FINAL EXAM DATES: LANGUAGE ARTS PART B JUNE 20th, SOCIAL STUDIES JUNE 23

CHAPTER 10-11 TEST, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

CHAPTER 10-11 REVIEW QUESTIONS: THESE ARE DUE ON TUESDAY FOR A HOMEWORK CHECK!

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: Using the textbook and your notes answer the following questions (answering in point form is fine)

1. Why did people move to British Columbia after Confederation?
2. Why did B.C. join Canada?
3. How did the gold rush affect First Nations people of the Fraser River Valley?
4. Why did P.E.I. eventually join Canada? Why didn’t they join in 1867?
5. Why was Saskatchewan and Alberta formed from the NWT?
6. How did they decide where the capital city of Alberta would be?
7. Why did Newfoundland join Canada in 1949? Did everyone in Newfoundland want to join?
8. Prime Minister Laurier thought that Canada’s economy would boom if Canada could get more ______________
9. What did the growth of Western Canada depend on?
10. What groups were trying hard to get immigrants to move to Western Canada?
11. Thinking about our “Land for Sale” assignments, which three regions of the world did the Canadian government advertise for immigrants, attracting them to move to Canada?
12. What was the “trap” of settling in Western Canada?
13. People leave a place because of push and pull factors. What are push and pull factors? What were push and pull factors that affected immigrants moving to Western Canada?
14. Why did religious groups such as the Mennonites immigrate to Canada?
15. British Columbia, P.E.I. and Newfoundland all joined Canada after 1867. Compare and contrast the deals that each of these provinces received for joining Confederation.
16. When did each of the provinces/territories become a part of Canada? YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KNOW THE DATE THAT EACH PROVINCE JOINED!
17. How were First Nations populations in each Province affected by Confederation? Hint: you should know in detail, how First Nations were affected in at least one province
18. Looking at the chart on page 260: Why was there a drop in the population of Aboriginal people between 1881 and 1911? Why did other ethnic groups grow during this same time frame?

Words you should know the definition of:

immigration identity pluralistic journalist
persecuted emigrant pacifist discrimination
private school province assimilation reserves
treaties public school magistrates separate school
referendum territory false advertising push factor
foreigner