Exam on Canadian history
All canadian history terms
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- Nootka
- An Aboriginal tribe on the west coast
- Canoe
- They were used by the First Nations and later by the explorers and fur traders for travelling throughout Canada
- Champlain
- French explorer who first colonized New France
- Travois
- Made of two crossed poles pulled behind a horse for carrying loads
- Louis Riel
- Metis leader of the Manitoba and North-West rebellions
- Royal Proclamation
- Signed in 1763. meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements
- Seigneurie
- They were long, narrow rectangles facing the waters of a major river or lake
- Maize
- Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
- Habitant
- A farmer in New France
- Great Migration
- Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850
- Sun Dance
- A dance where the Plains Indian sought a vision to guide them for the rest of their lives
- Blackfoot
- The strongest Aboriginal nation on the Plains
- Mohawk
- A tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy
- Wolseley
- Commander of the Canadian Red River force
- Treaty of Paris
- This treaty ended the Seven Years War
- Quebec Act
- Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed
- HBC
- Hudson Bay Company
- Chateau Clique
- Wealthy ruling group who controlled Lower Canada
- Jean Talon
- First intendant of New France
- Christopher Columbus
- European who reached the islands of the Caribbean in 1492
- Coniferous
- Trees that bear cones
- Culture Area
- An area where people share many features of the same culture
- Hurons
- Indian tribe which allied with the French in a war against the Iroquois
- King Louis XIV
- King of France
- Provisional
- A government that holds temporary authority pending the creation of a permanent structure of government
- Poundmaker
- Plains Cree chief, was a prominent figure in the North-West Rebellion of 1885
- Habitation
- First building at Quebec built by Champlain
- Loyalists American
- Colonists who remained loyal to the British king
- New France
- Name of French colony in Canada
- Subarctic
- A huge area of North America which spreads from Alaska in the west to the Maritimes in the East
- Manitoba Act
- Created the new self-governing province of Manitoba in 1871
- Jacques Cartier
- French explorer
- Great Famine
- Result of the potato blight in Ireland in the 1840's
- Lieutenant-Governor
- Head of government in Quebec
- Kanata
- This means village in the Iroquois language
- Norsemen
- First Europeans to reach North America
- Family Compact
- Wealthy ruling group who controlled Upper Canada
- Democracy
- Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representative
- Republican
- Form of government opposing the monarchy
- Gabriel Dumont
- Riel's military leader
- Metis
- Inhabitants of the area around Red River. They were of mixed blood-French and Scottish fur traders and natives
- Filles du roi
- Orphan girls under the protection of the king
- Bishop
- He was in charge of the church
- CPR
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Industrial Revolution
- Change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power
- Geology
- The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
- Mississippi River
- River system in the mid part of United States
- Batoche
- Site of the battle which saw the defeat of the Metis forces during the North-West Rebellion
- Acadia
- French colony in Nova Scotia
- Donnaconna
- Leader of the Iroquois Indians during Cartier's voyage
- Totem poles
- Built by west coast tribes to honor their family
- John Schultz
- Leader of the Canadian Party in the Red River colony
- Thirteen Colonies
- British colonies to the south of Quebec
- Culture
- The way a group of people live
- The Company of 100 Associates
- Had a monopoly to trade furs in New France
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham
- Quebec was captured after this battle
- Act of Union
- This act united Upper and Lower Canada into one colony
- Buffalo
- The most important source of food on the plains
- Lord Durham
- He was sent to investigate the causes of the rebellions and to propose changes
- Potlach
- A feast at which the host gave away many gifts
- Dispersal
- The act or process of spread out or the condition of being disperse.
- Squash
- A field crop grown by the Huron First Nation
- Status Indians
- Have full privileges as Canadian citizens as well as special rights as Indians. In turn, they are divided between treaty Indians, and Registered Indians
- Non-status Indians
- Although they have Indian ancestors, have lost their special rights for a variety of reasons.
- Responsible government
- A system which requires that government ministers should be elected members of the legislative assembly, not appointed by the governor
- Igloo
- The Inuit word for snowhouse
- Thomas Scott
- Irish labourer executed by Riel and the Metis for treason against the new provisional government
- Hochelaga
- Site of present day Montreal
- Huronia
- Homeland of the Huron Indians
- Rupertsland
- Land given to Hudson Bay in North-west Canada
- American Revolution
- British settlers who rebelled against England in the Thirteen Colonies
- Seigneur
- He was the owner of a large piece of land
- Louis-Joseph Papineau
- Leader of the French in the assembly in Lower Canada
- William Lyon Mackenzie
- Leader of the reformers in Upper Canada
- Hudson Bay Company
- Founded in 1670 in London, England, by a group of British merchants eager to exploit the resources of northern Canada.
- Wampum
- Used among the Iroquoians both as money and as a record of treaties
- Intendant
- He was responsible for the daily economic affairs of the colony
- Halifax
- The main British naval port in the West Atlantic in1749
- McDougall
- First lieutenant-general of Manitoba
- Stadacona
- Site of present day Quebec City