Social Studies Chapter 5 Terms

Question 0

Is a territory of the “home” country in another part of the world

Answer 0

Colony

Question 1

Takes up approximately the same area of land that Canada does today

Answer 1

BNA (British North America)

Question 2

A british fur trade company

Answer 2

HBC (Hudson’s Bay Company)

Question 3

Is the area covered by a treaty that was in place from 1783 to 1904

Answer 3

French Shore

Question 4

Mostly people of french heritage

Answer 4

Canada East

Question 5

Mostly people of British heritage

Answer 5

Canada West

Question 6

Another word for greater

Answer 6

Majority

Question 7

Another word for fewer

Answer 7

Minority

Question 8

Living on farms or in other places outside towns and cities

Answer 8

Rural

Question 9

Living in cities or towns

Answer 9

Urban

Question 10

The government counts the people and gathers other information, such as what type of work people do, where they live, and what their heritage is.

Answer 10

Census

Question 11

One of the recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canda

Answer 11

Métis

Question 12

People who own the land but do not live there

Answer 12

Absentee Landowners

Question 13

People that are loyal to a cause

Answer 13

Loyalists

Question 14

People from a foreign country looking to become a citizen in a different country

Answer 14

Immigrants

Question 15

Is a class of people that has more political, economic, and social power than the majority

Answer 15

Elite

Question 16

Is a dislike or distrust of a person or group based on biased ideas or information

Answer 16

Prejudice

Question 17

Is unfair treatment based on prejudice

Answer 17

Discrimination

Question 18

Farmers who live in Rural areas

Answer 18

Habitants

Question 19

A bill that guarantees a citizens rights and freedoms under law

Answer 19

Charter of Rights and Freedom

Question 20

One of the first permanent French settlements in North America

Answer 20

Acadia

Question 21

In 1755 Acadians were forced to leave their homes

Answer 21

Grand Dérangement (The Expulsion)

Question 22

Is a prejudice based on a person’s heritage or skin colour.

Answer 22

Racism

Question 23

In the region under control of the Hudson’s Bay Company, And most Métis living there were employed in the fur trade in some way.

Answer 23

Red River Settlement

Question 24

Is traditionally made from sinew and shell beads.

Answer 24

Wampum

Question 25

Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection

Answer 25

Epidemic

Question 26

A legal record that the land was theirs

Answer 26

Title

Question 27

A homemade shelter

Answer 27

Wigwam

Question 28

Schools partly paid for with tax money

Answer 28

Publicly funded schools