Social Presentations Study Guide

What year was Louis Riel born?

• October 22, 1844

• August 12, 1858

• October 31, 1900

• July 1, 1792

Louis Riel led how many rebellions/resistances?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

Rupert's Land was about

• half of Canada

• a third of Canada

• All of Canada

• Most of Canada

Rupert's Land main source of wealth was

• Gold

• Oil and gas

• buffalo

• beaver pelts

Canada wasn't the only country that wanted Rupert's Land. Who else wanted to buy it?

• The United States of America

• Great Britain

• France

• Canada

Because of his 'high treason' against Canada, Louis Riel was

• told to leave

• locked away

• sent to Great Britain

• hung

HBC stands for

• Honey Bunches of Cheerios

• Hudson Bay Company

• Henry Hudson Bay Colony

• Hairy Bath Company

HBC was founded by

• Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers and Pierre-Esprit Radisson

• Elon Musk

• The British

• Henry Hudson

The Hudson Bay Company made its money by

• Owning land that people wanted

• Selling slaves

• Selling point blankets

• buying furs and beaver pelts from the Metis and Indigenous people or trading them for tools, weapons, or food

The last fur sold by HBC was in the year

• 1991

• 2023

• 1800

• 1985