Social Chapter 8

Question 1

What languages do the Metis Speak

Answer 1

English,French,First Nations (Machif)

Question 2

Metis Symbols

Answer 2

Sash,Buffalo,Infinity Sign

Question 3

Francophone Metis

Answer 3

Speaks French and born in Quebec

Question 4

Country Born Metis

Answer 4

Born in Red River/Manitoba

Question 5

Parts of Metis Economy

Answer 5

Hunting,Farming,Trading

Question 6

Importance of Buffalo

Answer 6

Supplied all the resources like clothes,food,shelter

Question 7

Metis Sash

Answer 7

A symbol of the metis identity

Question 8

Lord Selkirk

Answer 8

A man who brought the Scottish over after buying land from hbc hoping to make a farming colony

Question 9

Northwest company relationship with Metis

Answer 9

Allies

Question 10

Why the battle of seven oaks is important for the metis

Answer 10

It was the first time they stood up

Question 11

Migration

Answer 11

Buffalo began dyeing out so they moved west

Question 12

Louis Riel

Answer 12

Metis leader of red river resistance

Question 13

Expanding West Opinions

Answer 13

Metis: were not consulted,Didn’t believe you could sell land
Government: Wanted to buy it because it was good farming land

Question 14

Fear Of Assimilation

Answer 14

Metis were worried they would have to give up their identity because the English didn’t include them in anything

Question 15

Riel in the Metis Government

Answer 15

protected metis land. Made a bill asking for metis to have the same rights as the english

Question 16

Manitoba Act

Answer 16

Made manitoba a province and gave the metis more rights

Question 17

Second Uprising

Answer 17

metis were lied to, didn’t get land and weren’t consulted in things Government got more control. Buffalo began to disappear. Metis were hungry and made treaties.Riel led an army and 53 soldiers and 35 metis died