Etymology: Summary Flashcards
What is etymology?
It is the study f the
Name the Prime Minister during the time period that we are studying. (c. 1900)
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Example sentence: Sir Wilfred Laurier was the Prime Minister of Canada during the early 1900s.
Name his political Party affiliation.
Liberal party
Give his years in the Office of the Canadian PM.
40 years 1896-1911
What dollar bill is Laurier on, and what is the bill’s colour?
He is on the $5 bill, and the color of that bill is blue
What is the right to vote called?
Suffrage
What was the ban on alcohol referred to as? (1920’s)
The prohibition era
Example sentence: The prohibition era in the 1920s led to the banning of alcohol in the United States.
What is a francophone? What is an anglophone?
French speaking. English speaking
what was canada’s national sport? winter and summer
lacrosse(summer) and hockey(winter)
name the first First Nations tribe that invented canada”s national sport?
Iroquois=Mohawk
what does c. represent?
circa-circle-round-around= approximately
** Name the first 4 provinces of Canada
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
What is the name of the Act that created Canadian Confederation? When was it created?
The British North American Act or the BNA Act. July 1st 1867- canada’s birthday
name the first pm ad the party affiliation?
Sir John. MacDonald and He was a liberal conservative.
The 20 dollar bill has the old queen on it. and the bill is green.
