# Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada This worksheet explores how exploration, colonization, and trade shaped the land we now call Canada, following the guiding questions about how Canada became a country ([Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47657), [Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47667), [Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47680)). It also looks at how the structure of our government grew out of these historical events ([Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47677)). ## Exercises **1. Matching: Explorers and Settlements** Draw a line to match each name or place to the correct description. | Column A | Column B | |---|---| | 1. Samuel de Champlain | A. First permanent French settlement, founded in 1605 | | 2. Quebec City | B. Became governor of New France and made alliances with First Nations | | 3. Port-Royal | C. Founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain | | 4. Montreal | D. The last of the four major French settlements listed, founded in 1642 | ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47670)) **2. Fill in the Blanks** Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Not all words will be used. Word bank: Royal Proclamation, Quebec Act, Treaty of Paris, BNA Act, Confederation a) The ______________________ (1763) recognized First Nations as the original inhabitants of North America and set up a nation-to-nation treaty process. b) The ______________________ (1774) recognized French language and religious rights in the province of Quebec. c) Britain gained control of New France through the ______________________ signed in 1763. d) The ______________________ united the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867. 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A) Governors B) First Nations and Métis women C) Ship captains D) British soldiers ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47683)) **4. Short Answer: Why Come to the Colonies?** List three reasons why colonists chose to come to the colonies in North America. 1. ______________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________ ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47670)) **5. Matching: Building a Government** Draw a line to match each term to its correct description. | Column A | Column B | |---|---| | 1. Prime Minister | A. Represents the Crown in Canada | | 2. Governor General | B. Leader of the government under the parliamentary system | | 3. Member of Parliament (MP) | C. Elected representative of the people | | 4. BNA Act | D. The 1867 act that created the Dominion of Canada | ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47677)) **6. Short Answer: A Story of Migration** Choose one of the following groups: Loyalists, immigrants of the Great Migration, or people who used the Underground Railroad. In two or three sentences, describe why this group came to the land now known as Canada. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/47660)) ## Answer Key 1. 1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D 2. a) Royal Proclamation, b) Quebec Act, c) Treaty of Paris, d) BNA Act 3. a) B, b) B, c) B 4. Any three of: access to farmland, business opportunities, religious freedom, quality of life, adventure 5. 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D 6. 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