Grade 3 - Communities 1780-1850
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Who are the Métis?
Families created when European and First Nations people married
(wrong answers:
African Canadians,
Black Loyalists,
People from France)
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The First Nations men would
hunt deer and buffalo
(wrong answers:
take care of the children,
prepare and cook food,
drive cars into town)
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The Métis
were fur traders and translators between the First Nations and Europeans
(wrong answers:
came to North America from Africa,
were the first Europeans to settle in Canada,
taught in one room school houses)
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When settlers first arrived in Canada they had to
clear the land and plant the crops
(wrong answers:
check for the mail in the General Store,
build a house out of bricks,
find a house to buy)
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Early settlers built farms and communities along the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes because
they needed the water to drink, for their farms, and for transportation
(wrong answers:
it was the only land the First Nations peoples would share with them,
they were lazy and didn't want to travel any further)