Geography
The Province of Canada was made up of these two parts, one with people of mainly French heritage and the other with people of mainly British heritage.
What is Canada East and Canada West?
In the mid-1800s, BNA was shaped by these two important historical events.
What is 1. The Seven Years War (In 1763 Great Britain won all of France’s colonies in North America so they were now part of British North America)
AND 2. The American Revolution 1776 – 1783. The British colonies south of New Brunswick rebelled against Great Britain and won their independence to become the United States of America.
These were the FOUR main groups of people that populated BNA in the 19th century.
What are Indigenous Peoples (Aboriginals), the British & Irish, the people of French heritage and the Black colonists?
An outbreak of a disease that spreads very quickly in an area is called this.
What is an epidemic?
In rural communities colonists often had these where everyone made a party of getting together to get something done, such as building a barn or making quilts.
What is "work bees"?
These three parts of BNA were under the control of the British fur-trading company, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).
What is Rupert's Land, the North-Western Territory, and New Caledonia?
The economy of Newfoundland by the mid-1800s was still based on this, as it had been since the 1600s.
What is catching cod (to sell in Europe)?
This was what the French farmers who lived in the rural areas of Canada East (the French part of the Province of Canada) were called.
What are the Habitants? (This group feared that the British would become a majority and they would lose their rights) "Habitants" is also why the Montreal Canadiens are nicknamed "the Habs". ;-)
Name TWO of the childhood diseases that were quite serious in the 19th century but for which today we have vaccines so they are no longer debilitating or fatal.
What is measles, scarlet fever, mumps and whooping cough?
The object of this First Nations game was to see how far you could slide a large stick along the snow.
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What is snowsnake?
These are 4 of the 6 colonies of Great Britain that made up BNA.
What is Vancouver's Island, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Province of Canada, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick?
From 1840-1870 the Maritimes, especially New Brunswick, was the centre of this important industry.
What is shipbuilding?
The British were THIS against the Irish, French and Black colonists - meaning they had a dislike or mistrust of a person or group based on biased ideas or information. DAILY DOUBLE!!! If your score is above ZERO, you can wager up to double your score.
What is prejudiced?
These two churches were most active in setting up schools in BNA.
What is the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England (Anglican)?
This was the favourite sport of the Scottish and they found the long Canadian winters perfect for playing it.
What is curling?
By 1851 the population of BNA was approximately this amount. (to the nearest hundred thousand)
(What is the population today?)
What is 2,536,000? (acceptable answers - 2,600,000 or 2,500,000 or anywhere in between)
(Between 36-37 million)
The main industry of the HBC territories of Rupert's Land, North-Western Territory, and New Caledonia was still this.
What is fur-trading?
In 1755 the British forced the Acadians to leave their homes and BNA because the British didn't trust them to stay loyal to Britain. This event is known as this. (English or French)
What is the Grand Dérangement or the Expulsion?
As time went by, publicly funded schools were set up. These were paid for with money raised in this way.
What is through taxes?
In the early 1800s, people in the Maritimes were playing a game called this, a pre-cursor to hockey.
What is hurley-on-ice? (I will accept "hurley" as a response)
This was the largest city in the Maritimes in the middle of the 19th century.
What is Saint John, New Brunswick?
Shipbuilding was the strongest part of Prince Edward Island's economy but this industry was also very important.
What is farming?
By 1871 the population of First Nations and Inuit people dropped from 500,000 before contact to this.
What is 102,000? (acceptable answer: approx 100,000)
Church groups also ran schools for First Nations and Inuit children. The main goal of these schools was to teach the children about these two things. (For your test, consider why the negative effects this had of FN communities.)
What is European culture and religion?
These First Nations people carved hockey sticks and for years the sticks were considered the best available.
Who are the Mi'kmaq?