Vocab Valley
An economic system where colonies exist to make the home country rich.
What is Mercantilism?
He was the first European to see the vast herds of Buffalo on the Prairies.
Who is Henry Kelsey?
The main economic activity (job) in New France.
What is the Fur Trade?
The animal whose fur was known as "Soft Gold."
What is the Sea Otter?
In the Mercantile system, this country gets rich.
Who is the Home Country (Britain/France)?
Having complete control over a resource or trade, so there is no competition.
What is a Monopoly?
He found millions of Cod fish off the coast of Newfoundland in 1497.
Who is John Cabot?
The climate (weather) in the 13 Colonies compared to New France.
What is mild (or warm)?
The country where Captain Cook’s crew sold the otter skins for a fortune.
What is China?
The reason the Siksika (Blackfoot) people said "No" to Anthony Henday’s trade offer.
What is "They had the Buffalo"?
The huge area of land given to the Hudson's Bay Company, defined by rivers flowing into the Bay.
What is Rupert’s Land?
He walked all the way to Red Deer, Alberta, but the Siksika people refused to trade with him.
Who is Anthony Henday?
This colony’s population grew very fast because they focused on farming and permanent settlements.
Who are the 13 Colonies (The British)?
The First Nations group on Vancouver Island that Captain Cook traded with.
Who are the Nuu-chah-nulth?
The reason the British finally started moving West (inland) instead of just staying at the Bay.
What is competition from the French?
A name given to sea otter skins because they were worth a fortune in China.
What is "Soft Gold"?
He sailed to Vancouver Island and his crew traded metal for sea otter skins.
Who is Captain Cook?
The strategy used by the HBC where they stayed in their forts and waited for First Nations to come to them.
What is "Stay by the Bay"?
The reason Captain Vancouver spent so much time mapping the coast.
What is to find the Northwest Passage (or prove it didn't exist)?
The difference between the HBC (British) and the French approach to First Nations.
What is "The British stayed in forts; the French lived with First Nations"?
A mythical secret river route through Canada to Asia that explorers were desperate to find.
What is the Northwest Passage?
He spent three summers mapping the BC coast and proved there was no river to China.
Who is Captain George Vancouver?
The British built this city/fort in 1749 to compete with the French fortress of Louisbourg.
What is Halifax?
The reason the Sea Otter trade ended the "mystery" of the West Coast.
What is "it brought hundreds of ships/traders"?
The "Big Lie" about the geography of North America that drove exploration for 200 years.
What is the existence of the Northwest Passage?