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What is everyone is happy
The benefit of decision by consensus
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What is Seven Years War
The war fought between Britain and France on European and North American soil; 1756 – 1763.
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Who are Nor'Westers
Northwest Company employees were known as
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What is the Ohio Valley
The coveted peice of land in the United States that was the subject of bitterness between the First Nations, Thirteen Colonies and the Canadiens.
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Who are the Fenians
A group of Irish immigrants in North America dedicated to the freedom of Ireland from British countries.
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What is the Land Bridge Theory
The theory that people migrated from Asia to North America via a landmass that connects Alaska to Siberia.
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Who is Jesuits
Missionaries from a Roman Catholic order known as the Society of Jesus.
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What is Baymen
Hudson's Bay Company employees were typically known as
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What is conscientious objectors
People who refuse to engage in war for ethical reasons.
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What is Manifest Destiny
A popular belief held among Americans in the nineteenth century that their country had a right to control North America.
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What is holistic
A belief that the whole is more important than any single part.
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What is dependency on European goods, disease, loss of culture, alcoholism.
One of the negative impacts of the fur trade on First Nations.
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What is the Orkney Islands
Many HBC employees were recruited from this place
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What is impressment
The forced service of American sailors into the British navy.
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What is the Pacific Scandal
The criminal actions of John A. Macdonald in which he accepted election money in return for a contract building the railway.
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What is verbs
First People's language is based on this part of speech.
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What is colonialism
The practice of one country exercising political, economic, and cultural power over another region or people.
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What is fat, dried meat and berries
Pemmican's main ingredients were (name all 3)
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What is tithe
Money given by members of a congregation to support the church.
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What is annexation
The incorporation of a foreign territory over another
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What is passing on oral tradition or as educators
A role of Elders within First People's communities.
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What is terra nullius
"Land belonging to no one"
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What is custom of the country
The union of French fur traders and First Nations women was typically known as
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What is responsible government
A system in which a government is accountable to an electorate through regular elections.
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What is Li Jun
The real name of Little Tiger (her girl name)
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