Physical Regions of Canada
This region is known for its agriculture rolling and includes part of Manitoba and the NorthWest Territories.
What is the Interior Plains?
The 1st Europeans to visit Canada in the year_________
Who is Vikings in 1000 AD
These licenced traders travelled into unexplored areas to trade with Indigenous.
What are voyegures
July 1, 1967 is significant because of...
Canadian Confederation
What two capitals start with a "W"
Whitehorse and Winnipeg
The Cordilleras are located mostly in this province.
What is British Columbia?
The runners of the woods.
Who are the Courrier des bois
Courrier des bois were not
What is licenced
"Runners of the woods"
What provinces were asked to join the confederation but rejected it?
PEI and Newfoundland
Why is Vimy Ridge significant in Canadian History?
"Birth of a Nation"
- worked together, sparked nationalism
This region has five awesome lakes and a river that empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands?
The 1st British and 1st French explorers to Canada
Who are John Cabot (1497) and Jacques Cartier (1534)
The fur trade died out when these things happened (4)
What are:
1. Overhunting
2. Migrations and settling the west
3. fashion trends changed
4. War of 1812
Why did BC join the confederation?
Canada paid off their debts and promised a railroad to connect the country sea-to-sea
Minimum wage, work camps, and relief funds are all projects the _____________________ started because of the _____________________.
Government and Great Depression
Trees, rocks, and lakes are abundant in this biggest region of Canada.
What is the Canadian Shield?
Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby were all members of.
Who is the famous 5
What did the indigenous gain from the fur trade?
Status and recognition, tools, and luxury goods.
How did the confederation improve the economic stability in Canada?
1. Provinces made trade agreements so they could trade freely between them which saved money and improved lives.
2. They had to pay fewer taxes to the British.
Who was the most likely type of person to move to Canada in the 1700's?
Single man who was a 3+son
The Atlantic region includes these provinces.
What are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland
King George III supporters in 1780's
Who are loyalists
How did the fur trade affect the identity and history of Canada (3)
1. Reputation (exploration, adventure, wildlife)
2. Interracial marriage -> Metis
3. British out traded French leading to us being a full British Colony
4. Bilingualism
5. Expanded borders and mapped regions, trading posts lead to settlements.
The United States populations was a concern because....
it was so much higher than Canada people were worried that if invaded we would lose. Britain stopped caring after the fur trade died.
What is the symbol for strength and protection in Canada?
Northwest Mounted Police / Royal Canadian Mounted Police