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Name 4 main events that helped to shape or change Alberta?
1. The Fur Trade 2. The Canadian Pacific Railway 3. New Settlers arriving 4. Treaties/scrips
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Who are the Metis?
The Metis are people descended from the British or Canadien traders and First Nations.
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What is a treaty?
An agreement between 2 nations.
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Why did people first come to Alberta?
To trade furs.
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These people travelled by canoe and worked for the fur-trading companies.
Voyageurs
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Why was it difficult to build a railway across Canada?
The land was difficult to build on (marshes, deep valleys) and there were herds of buffalo in the way.
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What group of religious women did the work of doctors, dentists, teachers and nurses? AND in what year did they come to Alberta?
The grey nuns came in 1863.
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What dates signify the beginning and the end of the fur trade in Alberta?
1750-1830
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How did the Metis help the fur trade?
They translated for traders and they invented the Red River Cart and the York Boat.
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Why was the Hudson's Bay Company willing to sell it's land?
Because the fur trade was ending - beaver fur was going out of style.
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What was the fur trade?
Europeans traded goods with the First Nations for furs.
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What is a fort?
A building or set of buildings surrounded by a strong wall.
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What is pemmican?
A mixture of dried meat and berries.
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