Ch 7 Review (The Great Migration & the Push for Democracy)

What does it mean to migrate?

• To move from one place to another
• To sleep all winter
• To hunt for food
• To change houses

A shortage of food leading to starvation for many people is called ______________.

• quarantine

• famine

• unemployment

• revolution

The British Isle incudes which of the following countries (check all that apply)

• Britain

• Scotland

• Norway

• Ireland

• Wales

What were the 3 main reasons people were leaving the British Isles. (Choose 3)

• Industrial Revolution

• Napoleonic Wars

• French Revolution

• Irish Potato Famine

• Fur Trade

The Great Migration involved __________________ people who emigrated from the British Isles to British North America.

• 100 000

• 250 000

• 500 000

• 800 000

The four main areas in British North America that the majority of British immigrants moved to were: (Choose 4)

• Upper Canada

• Lower Canada

• Newfoundland

• New Brunswick

• Nova Scotia

Conditions on board the immigrant ships were so poor, the passengers called them "coffin ships" due to the number of deaths caused by ________________.

• smallpox

• scurvy

• cholera

• tuberculosis

A quarantine was set up on this island, in the St. Lawrence River, where any immigrant that appeared sick would have to remain until they recovered.

• Ellis Island

• Grosse Ile

• Long Island

• Gaspe Peninsula

The Great Migration changed the demographics of BNA, by increasing the number of _______________ speaking colonists.

• French

• English

• German

• Slovakian

The change in demographics affected the French Canadiens, who were afraid of losing their ______________ and the First Nations who were afraid of losing their ______________.

• land ; cultural rights

• cultural rights ; land

• power; businesses

• businesses ; power