Chapter 9 - Grade 7 Social

What is the definition of a natural resource?

• Fish, wood, land, trees and many other things.

• A natural resource good or something from nature.

• A natural resource is a part of nature that people can use, not a man made resource/thing.

• Green and yellow

What was the Name of the first Canadian police force?

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• North West Mounted Police

• St. Lawrence Police Service

• John A MacDonald Police

What was the Great March?

• It was a place in Manitoba where police recruits went for training and in July of 1874

• A march for different people to attend if the wanted to

• It was a party in the summer for people to go to

• A police camp that many people went to

What are the elements of the National Policy?

• An economic policy (to build a strong national economy for Canada)

• An immigration policy ( to encourage farmers to populate western Canada)

• A transportation policy (to build a railway across the continent)

• All of the above

What were working conditions like when building the railway?

• In the summer, there were lots of mosquitoes and flies, the cold in the winter sliced through the workers clothes.

• The workers slept together in dark bunkhouses, they slept in hay which was infested with rats and fleas.

• The workers meals were salt pork, molasses, corned beef, beans and tea.

• All of the above

How did the Chinese railway workers contribute to Canada?

• Without them there would be no railway. They made it cheap for the government to build the railway and it could not have been connected to the east.

• Without them there would be no railway.

• They were labourers that brought track to and from the work area.

• None of the above

The Dominion Lands Act stated that any head of a family could apply for land, so any male at least 21 years old. They received a quarter section of land called a homestead. It cost $110. After 1882, women could apply too. What are the three things that each applicant had to promise to receive this quarter section?

• 1, to live on the land for at least 6 months to a year.

  2, to build a house.

  3, start farming.

• 1, to become workers

  2, work on the land and create things

  3, build a railroad

• 1, to live there for the rest of their lives

  2, to work on the land

  3, trade with the other people

What part of Canada did the Icelandic farmers first move to?

• Manitoba

• Alberta

• Saskatchewan

• Shores of lake winnipeg

What is a tariff?

• A tariff is a tax that is placed on a product crossing a border. This tax adds to the cost of the product

• A tax added to the cost of the product.

• A tariff is a tax that is placed on a product crossing a border.

• None of the above

In fort Whoop Up, Whiskey Traders were conducting __________ trades.

• Illegal

• legal

• good

• fun