Grade 7 Social Studies – Voices and Visions Practice Exam

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• On what date was Confederation formed and the Dominion of Canada created?
• Which of the following lists the first four Canadian provinces in 1867?
• Which form of government is defined by citizens electing people to make decisions for them, with representatives creating laws in the best interest of the people?
• Who led the British armies to battle on the Plains of Abraham?
• Which best describes the purpose of early fur trade networks in North America?
• Which form of government involves the people electing representatives to make laws on behalf of the population?
• The oldest retail corporation in North America, historically linked to fur trade, now a department store, publicly owned by the British Government.
• Which term describes a colony under tight control of the mother country?
• Which term describes a document that asserted Metis rights within Canada?
• All core values together.
• Which term describes an agreement reached by a group as a whole?
• Which body of water were some fur traders hoping to reach when venturing north into Canada?
• What is the name of the agreement that the Iroquois Confederacy used to resolve differences and govern through consensus?
• Which term describes a system of government in which the people of a nation are involved in decision making?
• Which term describes representation where elected members represent equal-sized groups of people, with larger populations yielding more representatives?
• A war between the United States and England from 1812 to 1814.
• Which term describes a French-Canadian fur trader who went into the forest to trade directly with Indigenous peoples?
• Which word describes responsible, contributing members of a country or a colony?
• What term means betrayal against your own country?
• Which concept describes the body of knowledge passed verbally within a community?
• Which term describes a temporary government established by the people in a region?
• Which term describes the right of a nation to govern itself and decide its own laws?
• Which term means dried, shredded buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries?
• The Great Law of Peace promoted decision-making through what method?
• What term describes a building or area where people suspected of carrying a contagious illness are kept to prevent infection of others?
• In Haudenosaunee longhouse communities, who ran the household?
• Which term means not taking sides in a conflict?
• Export activity involves selling goods to which market?
• Which term is used for people who are earliest inhabitants of a region with distinct cultural practices?
• Which group believed in equality and balance for men and women?
• Which term describes Francophones that live in Manitoba?
• Which social system was based on nobles (or seigneurs) renting land to farmers (habitants), with habitants giving a portion of crops and paying fees, while seigneurs had to build a mill and a church on their land?
• Which term best describes a nation that dominates world affairs due to power?
• Which term refers to the document created by the Metis Provisional Government and presented to the government of Canada requesting that Metis receive the rights enjoyed by other Canadians?
• What was the term for the anglophone friends and relatives of the governor of Upper Canada who were also Executive or Legislative Council members?
• What term describes a temporary government formed when no other authority can establish legitimate control?
• Which term is a boat used by the Metis to transport furs, replacing the canoe as the main means of transportation on western rivers and lakes, needing 6-8 rowers?
• Which term refers to Francophones of Quebec origin or residents of Quebec?
• Which fur trading company rivaled the Hudson's Bay Company?
• Which word refers to goods or services that are sold to other countries?
• Which term describes a system in which the government must answer to the people’s elected representatives?
• What term describes the characteristics of the people of a place, including population size and the male-to-female ratio?
• What term describes land set aside by the government for exclusive use of a First Nation?
• Which term refers to Canada's Indigenous people?
• Which term means the act of competing with others for profit or a prize?
• Which historical event involved the Metis resisting settlement in Red River, Manitoba in 1869?
• In the act that united Canada, who was the head of state?
• Which economic system describes raw goods being sent to the home country to be processed and then finished goods sold back to the colony?
• Which explorer built alliances with Montagnais and Algonquin nations at Quebec and with the Wendat near the Great Lakes?
• Which term is an indigenous nation in Northwestern Canada?
• A way of life or a way of being shared by a group.
• What were Canada East and Canada West renamed in modern times?
• Which event in 1885 started as resistance and turned into a bloody uprising due to ignored Métis and First Nations issues?
• Which term refers to a policy of recognizing two official languages?
• Which term describes the belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group?
• Information memorized and passed down from generation to generation.
• Which term means local government?
• Which term defines a system for producing and distributing goods and services to fulfill people's wants?
• Which term denotes a boat used by the Metis for fur transport on western rivers?
• Most respected members of Aboriginal communities.
• Which group lived primarily in Ontario and Manitoba?
• Which agreement gave Britain total control over all New France colonies, eventually transitioning into British North America?
• Which term describes the beliefs and ideas that shape how a group understands its world and place in it, often including attitudes toward life and the universe?
• Who carried goods between fur trading posts in New France, analogous to truck drivers today?
• Which term best describes a Francophone descendant of the settlers of the New France living across North America?
• Which statement best describes the seigneurial arrangement in rural areas, where land is rented to habitants and the seigneur provides infrastructure?
• Nobles who rented land to farmers in turn for crops were called what?
• Which term means 'different; varied'?
• One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust.
• A second fur trading company which rivalled the HBC.
• Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice is called what?
• Which statement correctly describes the seigneurial system?
• Which term identifies Francophone citizens of Canada?
• Which term refers to Francophones living in Quebec?
• What do you call a rebellion where a group of people revolts against the government?
• Created the safety of a large union, but gave provinces the rights to govern their own issues and affairs.
• Which term describes a Francophone descendant of the settlers of New France living anywhere in North America, including in the West?
• What is the term for a policy where both sides give concessions to reach a settlement acceptable to all?
• Which term describes a direct form of democracy where people vote on laws themselves?
• What is the infection of a large population by a disease?
• What dwelling type was common in Haudenosaunee nations' communities?
• In the seigneurial system, habitants were expected to give the seigneurs what?
• The descendants of French colonists who settled in the region now known as New England are called what?
• Passed from generation to generation that help explain the relationships among plants, animals land people and the spirit world.
• Which term describes a country that is powerful and dominates world affairs; example in the 1700s: France and England?
• Small villages of extended families.
• Important ideas or beliefs about how people should live.
• A person who flees to a country because they can no longer live safely in their own country due to war, torture, famine, or persecution is called what?
• Which term describes a struggle for power and property?
• The Three Sisters refers to which crops?
• What term describes networks of colonies controlled by a single country?
• Which term refers to a 'runner of the woods' and independent trader?
• Which term describes a North West Company employee?
• Who was the head of the longhouse?
• A state or people with full and independent authority within its territory is described as what?
• Which act served as the constitutional framework for Canada in 1867?
• Which group consisted of radicals in Upper Canada who wanted governmental reform leading up to the rebellions of 1837?
• Original people of the land.
• In Canada, a government (cabinet) that must answer to elected representatives is described as which concept?
• Which level of government has powers such as defence, post office, currency, and criminal law?
• Which act returned rights to Francophone people and allowed Quebec to expand as a strong French nation again?
• Which agreement involved debt settlement allowing western regions to join Confederation, benefiting Alberta and Saskatchewan?
• Which pair of explorers is associated with the early fur trade and exploration of Hudson Bay?
• What is defined as the set of characteristics and values you use to express who you are?
• What term describes people who govern themselves independently of the country they live in?
• Which event is associated with the turning point that led to British control over New France?
• A secret network that transported enslaved African American escapees to the British colonies where they could be free is known as what?
• What term means a personal preference not based on facts?
• Which term describes a policy or condition where two languages are officially recognized?
• What term describes a descent system traced through the mother's line?
• Leaving people alone and not changing their religion, language, and customs is best described by which term?
• Which term refers to the group of colonies along the eastern coast of what is now the United States?
• Which group is described as living in Ontario and Manitoba with seven values and animals-named clans?
• In the seigneurial system, what did the seigneurs have to provide on their land for the farmers?
• Which term refers to unfair treatment of people based on prejudice?
• This act united Upper and Lower Canada into one colony.
• Which term describes the practice of sharing knowledge through spoken stories and sayings instead of written records?
• What term describes the process of provinces joining to form Canada?
• What is the term for a resolution method in which everyone gives up a little to reach an agreement they can all live with?
• Who represents the British Monarch in Canada, and has been chosen by the Prime Minister since 1935?
• The term British North America referred to which region after the British gained control of New France?
• Which term refers to an economic doctrine focusing on wealth accumulation through exports?
• Which group is described as the Haudenosaunee nations, known for six nations, longhouses, Clan Mothers near the St. Lawrence River?
• Which fortification remained under French control after the Treaty of Utrecht?
• Which term describes children of First Nations women and European men who came to North America to explore and trade furs?
• Which term best describes a group of people who mixed Indigenous and European ancestry during the fur trade era?
• Which term refers to groups formed by families and shared ancestry in many Indigenous communities?
• Radisson and Des Groseilliers are associated with which major North American fur-trade enterprise?
• How many nations formed the Iroquois Confederacy as listed?
• What term describes a territory of land that is controlled by another country?
• Which term describes a process by which culture or individual is absorbed into a more dominant culture because of its overwhelming influence?
• What is a union in which groups agree to trade and help each other resolve disputes?
• Which term refers to a vast territory named after Prince Rupert?
• Which term refers to the deportation of French inhabitants of the province in 1755?
• Economics refers to the financial considerations in a specific area. Which option best matches this definition?
• Which term would describe people in a region whose first language is French?
• Which term describes learning about what's going on in your community, your country and in the world?
• Which term describes an independent trader known as 'runner of the woods'?
• Which area is associated with the Metis in modern-day Manitoba?
• Which term describes exclusive control over a market by one entity?
• An inhabitant of the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution and fled to the British North American colonies after 1776 is known as what?
• What term describes when all members discuss and reach an agreement?
• Moving from one area to another is called what?
• Which alliance included Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk?
• Which term denotes a person who earns money by selling goods?
• What title was the head of the church in the colony?
• Which term describes the body that includes the Prime Minister and department heads such as Fisheries, Health, and Defence?
• What is the term for the Prime Minister and the heads of departments such as Fisheries, Health, and Defence?
• Which level of government is responsible for property and civil rights, education, local works, highways, hospitals, municipalities, courts, provincial and local police?
• Which arrangement describes the division of powers between national and regional governments?
• The Wendat nation was located near which geographic region?
• The 1869 event where Metis inhabitants of Red River resisted European settlement.
• Which term describes someone who leaves their country due to war or persecution?
• The person who represents the British Monarch in Canada is known as the what?
• Which term means a struggle for power and property?
• Which term describes a person whose first language is French?
• Which act created the Dominion of Canada and set up its constitutional framework?
• Which battle during the Seven Years War led to the surrender of the colony of New France to British rule?
• Coureurs de bois traveled mainly in the interior of which continent?
• Which is the elected body in Parliament where members represent equal-sized population groups?
• The term 'runners of the woods' refers to which group who married First Nations women and became the parents of the Métis?
• The exchange of goods and services to other countries is called?
• Which term describes a system where trade could flow freely across the border between colonies and the United States, with no import taxes?
• Which term refers to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland?
• Which term refers to a group in Upper Canada that advocated governmental reform before the 1837 rebellions?
• Which term refers to a Roman Catholic priest who travels for religious charity work and promotion of religion, built churches and schools, arriving in the West in 1818?
• Which policy aims to allow people to keep their religion, language, and customs without forced assimilation?
• Which term best describes the belief in the superiority of one's own culture?
• Which is one of the levels of government in Parliament, consisting of elected representatives based on representation by population?
• Which profession divides land into parcels and marks property boundaries?
• Which group harvested wild rice and had a farming economy?
• Which term describes a union of provinces with a shared central government while allowing provinces to govern local matters?
• Which term describes exclusive control of a market by one company or group?
• Personal like or dislike of something or someone that is not necessarily based on fact.
• What term means the shared identity due to language and culture?
• Religion is best defined as what?
• The Haudenosaunee historically lived in proximity to which river?
• The Hudson Bay area was important in colonial trade primarily for its which resource?
• Which group divided territories into family clans?
• Which term describes movement of people within a country?
• Which term refers to the oldest established retail company in North America?
• Which group lived in what is now Eastern Canada and used a Grand Council?
• What is the American belief that it is the natural right of the United States to control all of North America called?
• Which term refers to the set of Canadian acts named for the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan as part of Confederation?
• What term describes the idea of a country having full control over its own territory and affairs?
• What is a defining characteristic of a provisional government?
• Which term refers to a religious missionary who promoted religion and established missions in the West, arriving around 1818?
• What term means a person who makes money by selling goods?
• Which term refers to the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial?
• A noticeable rather than meaningful feature is described by which term?
• Which war building block for Confederation involved American colonists fighting for independence?
• What term describes a system of countries extending their control over other nations, creating an empire or network of colonies?
• What was the term for the anglophone elites among the governor of Lower Canada who were also Executive or Legislative Council members?