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Who were the first Indigenous group to arrive in Canada?

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Inuit

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Where did the First Nations (specifically Inuit) come from?

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Asia, 12000 years ago

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This person sails to Greenland from Iceland, was blown off course and reported seeing new land in what year?

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Bjarni Herjolfsson In 986 CE

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15 years later, another Viking explorer from Greenland followed the same route.

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Leif Ericson

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This person landed on Newfoundland and named the place what?

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Vinland

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With the support of some First Nations/Innuit communities, this person settled what is believed to be the what?

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First European Settlement in North America

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Who were the first explorers to settle in Canada?

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Norse Invaders

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Why did the Norse deserted the settlement in Canada?

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Unknown Reasons

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This Italian explorer sailed to Canada’s east coast in 1497.

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John Cabot

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This person claimed the land area for England (their sponsor) and named what the place was.

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Newfoundland

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During this period, all of Europe’s trade with Asia went through what place?

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Constantinople

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What happens with the European countries in the Northwest Passage?

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They began to look for alternate route

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After becoming aware of North America’s existence, they look for the route that is around North America and through the Arctic Ocean called?

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Northwest Passage

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This person’s lost expedition was a British voyage of what exploration and led by what person?

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Arctic Exploration and Captain Sir John Franklin

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This person left from what place during their lost expedition?

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England

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This person boarded 2 ships, what are the names of the ships?

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HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

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This person’s fourth and last expedition was undertaken when they were 59 and was meant to traverse the last navigation section of what?

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Northwest Passage

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After a few early fatalities, the 2 ships became icebound in Victora Strait near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic, in what is today the territory of what?

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Nunavut

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What happened during the entire Franklin lost expedition?

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He and his 129 men were lost during the entire expedition

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A search led by Francis McClintock in 1859 was discovered by how?

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A note was left on William Island with details about the expedition’s fate

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The 21st-century search for Franklin’s expedition was launched by the Canadian former prime minister…

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Stephen Harper

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In 2014, a Canadian search team led by _______ located something…

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Parks Canada, Wreck of Erebus

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What happens 2 years later during the search of Franklin’s expedition?

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The Arctic Research Foundation found the wreck of Terror

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The belief that a country could accumulate wealth by exporting more goods than it imported is called…

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Mercantilism

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Is the research and dive expeditions at the reck sites still ongoing?

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Yes

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To manufacture these goods, they needed raw materials, hence the desire for the natural sources of what?

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North America

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The theory that leads to colonization is called?

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Colonialism

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The sending of “our superior people” out to physically take the land away from “their inferior people” and run it for the benefit of “our benefit people” and is the control and exploitation of a territory through the settlement is called?

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Colonization

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What is another factor that fueled the colonization of the Americas?

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Intense Rivalry or Competition

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What are the 3 reasons for colonization?

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Mercantilism, Competiton and The Desire To Spread Christianity

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What is this film called that gives voices to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resistance of the human spirit?

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We Were Children

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What is John Cabot known for?

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The first documented European to arrive in North America after the Norse

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While the argument persists over his birthplace, how did he get the name “John Cabot”?

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He sailed for a British King and his name was anglicized to John Cabot

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This person sailed up the St. Lawrence River in what year?

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Jacques Cartier, 1534

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Who did Jacques Cartier claim the land for?

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France

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What did the French Colonists name the new area?

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New France

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What happened in the year, 1608?

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Samuel de Champlain built a permanent French settlement in what is now Quebec City

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Samuel de Champlain settled in 2 places, what are they?

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Acadia (aka Maritime provinces) and Quebec

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What name was Samuel de Champlain called?

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The Father of New France

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The company was also given what? (Hint: It is an exclusive right to trade)

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Monopoly

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What did the Roman Catholic Church do?

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The Roman Catholic Church played an important role in the colony of Nouvelle-France & brought with them French laws, traditions and religion

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The King of France wouldn’t let anyone move to New France who isn’t?

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Catholic

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An infectious disease caused by the variola virus is called

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Smallpox

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The iconic Hudson’s Bay point blanket is described as a

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A complicated history with the Indigenous people in Canada

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What took a darker history on these blankets?

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There were rumors swirling that they were used to spread smallpox among First Nations in the 1700s and 1800s

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In the last half of the 17th century, the beaver became ________ along the St. Lawrence lowlands

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Scarce

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What are the Coureurs du Bois?

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Large numbers of young, adventurous men left their settlements to go and trade with the First Nations of the North

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The name, Coureurs du Bois means…

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Runners of the Wood

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A vast commercial enterprise across the wild, forested expanse of what is now Canada is called?

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Fur Trade

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How did it open the continent to exploration and settlement?

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Intensely Competitive Trade

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51
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What are the Filles du Roi?

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They’re known as the King’s Daughters who were unmarried women sponsored by the King

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Besides wanting to correct the gender imbalance in the colonies, why was the Filles du Roi created?

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To increase the growing population

53
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What did the King do during the Filles du Roi period?

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Taking charge of recruiting, clothing and covering the cost of the royal wards’ travel with France and across the Atlantic

54
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The method of land ownership in New France is known as?

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Seigneurial System

55
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The seigneurial system relied on having one person, a lord or a seigneur rent out the land to where?

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Habitants (French Immigrants who lived and farmed the seigneur’s land)

56
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What happened with the British in Canada?

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The British colonized region south of New France and saw New France’s success in fur trapping and wanted to take control of the fur trade

57
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In what year and the name of the war that Britain and France were engaged?

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The Spanish Succession in Europe, Between 1701 and 1713

58
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What did the War of Spanish Succession in Europe do?

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These hostilities erupted in North America as well

59
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In what year and treaty name did both of the Spanish Succession in Europe as well as the fighting in North America?

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In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht

60
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What does the Treaty of Utrecht do?

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France surrendered possession of almost all of Newfoundland (except some fishing rights), Hudson Bay and Acadia to Britain

61
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It pitted the colonies of who and against those in where?

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British America, New France

62
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What is the name of the War between the French and the Indians?

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7 years War of 1756-63

63
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Between Great Britain and Iroquois vs. France and Huron, who were first sent in reinforcements and helped end the war?

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British

64
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True or False: The 7 Years War of 1756-63 was the first global war

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True

65
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What happened by the end of the war?

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France gave Canada/Quebec and Ile Royale/Cape Breton to Britain, among other territories

66
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What is the Treaty of Paris?

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The Treaty of Paris gave British control of all lands east of the Mississippi River, except for 2 islands off of Newfoundland and the British forced Nova Scotia’s French-speaking people to leave

67
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With their friends and allies the Mi’kmaq, the Acadians felt…

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Secure

68
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In what year and person saw the Acadian question of loyalty as a strictly military matter

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British Governor, Charles Lawrence, 1755

69
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In meetings with Acadians in July 1755 in Halifax, Lawrence pressed the delegates to take an unqualified _____ to Britain

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Oath of Allegiance

70
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When the Acadians refused, what did Lawrence do?

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Imprisoned them and gave the fateful order for deportation

71
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In between what year and how many Acadians were deported?

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Between 1755 and 1763, 10,000 Acadians

72
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What is the Quebec Act?

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It guaranteed the French the right to maintain their culture

73
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True or False: Many Loyalists (American Colonists) did not want to live among French-speaking Canadians

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True

74
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What happened in the year 1774?

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The British government passed the Quebec Act

75
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What is the result of the Quebec Act?

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It gave French Canadians in Quebec the right to continue practicing the Catholic religion and allowed French civil law and the difference between the 2 groups eventually led to a re-division of the country

76
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Ontario is the _______ filled with mostly _______

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Upper Canada, English-speaking citizens

77
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Quebec is the _______ filled with mostly _______

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Lower Canada, French-speaking citizens

78
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What happened with the Americas in 1776?

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The Americans (American colonists) gained independence from Great Britain

79
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What if there are Americans who do not believe in independence?

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They left America and moved to Quebec, The people were called “Loyalists” since they were loyal to Great Britain and Quebec began to have people who spoke English as well as French

80
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What happened during the War of 1812?

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The French and the British worked together, resulting in a draw but it defined the US-Canadian border and increased a sense of Canadian nationalism and they were more united than ever before

81
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What happened after the War of 1812?

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The two sides signed a peace treaty on Christmas Eve, 1814 and ended the war called the Treaty of Ghent which it simply affirmed pre-war borders

82
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In one final irony, it was fought more than two weeks after the peace treaty was drafted, resulting in a U.S. victory and 2000 British casualties called?

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The Battle of New Orleans; they suffered in vain not knowing the war was over

83
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What did the French Canadians and British Canadians realize?

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They hated being under British rule

84
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What did they think about Great Britain?

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Thought that Great Britain was too far away to understand their economic and political needs

85
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Oddly enough, the War of 1812 brought some lasting benefits to British North America and it is?

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Bringing a new sense of pride among the people, a better understanding between French-speaking and English-speaking Canadians, for each group had a fought a common foe

86
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True or False: Canadians began to rebel against British control

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True

87
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True or False: In 1841, the Upper and Lower Canada were united, establishing the Province of Canada

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True

88
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True or False: In 1860, British North America was made up of scattered colonies that were geographically, politically and economically separated from each other, although they were all intricately tied to Britain

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True

89
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What was in the center?

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A larger, bickering United Province of Canada composed of the French-Catholic dominated Lower Canada and English-Protestant Upper Canada

90
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True or False: In 1841, the formerly separate colonies of Lower and Upper Canada were forced into an unhappy political marriage

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True

91
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The _______ still loosely held much of the northwestern territory of the continent

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Hudson’s Bay Company

92
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British Columbia, cut off by the Rocky Mountains, was in the throes of the ________

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Gold Rush

93
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The colonies each had a ______________, although all were still subject to the overriding political authority of Britain

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Separate government with locally elected representatives

94
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True or False: By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies

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True

95
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The costs, especially of defending British North America, were _________ that a growing number of British politicians could do without

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Burdens

96
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True or False: The British North America Act created a federation union (dominion) of Canada and made Canada independent from Britain

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True

97
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It’s joined by 4 colonies, what are the 4 colonies?

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Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick & Nova Scotia

98
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True or False: Britain accepted the agreement because they were glad to be rid of the responsibility of protecting the colonies from the Americans (expensive)

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True

99
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What date did the Dominion of Canada happen by the Canadian Confederation processing?

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July 1, 1867

100
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There is a result of the current union with…

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10 Provinces and 3 Territories

101
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What is the Results of the British North America Act?

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Allowed each region to sell goods more easily to one another, improved trade helped the economy and soon there was enough money to build a railroad across the country

102
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The year, _______ was making the railroad from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean called _____

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1886, Transcontinental Railroad

103
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True or False: When Canada became a confederation in 1867, there were only 4 provinces

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True

104
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Eventually, the First Nations (Inuit) agreed to relocate to reservations, now known as…

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Nunavut

105
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True or False: Canadian Pacific Railway (Canada’s first Transcontinental Railroad) was built on part of this land

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True

106
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A ceremonial final last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 9:22 am on what date?

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November 7, 1885

107
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One of the benefits of the results of the railroad is…

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Birth of Canadian nationalism; before the railroad, most people only thought of themselves as belonging to their province; after the CPR, they felt as if they were part of one country.

108
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True or False: Chinese immigrants and Chinese Canadians in BC experienced broad racism beginning with the Gold Rush and the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway

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True

109
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Due to their precarious financial position, these immigrants ___________________ than white immigrants

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Were willing to work for lower wages

110
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After the completion of the railway, the federal government imposed a series of ___________

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Head taxes to dissuade Chinese immigrants from coming to B.C.

111
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In 1885, the initial tax was _____ a head (wife, child, parent) and when that didn’t stop people from coming to Canada, it was raised to _____ per person in 1903

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$50, $500

112
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Who arrived in Manitoba first?

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Fur Traders

113
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It was officially recognized by the Federal Government in 1870 _______________ and became the first province created from the Territories

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As separate from the Northwest Territories

114
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The economy was long based on _________________

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Farming, centring on grains, cattle and hay

115
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Who is Louis Riel?

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Founder of Manitoba, central figure in the Red River and North-West Resistance and died in November 16, 1885

116
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True or False: Riel led two popular Métis governments, and was central in bringing Manitoba into Confederation

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True

117
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____________ was discovered along the western coast of Canada in 1896

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Gold

118
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1898: Canada’s government created ________________ to meet the needs of the area’s growing population

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Yukon Territory

119
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This land was originally part of the Northwest Territories, but by the early 1900s, many people wanted this to change for 3 reasons, what are they?

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Reason 1: The economy had shifted from the fur trade to farming, mining, logging & railway, Reason 2: The population grew quickly because of the new industries. Reason 3: The area could not afford everything people needed (schools)

120
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True or False: Canada sent military forces, raw materials, & food to Europe

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True

121
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True or False: Canada was now a union that was able to compete with world powers and WWI increased Canadian nationalism

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True

122
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True or False: Canada promised to help Newfoundland by building many things such as railroads & roads

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True

123
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True or False: Britain didn’t want the cost of supporting Newfoundland anymore

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True

124
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Canada’s constitution was approved by the British Parliament on March 25, 1982, and proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1982 is called…

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Canada Act, also called the Constitution Act of 1982

125
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True or False: This made Canada wholly independent from Britain

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True

126
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In the 1970s, Inuit wanted to create a territory called Nunavut because:

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They wanted their own territory so that they could start making decisions for themselves. They needed their own government and they wanted control of their land - for many years Canada had used the resources of the Arctic without asking the Inuit

127
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True or False: On April 1, 1999, Nunavut separated from the Northwest Territories to become the newest Canadian territory

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True

128
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True or False: The name Nunavut is taken from the Inuktitut language and it means “our land”

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True

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