Maps & Locations
Which two provinces on the Canada Map of 1905 would eventually be joined together?
Newfoundland and Labrador
Who was prime minister of Canada for most of the time between 1867 and 1891?
John A. MacDonald
Who was in charge of convincing people to come to Canada?
Clifford Sifton
Why was the North-West Mounted Police formed?
To control the First Nations and Métis populations
Which element has the atomic number 1?
Hydrogen
Which province/territory on the Canada Map of 1905 would eventually shrink tremendously in size?
Northwest Territories
Why was Louis Riel hung?
High treason (working against the Canadian government)
What did the Canadian government offer Métis people in exchange for their land?
Métis land scrips (coupons)
What group of immigrant laborers had to pay for their own food and gear during the construction of the CPR?
Chinese immigrants
Which Disney movie features a genie named Genie?
Aladdin
What did the Canadian government hope to join by building the CPR?
Canada's east and west
Who were the two chiefs that led the First Nations people when they formed the NW Resistance?
Poundmaker and Big Bear
What Act attracted many immigrants to Canada in the late 1800s?
The Homestead Act of 1872
List three of the reasons why the Indigenous peoples went through hardship during the building of the CPR.
What bird has an eye that is bigger than its brain?
Ostrich
What were the first four provinces of Canada?
ON, QB, NB, NS
Who was in charge of the building of the CPR?
William Cornelius Van Horne
For what reason did the Métis people form the Red River Resistance?
The Canadian government was selling Métis land to immigrant settlers
What was established by the government to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture?
Residential schools
Which animal can lift up to 50 times its body weight?
Ant
After what event did Manitoba become a province?
The Red River Resistance
What was the Canadian government's vision for Canada? List three things.
Westward expansion (to acquire more land), settler population growth, better transportation (the CPR), economic growth (more goods and services)
For what two reasons did the First Nations people form the North-West Resistance?
1. Government ignorance, and 2. A decline in bison
Where were Indigenous people forced to move?
Land reserves
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile