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Social - Chapter 5 & 6 Review

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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
  • How did the Metis help the fur trade?
    They translated for traders and they invented the Red River Cart and the York Boat.
  • What was the fur trade?
    Europeans traded goods with the First Nations for furs.
  • What is a treaty?
    An agreement between 2 nations.
  • Did the government and the First Nations share the same perspective about treaties?
    No. The First Nations viewed treaties as sacred but the government just considered them a contract that could be changed at any time.
  • These people travelled by canoe and worked for the fur-trading companies.
    Voyageurs
  • 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.
  • Who are the Metis?
    The Metis are people descended from the British or Canadien traders and First Nations.
  • How did the fur trade change Alberta?
    It brought settlers to Alberta.
  • What is pemmican?
    A mixture of dried meat and berries.
  • What dates signify the beginning and the end of the fur trade in Alberta?
    1750-1830
  • Why did people first come to Alberta?
    To trade furs.
  • This word means "to carry a canoe and supplies over land."
    Portage
  • What is a scrip?
    A coupon that can be exchanged for land or money.
  • What is a fort?
    A building or set of buildings surrounded by a strong wall.
  • Who were the First Francophone settlers to claim Alberta land for farming?
    Frank and Joseph Lamoureux.
  • 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.
  • Why were forts built close to rivers?
    It made it easier to travel.
  • Who were "Canadiens?"
    Canadiens were Francophone people who were born in Canada. Their first language was French.
  • 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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