Mixtures and Solutions
This is when things are mixed and they keep their individual properties.
Mixture
What are the factors called that make people want to leave their country?
Push factors
What was the name of the famine that brought Irish immigrants to Canada?
Potato Famine
This simple machine is used to move heavy items from one level to another level.
Inclined Plane
What happened to orphaned Irish children who arrived in Canada?
They were usually adopted.
This is when 2 substances are mixed together and they change properties to become something new.
Solution
This category of factors have to do with money reasons.
What was the first big reason that Chinese immigrants began arriving in Canada?
The Gold Rush
This simple machine is found on a see saw.
Lever
What was the name of the secret organization that helped Black slaves escape to Canada?
The Underground Railroad
What are the 3 states of matter?
What are immigrants called who flee to a new country because they are in danger in their home country?
Refugees
What was the extra money called that Chinese immigrants had to pay to get into Canada? It started at $50, then became $100 and then $500.
Head Tax
This simple machine is found in cars and bikes.
Wheel and axle
What did the Chinese immigrants help to build in Canada that connected BC to the rest of the country?
The railroad
What is the method of separating mixtures called when you make coffee?
Filtration
This category of factors have to do with the leadership and laws of a country.
Political factors
Many Black communities grew up around these because there was work there for Black people.
Train stations
This simple machine is used to split or push items apart.
Wedge
Name of the Black immigrants who fought for the British side against the United States and moved to Canada after the war.
Loyalists
This is when you spin a solution very fast and it separates out into different parts.
Centrifugation
This word describes a society where people of many different backgrounds live together.
Multiculturalism
What was the name of the Black lady who fought for equality in a movie theatre and is now on our $10 bills?
Viola Desmond
This simple machine uses a wheel and ropes to help lift heavy objects.
Pulley
What did Chinese people call the west coast of North America?
Gold Mountain