WorksheetsLouis Riel, Manitoba Act & Geography
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 26mins
Louis Riel was considered one of the founders of what province?
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Newfoundland
He was an advocate for the rights of (a) .
He was responsible for two resistance movements against the Canadian government:
The Red River Rebellion
The American Rebellion
The Northwest Rebellion.
The Southwest Rebellion.
Is Louis Riel a hero or a traitor?
A hero
A traitor
Métis are people of mixed __________ and Indigenous ancestry.
Irish
Australian
European
Asian
'Métis', which came from the French word for
Aborginal
mixed
original
mother
The Metis were famous for dancing and what kind of music?
Guitar
Fiddle
Ukulele
Piano
What year did Louis Riel die?
1905
1885
1845
2005
The Metis are the (a) (acddeennsst) of marriages between First Nations mothers and French or Scottish fathers.
Because they were not often accepted by Aboriginal or European (a) (ceiimmnostu), they set up their own settlements and developed a distinct culture.
The Metis set up settlements in many parts of:
Canada
The United States
Britain
Northwest Territories
The Metis played important roles in Canada's fur trade.
They acted as (a) (acforst), interpreters, trappers, guides, dock workers, voyageurs, coureurs de bois, and more.
Metis people hunted buffalo to make:
Jerky
Pemmican
Stew
BBQ
Metis women showed European (a) (eelrsstt) how to survive in the harsh weather conditions of the country.
To transport larger loads on bigger bodies of water, the Metis (a) (deeinntv) the York boat.
Both men and women usually wore this on their feet:
Snowshoes
Flipflops
Moccasins
Slides
Women wore dresses with high necklines and (a) (ahlssw) over their heads.
The Metis set up (a) (armf) communities.
It was when the Government of Canada (a) (cdddeei) it could give land settled by the Metis to other people, that the Metis knew for sure that they were not considered to be equal to other residents of Canada.
The Métis travelled great distances to ____ _____
go North
hunt bison
fish
In the summer the Métis travelled around using:
dog sleds and snowshoes
donkeys and carts
horses, wagons, and canoes
motorbikes
In the winter, the Métis travelled using:
dog sleds and snowshoes
reindeer and sleighs
horses and wagons
cars
True or False: The Métis made sure no part of the bison was wasted.
True
False
Métis people are mixed from two different cultures. What were those cultures?
First Nations
and French/Scottish Europeans
First Nations and Australian
First Nations and Japanese
what are these??
nuggets
mcnuggets
nuggs
fries
cheeseburger
On May 12, 1870 the Canadian Parliament passed the Manitoba Act creating Canada's _____ province.
Third
First
Fifth
Second
The Manitoba Act stated that _____ lands would be protected but all other lands were the property of the Dominion of Canada.
French
Metis
British
Scottish
The Manitoba Act gave constitutional guarantees for the ______ language and publicly funded Roman Catholic schools.
English
French
The Metis continued to move further ____ in order to follow the diminishing buffalo herds and carry on the life they were used to, providing food and supplies to the fur traders.
North
South
East
West
