7 History Unit 2 Quiz: Canada 1800-1850

A system for ordering society based on social or economic status

• class structure

• slavery

• middle class

• lower class

• upper class

In the 1800s, towns were dirty, crowded, and people were in constant danger of catching diseases that were carried to Canada from European settlers, such as:

• smallpox

• stroke

• scarlet fever

• asthma

The diagram shows a government plan for dividing up land for settlement in Upper Canada. The land the government kept in order to sell off from time to time were called:

• Crown reserves

• Clergy reserves

• Concessions

• Lot numbers

The Metis are an Aboriginal people who

• have both European and First Nations ancestry

• often worked in the fur trade

• combined Catholic religion with aspects of First Nations spirituality

• were also known as the Beothuk

During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the British Royal Navy forced individuals in Europe and colonies to serve in the navy. This "forcing" is called:

• impressment

• emancipation

• slavery

The War of 1812 was when

• The United States declared war on Britain

• The United States declared war on France

• France declared war on Britain

• Britain declared war on France

• Britain declared war on the United States

Most battles in the War of 1812 took place in

• Upper Canada

• Lower Canada

• Britain

• The United States

• France

The treaty that was signed to end the war of 1812 was called

• The Treaty of Ghent

• The Royal Proclomation

• The Treaty of Peace and Friendship

Tecumseh's Confederacy was a group of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region of the United States who

• opposed the expansion of American into their land

• opposed the expansion of Upper Canada into their land

• opposed the expansion of Lower Canada into their land

After the war of 1812, First Nations

• lost land

• regained land they had lost

• had the same amount of land as they had prior to the war