Canada is the second largest country in the world and covers the entire northern half of North America not including Alaska. It is a vast land of varying landscapes from the rocky seashores to the wide open prairies to the frigid ice fields and its majestic mountains. Learn more with Storyboard That!
Create a spider map illustrating key vocabulary terms relating to Canadian history.
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THE FUR TRADE
BILINGUAL
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VIKINGS
The fur trade in Canada began in the 1600s and lasted for 250 years. Europeans traded with Indigenous people for beaver pelts. The popularity of European felt hats drove the business and the fur trade was a main driver for European colonization Canada.
Bilingual means to speak two languages fluently. Bilingualism is the idea that Canada should be a country where French and English are equal in status and equally used.
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Vikings were Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries. Viking explorers are believed to be the first Europeans to visit North America and establish L’Anse aux Meadows settlement on Newfoundland.