else.
The beaver is often used as a symbol of Canada. Why do you think the beaver is symbolic of Canada's history?
The fur trade played a substantial role in Canada's trade and history.
Which early society had these three main belief systems: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism?
Ancient China
One of the earliest known European settlements in North America.
L'Anse aux Meadows
Grade 4 - What was the belief or religion of the majority of people in Medieval England?
Grade 5 - Why did European explorers mistakenly call Indigenous peoples "Indians"?
Grade 4 - Christianity was the most popular religion in Medieval England.
Grade 5 - Early European explorers thought they had arrived in India, so they called the people Indians. They actually had arrived in North America.
What are beliefs?
Beliefs are an acceptance that something is true or that something exists.
What were some of the consequences of early contact between Indigenous peoples and Europeans? (List at least 3)
Some of the consequences include: conflict and disease, loss of Indigenous culture, and the negative impact on the environment (overhunting of the beaver)
Some people in this early society lived in homes called longhouses.
Six Nations
One of the first French colonies established in New France in 1604. It was located near Quebec and the Maritime Provinces.
Acadia
Grade 4 - In many early societies, there was no school. How did the children learn?
Grade 5 - Why do you think it was difficult for Indigenous peoples to continue their traditional way of life once the Europeans arrived?
Grade 4 - Children in early societies would learn from their parents. If their parents knew how to read and write, their children would learn how to read and write too. Children of wealthy families may have had tutors.
Grade 5 - The Europeans introduced new diseases which introduced a new set of problems. They also introduced tools which the Indigenous people became used to using. This made it difficult for them to transition back into their old life.