Chapter 2: The French in North America Flashcards
Define: Aboriginal
descendants of the original inhabitants of North America
Define: Alliance
a union in which groups agree to trade and help each other solve disputes
Define: Bishop
the head of the church in New France
Define: Citizen
a member of society
Define: Clan
a small village of extended families who live together, cooperative and shared resources
Define: Colony
a territory controlled by another country
Define: Consensus
an agreement reached by a group as a whole
Define: Coureur de Bois
a Canadian trader (a runner in the woods in English), took long journeys into the wilderness to trade for furs with the First Nations, adventurers
Define: Culture
A way of life shared by a group of people
Define: Elder
respected member of an aboriginal communtiy
Define: Empire
a network of colonies controlled by a single country
Define: Ethnocentric
belief that one’s own ethnic group is superior
Define: Francophone
French speaking Canadian
Define: Governor
a powerful official in New France, King’s personal representative, most important figure of the Sovereign Council
Define: Government
the way people organize themselves to choose a leader and make decisions
Define: habitant
a Francophone farmer of New France
Define: imperialism
a country extended their control over another country through economic or military means
Define: Intendent
second most important figure of the Sovereign Council in charger of day-to-day affairs of the colony
Define: Indigenous People
Original habitants of the given area
Define: Jesuit
an order of missionairies that came to North America to convert First Nations Peoples to the Catholic religion
Define: Monopoly
when only one country is allowed to trade or sell in a certain area
Define: Natural Resources
a part of nature that people can use
Define: Oral Culture
language, teachings or traditional stories that are memorized and passed down orally from one generation to the next
Define: Petroglyph
drawing on rocks to record events and information
Define: Pluralistic Society
society made up of different groups of people with its own identities, ideas, perspectives, and culture
Define: Scurvy
a disease brought on of lack of vitamin C - not enough fruits and vegetables
Define: Silk Road
a trade route through Asia and Eastern Europe. Used by traders to transport spices, silk, tea, proceline and prescious gems
Define: Seigneurial System
a social system based on nobles (seigneurs) who rented land to farmers (habitants)
Define: Stereotype
an over-generalized protrayal of people from one group: stereotypes can reflect peoples’ prejudices
Three Sisters
Haudenosaunee name for corn, beans or squash
