Grade 8 Social Studies Chapter 2 Review

Grade 8 Social StudiesChapter 2 ReviewMatch the following definitions witha word from the Word List attached.When you are finished, you will have10 words left over in the Word List._____ A cone-shaped Beothuk house that was covered with strips of birch bark, insulated with moss inthe winter._____ A highly infectious lung disease brought to Newfoundland by European immigrants whichkilled many aboriginals._____ If you moved out of Canada and settled in Brazil, to Canada you would be an (?)._____ The last known living Beothuk, who died in 1929 in St. John’s._____ For 300 years before 1800, Europeans had been coming to Newfoundland to fish. They wouldsail from Europe each spring and return home in the fall. This was called the (?)._____ A reason that causes a person to leave an area to move to another._____ After the middle of the 1800's, people began moving from the Avalon Peninsula ofNewfoundland to other parts of the island. This is referred to as (?)._____ The French held fishing rights from Cape St. John north to the tip of the Northern Peninsula,and south along the west coast to Cape Ray. This area was known as the (?)._____ (?) occurs when births are greater than deaths and/or immigration is greater than emigration._____ These people lived on the coast of Labrador, interacted much with the Moravian missionaries,but many died by contacting new diseases like influenza_____ Which aboriginal group lived mainly in Quebec and the interior (centre) of Labrador?_____ These people were known to the Inuit as the Kablunangajuit, meaning “almost white men”._____ Many European settlers came to Newfoundland and Labrador because of the great fishinggrounds. This abundance of fish would be considered a (?).

_____ Hakim has just moved to Newfoundland from India. WE would considered him an (?)._____ Which of the following groups did not interact well with the European settlers?_____ What community eventually became a permanent Mi’kmaq settlement?_____ Which of the following groups came to Newfoundland in the early 1800's to escape religiousdiscrimination and poverty in their home country?_____ This aboriginal group got along really well with Europeans, serving as guides for them._____ The 1800's (in other words, 1800-1899) is referred to as the (?) century._____ This community was originally established by the French._____ A $300 fee put into law to discourage a certain group of immigrants from moving toNewfoundland._____ The first people of Newfoundland and Labrador - there were 5 groups: Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu,Inuit and Metis._____ The completion of this helped Newfoundlanders access land-based resources (eg. Forestry,mining, farming), in the interior._____ The staple (main) resource of native peoples - used for food, clothing, tools, practicallyeverything._____ The first English and Irish settled here, only later generations moving to the Northeast coast andinterior._____ This group of immigrants (mostly merchants) first settled in Nova Scotia, then many of themsailed back to settle on the West coast of Newfoundland._____ The Beothuk became (?) For four main reasons._____ By 1911, what percentage of inhabitants of Newfoundland were born in Newfoundland?_____ The first (and main) immigrants to Newfoundland were (?) from countries like England, France,Ireland, and Scotland.th_____ In the 19 Century, Newfoundland’s main urban centre, with about 3000 people was (?).

WORD LIST:1. Potato Famine11. St. John’s21. Internal Migration31. Migratory Fishery2. Chinese Head Tax12. 99%22. Immigrant32. Natural Increase3. French Shore13. Mamateek23. Emigrant33. Natural Decrease4. Tuberculosis14. Shanawdithit24. Push Factor34. Demasduit5. Caribou15. 90%25. Pull Factor35. Beothuk6. Mi’kmaq16. Innu26. Inuit36. Metis7. English17. French27. Irish37. Scottishth8. 1818. Beaver28. Interior38. Conne Riverth9. 1919. Avalon Peninsula29. Extinction39. Aboriginal10. Plaisance20. Trans-Island Railway30. Europeans40. Harbour Grace

List and explain fully the FOUR main reasons for the extinction of the Beothuk:1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________