Lecture 7 - Quebec

Question 1

What river played a significant role in Quebec?

Answer 1

St. Lawerence river

Question 2

How many containers can shipping boats carry?

Answer 2

1,600

Question 3

What did they build to get ships from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie

Answer 3

built canals and lock systems to bypass Niagara Falls

Question 4

What was important about Great Lakes?

Answer 4

allowed goods to be transported, important to trade

Question 5

What are the 5 Great Lakes?

Answer 5

Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario

Question 6

When was the first settlement (New France)?

Answer 6

1608, founded by Champlain, first trading post

Question 7

What is the Seigneurial System?

Answer 7

1. Encourage an agricultural society
2. Access to seigneur’s mill (grind the grain)
3. When under attack, served as a place of security

Question 8

What organization was important to Quebec history?

Answer 8

the church

Question 9

Who was Jean Talon

Answer 9

recruited peasants from France, created French feudal system, gave land to royal rich people, non-democratic

Question 10

What was key to success for settlements?

Answer 10

grow surplus of food

Question 11

What are the historical milestone of British Colonies in lower Canada?

Answer 11

1763 - The Treaty of Paris awards New France to Great Britain
1774 - The British Parliament passes the Quebec Act, which recognizes that Quebec, as a British colony, has special rights, including use of the French language the Catholic religion, and French civil law
1791 - The British Parliament approves the Constitutional Act that creates two colonies in British North America called Upper Canada and Lower Canada
1841 - Based on the report of Lord Durham following the failed rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada of 1837 and 1838 the British Parliament passes the Act of Union that reunites the Canadas into a single colony and makes English the official language of the newly formed Province of Canada

Question 12

What percent of Quebec speaks French

Answer 12

85 percent

Question 13

What and when is Revenge of the Cradle?

Answer 13

1851 - 1951, many French babies

Question 14

When did British rule?

Answer 14

1760-1860

Question 15

What did Confederation do?

Answer 15

united two cultures, economic union, religion and language guaranteed protection by Ottawa, Provincial control over education and language

Question 16

When and what was the quiet revolution?

Answer 16

1960’s, provincial government replaced Catholic Church

Question 17

what was 1995 Referendum?

Answer 17

Quebec vote to separate from Canada, 51% stay

Question 18

What is Quebec main power source?

Answer 18

Hydro from precipitation, topography, access to markets

Question 19

When did James Bay Hydro project begin

Answer 19

1972 - 1985 15 billion dollars

Question 20

What was the conflict in James Bay Hydro

Answer 20

ownership of land, economical, environmental stewardship

Question 21

How many Quebecers live in urban areas?

Answer 21

80 - 85 percent

Question 22

What are two biggest cities

Answer 22

Quebec and Montreal

Question 23

Why is Montreal loosing steam while Toronto is gaining?

Answer 23

1. Manufacturing- based economy in decline
2. Montreal’s older industrialization is older and less efficient manufacturing
3. Toronto has much larger external demand for its wholesale services industry

Question 24

Montreal biking is?

Answer 24

one of the first bike share in Canada and most friendly in Canada