WorksheetsBritish North America - A Dominion in the Making -Final Test
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 57mins
a certain kind of small sailing ship
dory
brig
mast
a pole that holds up a sail
mast
invade
bateau
islands in between the Western Hemisphere once belonging to Great Britain
Napolean Bonaparte
brig
British West Indies
a fast sailing warship of the 1800s
frigate
dory
invade
a flat-bottomed, raft-like boat
bateau
mast
British West Indies
A French general who conquered much of Europe
Napolean Bonaparte
British West Indies
Isaac Brock
small open fishing boat
invade
dory
sloop
to enter another's territory in order to conquer it
mast
schooner
invade
a wealthy Scot who helped bring Scots to the Northwest
David Thompson
Thomas Douglas Selkirk
Lake Winnipeg
a large Lake of Canada's interior Plains
Lake Miguel
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Jahvon
an Explorer who made Maps of the northwest
David Thompson
Isaac Brock
Simon Fraser
a small sailing ship with just one mast
sloop
brig
schooner
a defender of Canada during the War of 1812
schooner
Isaac Brock
Queenston Heights
an Explorer who canoed down the Fraser River
David Thompson
Simon Fraser
Isaac Brock
a type of sailing ship with two or more masts
invade
schooner
mast
the site of an important battle of the War of 1812
Lake Winnipeg
Queenston Heights
sloop
was head of the Hudson's Bay company
Lord Durham
George Simpson
Joseph Howe
children of French Indian marriages in Canada
metis
american
Reform party
a political party in Canada that wanted self-rule
reform party
metis party
family compact
a newspaper owner in the maritime region
Louis-Joseph Papineau
George Simpson
Joseph Howe
a group of families that controlled government of the Canadas in the early 1800s
Metis
Family compact
Reform party
an Englishman who argued for self-rule for British colonies in North America
Lord Drake
Lord Durham
Joseph Howe
the leader of a political party in upper Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie
Louis-Joseph Papineau
George Simpson
the leader of a political party in lower Canada
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Lord Durham
Joseph Howe
After the War of 1812, Canada was on the way to becoming _________________ country.
a dependent
an independent
a democratic
The problems of the Red River settlers came from the North West company and its workers, the _________________.
Medes
Metis
Metres
Lord ____________, ended the threat from the Metis and the North West Company.
Dunkirk
Selkirk
Maykirk
In _______, the northwest company and the Hudson's Bay company formed one new company.
1821
1831
1841
The Hudson's Bay company named Mr. ______________ as governor over all of their great empire.
David Thompson
Joseph Howe
George Simpson
Under the leadership of Governor Simpson, the Hudson's Bay company helped _____________ when control of the northwest.
France
Germany
Great Britain
A self-governing nation is ______________ nation.
a dependent
an independent
a democratic
A responsible government is one which is ______________ by the people.
created
elected
controlled
The reformist party most important goal was to establish ________________ government
representable
responsible
removable
The family compacts saw the reform party as a _________________ and believe that the reformers were not loyal to Great Britain.
threat
treat
blessing
Great Britain's Parliament allowed several reformers to become members of the __________________ council.
exacting
executive
executing
The British parliament , very concerned about the rebellions, sent Lord __________ to Canada in 1838.
Selkirk
Durham
Brock
By ___________ every province was governing itself.
1839
1849
1859
Dories were used in the _____________ provinces where many families made a living by fishing.
Hudson Bay
Loyalist
Maritime
The Maritime provinces had an ___________ fishery and an inshore fishery.
indoor
offshore
outdoor
In the early 1800s the ________ became very valuable to Newfoundland fishermen.
muskrat
beaver
seal
By 1808, maritime provinces were the Royal navy's main source of ship _____________.
furs
fish
lumber
Shipbuilders in the Maritimes built bluenose_______________ to haul lumber and timber across the Atlantic.
frigates
sloops
schooners
Bateaux were used to make _____________ trips through the Rapids.
small
dangerous
light
The birch bark canoe was used by __________ in the early 1800s in the northwest.
Nor'Westers
seigneurs
Inuit
The __________ was used by settlers to travel from one settlement to another on the Great Lakes.
sloop
frigate
schooner
Sir Alexander _____________ was one of Canada's greatest and most famous explorers.
Mackenzie
McHenry
McDonald
The ____________ head waters flow through the mountain valleys West of the Rockies.
St. Lawrence
Columbia's
Hudson's
Mr. Thompson made Maps of the __________________.
Far North
Northeast
Northwest
The first European ________________ in the northwest came because of a wealthy Scot, Lord Thomas Douglas Selkirk.
missionaries
tourists
settlers
The ____________ River flows North into Lake Winnipeg which in turn flows into Hudson Bay.
Columbia
Fraser
Red
The Hudson's Bay company ______________ the Red River land since 1670.
controlled
leased
rented
In the summer of 1812 _______________ forces prepared to attack Canada.
French
American
Mexican
The War of 1812 lasted until the end of __________.
1813
1814
1815
Sir Isaac __________, one of canada's greatest soldiers, captured both Detroit and an American army.
Newton
Selkirk
Brock
One of the first battles on the Peninsula was fought in 1812 at ___________Heights.
Queenston
Kingston
Princeton
The War of 1812 was the ___________ times the United States attempted to invade Canada.
first
fourth
last
Lord __________ and the threat from the Metis and the northwest company.
Dunkirk
Selkirk
Durham
