SS 7 Chapter 9 Review

Natural resources have played a key role in the development of Canada. What two resources were initially the reason for exploration and settlement in Canada?

The First Nations peoples had a different opinion about land ownership from the Europeans. How was it different?

The control of land is important to the existence of a country. How did the Europeans, through Lord Selkirk, control land in British North America?

The railway opened up new land and drew people westward. What other factor attracted settles to the Canadian West?

Who were the most effective early farming settlers in the Northwest Territories? Why?

Which First Nations groups lived in the Cypress Hills area?

What was Father Lacombe known for?

What kind of relationship did the First Nations people have with the wolfers in Whoop-Up country?

What is the main result of the Cypress Hills Massacre?

Which group(s) of First Nations people were known for farming in the prairies prior to expansion?