Alberta early Settlement Study Quiz

How were the First Nations affected by the new European Settlers?

• The First Nations lost some of their land.

• The First Nations became sick with new diseases.

• The First Nations became Christians.

• All of the above.

Missionaries are

• Members of political parties

• Members of First Nation Tribes

• Members of a Religious Group

• Members of a sports team

One of the important industries that Metis women were involved in was.

• Hunting Buffalo

• Trapping Beaver

• Making moccasins

• Making Pemmican

Canada bought the land that eventually became western Canada from this company

• H.B.C.

• N.W.C.

• C.P.R.

• N.W.M.P.

To join the N.W.M.P. you had to be

• Between the ages of 18 and 40

• Able to ride a horse

• Able to read and write in French or English

• All the above answers

One of the reasons people came from Ontario to settle in Alberta was

• set up and run businesses

• want to live the cowboy lifestyle

• opportunity to work on building the railway in the mountains

• wanting to join the N.W.M.P.

The original government of the North-west Territories consisted of

• 10 men elected from the Calgary area

• 10 men and women elected from the Calgary area

• 3 men appointed by the federal government

• 3 women appointed by the federal government

The reasons that the Representatives of British North America wanted to join into a country called Canada were

• Make it easier to trade with each other

• Defend themselves from others, like the USA

• Build a railway across the the country to join the East and West

• All of the answers

To get a large amount of settlers into the new area that the government had bought they

• Paid people to come to Canada

• Offered cheap or free land to people to come to Canada

• Kidnapped people and brought them to Canada

• Opened the border to allow Americans to come to Canada