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What is a community?
A group of people living in the same place, having a particular characteristic in common or who share common interests.
List three reasons immigrants moved to Canada
e.g., fleeing war, safety, jobs, new opportunities, friends/family, escaping poverty, etc.
What company controlled the fur trading in the Red River Colony in Manitoba?
Hudson's Bay Company
Who was the leader of the Red River Rebellion?
Louis Riel
What is an immigrant?
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
List three benefits of moving and living in Canada.
e.g., clean air, safety, free health care/education, more money, job opportunities, etc.
What did Polish immigrants receive from the government?
Free and inexpensive land
How did the Canadian government betray the First Nations peoples?
Government wanted First Nations to move to reserves, give up their way of living, give up their land, live like Europeans, sign treaties/plans they didn't understand
Who are the First Nations people?
Original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada
List three jobs available to settlers in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Farming, forestry, teaching, manufacturing, construction, garment industry
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What was the Gold Rush?
What is a head tax?
A fee that Chinese immigrants had to pay when entering Canada after the railway was done.
What did First Nations people and Europeans trade?
Sea otter pelt and blankets/buttons
Why did most Jewish immigrants move to Canada?
They were hated
How did Chinese Railway Workers earn extra money?
Lighting explosives to blast tunnels through rock
What is the underground railroad?
A network made up of routes to follow and safe houses to sleep in that allowed black slaves to escape slavery
Why did Europeans depend on First Nations people to surive so much when they first moved to Canada?
First Nations people taught them how to prevent scurvy, introduced them to new food, how to navigate the country
How did Jamaican immigrants socialize with other Caribbean immigrants?
Sport events like soccer/cricket games, block parties, dances, clubs
How does Canada encourage multiculturalism?
Events, holidays, languages, cultures, places, etc.