Chapter Eighteen: The Northwest to the 1860s

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Question 1
What was the main goal of the French expansion westward into the prairies?
a. to hunt buffalo
b. to discover a sea that could provide enough fish to feed the French colony's swelling population
c. to find a short route to China
d. to find a river connecting the French colony up north to the French colony in Louisiana

Question 2
Why did the Plains people not rely on guns as much as the Woodlands people?
a. Firearms were not very useful in buffalo hunting.
b. They could not get the guns repaired easily.
c. They had problems obtaining ammunition.
d. all of the above

Question 3
What was pemmican?
a. a type of light contained used for carrying supplies over a portage
b. dried buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries
c. an area around a buffalo jump
d. a type of light paddle used by the Hudson's Bay Company's traders

Question 4
What did the Red River Métis use for transporting goods?
a. horse-drawn sleds
b. wind-driven bark boats
c. ox-drawn carts made of wood and leather
d. wagons styled on those used by the English around York Factory

Question 5
In 1815, the majority of settlers in Selkirk's settlement
a. pledged to defeat the Nor'Westers and continue expanding the settlement.
b. opposed Macdonell's "pemmican proclamation."
c. accepted the Nor'Westers' offer of free transport to better land.
d. was forced to withdraw by the Nor'Westers.

Question 6
Many of the European ancestors of the "Country-born" came from
a. rural southern France.
b. the Orkney Island.
c. the Isle of Wight.
d. American colonies.

Question 7
Who won the Battle of Grand Coteau?
a. the Scottish immigrants
b. the group of "Country-born" led by Pierre-Guillaume Sayer
c. the Sioux
d. the Métis

Question 8
Why did the Cree become the most numerous First Nations group on the Canadian prairies?
a. They had natural immunity to many European diseases.
b. Unlike the Blackfoot, they did not participate in the whiskey trade.
c. The strength of Blackfoot-speaking nations had been reduced by smallpox.
d. a) and c)

Question 9
What perception did Europeans have of the Northwest in the 1840s?
a. land unsuitable for farming
b. excellent agricultural land
c. excellent land for raising domesticated animals
d. b) and c)

Question 10
Who became famous after his mysterious disappearance during a search for the Northwest Passage?
a. John Palliser
b. Henry Kelsey
c. John Franklin
d. George Simpson

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