Chapter 5 Flashcards
Digue
A barrier usually made of earth
Deport
To send out of a country
Great deportation
The removal of 11,000 Acadians by Britain starting in 1755 Britain took the Acadians land at home and other possessions
Grievous
Difficult to endure
Strategic postion
A place who’s physical location makes it important or valuable, often for military reasons
Prejudice
A negative generalization about a group of people based on uninformed judgment
Martines
The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI
Officially bilingual
Having rights in law that embellish equality between two languages
Genocide
A policy to eliminate people of a particular cultural identity
Ethnic cleansing
A policy to remove people of a particular culture identity
Treaty of Paris
The 1783 agreement between Britain and France that ended in the seven years war which France gave up nearly all its claims in North America
Retaliate
To give revenge
Assimilate
To become part of a different culture group
Bicultural
Giving official recognitions to two cultures
Elected assembly
Representatives elected by voters