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History Chapter 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a seigneur?

a)

A seigneur is a man in the upper class who gets paid more than everyone else.

b)

A seigneur is a landowner who owns a large area of land and lends out small parcels to farmers for their use.

c)

A seigneur is a person who does not own their own land and buys from other people who sell small pieces of their land.

2.

What does it mean to "assimilate?"

a)

Assimilate means to adapt to the customs and attitudes of a group.

b)

Assimilate means to not adapt to the customs and attitudes of a group, and instead go against it.

c)

"Assimilate" is a word for a person who works and acts to end slavery.

3.

What was the fugitive slave act?

a)

The Fugitive Slave Act gave slave owners the right to search for escapees and bring them back, even where slavery was illegal.

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act removed the right from slave owners to search for escapees and recapture them.

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act was the law that was passed to confirm that Slavery was abolished in the U.S.

4.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses and people who hid slaves who managed to escape.

b)

The Underground Railroad was a railroad that was built underground between the U.S. and Britain to transport products and other goods.

c)

The Underground Railroad was a railroad that stretched out all across Canada, transporting products and other goods.

5.

Who played a huge role in the Underground Railroad?

(a)  

6.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

a)

Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the Underground Railroad who helped hundreds of slaves get to freedom.

b)

Harriet Tubman was a slave catcher who was hired by slave owners to retrieve slaved who escaped.

c)

Harriet Tubman was the founder of the Orange Order.

7.

TRUE OR FALSE: Harriet Tubman had escaped from slavery herself.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What were railway systems used for?

a)

Railway systems were used to transport crops and other products to ports for export.

b)

Railway systems were used as another method of transport in a city.

c)

Railway systems were used to help enslaved black slaved escape to freedom.

9.

TRUE OR FALSE:

As railways expanded, more people began to visit cities such as Toronto and Brantford.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

The construction of railways benefited many different groups of people. Name ONE.

(a)  

11.

What was the Reciprocity Treaty?

a)

The Reciprocity Treaty was signed between Britain and the U.S. which allowed for free trade between British North America and the United States.

b)

The Reciprocity Treaty was signed between the Irish and Britain which concluded that taxes would have to be paid when trading with each other.

c)

The Reciprocity Treaty was a treaty that indicated that slavery was officially abolished in South America.

12.

What is free trade?

a)

Free Trade allows for trade between countries without taxes.

b)

Free trade forces people to pay taxes when buying something from another country.

c)

Free Trade means that when you're trading for something from another country, it is entirely free.

13.

What is an Abolitionist?

a)

An Abolitionist is a person who wants and works to end slavery.

b)

An abolitionist is a person who supports slavery and works to keep it going.

14.

What is Nationalism?

a)

a desire for people sharing a common culture, language, and history to form an independent nation

b)

a desire for a small group of people to form their own country.

c)

a desire for a large group of people to form their own government.

15.

Who was James Douglas?

a)

James Douglas was a Canadian fur trader and politician, who later became the first governor of British Columbia.

b)

James Douglas was a famous slave catcher who would be hired to go find and recapture escapees.

c)

James Douglas was the first governor of Quebec. He had worked as a Canadian fur trader and politician prior.

16.

What was Rupert's Land Known for?

a)

Fur Trade

b)

Fishing

c)

Minerals

d)

Timber

17.

What was Hudson's Bay known for?

a)

Minerals (copper, gold, etc)

b)

fishing

c)

timber

d)

trading

18.

What was James Bay known for?

a)

Hydroelectric power and fishing

b)

Minerals and farmland

c)

agricultural land

d)

textiles

19.

What was Canada East known for?

a)

Timber and fur

b)

water and fishery

c)

agricultural land

20.

What was Canada West known for?

a)

Farmland, lumber, textiles

b)

fishery

c)

animal resources

d)

minerals (copper, gold, diamonds, etc)

21.

What was Newfoundland known for?

a)

Minerals (gold, silica, etc) and fish

b)

timber

c)

agricultural lands (large farm areas) and fishery

22.

What was P.E.I known for?

a)

fishing

b)

timber

c)

hydroelectric power

23.

What was Nova Scotia known for?

a)

coal

b)

diamonds

c)

gold

d)

fish

24.

What was New Brunswick known for?

a)

Ship building and forestry

b)

Agricultural land and water

c)

fishing and minerals

25.

What was the North Western Territories known for?

a)

Diamond mining

b)

gold rush

c)

timber and wood

d)

fishing and agricultural lands

26.

What was The Stickeen Territory known for?

a)

gold

b)

water and fish

c)

diamonds

27.

What was British Columbia known for?

a)

forestry, agricultural land, fishing

b)

timber, fishing, diamonds

c)

shipbuilding, minerals, agricultural land

28.

what was Vancouver's Island known for?

a)

Fishing and fur trading posts

b)

timber and shipbuilding

c)

coal and diamond mines

29.

Where did the two gold rushes take place?

a)

Fraser River, Stickeen Territory

b)

Stickeen Territory, Newfoundland

c)

North-Western Territories, Fraser River

d)

P.E.I, New Brunswick