Name ____________________________ Date ____________ Class ____ Mark ___ /
Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
1.4 link human activity to the natural resources of the Atlantic region
1.5 identify and trace population and settlement patterns affecting Atlantic Canadians
from Aboriginal to early new-world migration to the present day
Instructions: Identify the major natural resources found in Atlantic Canada. (p.160)
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2. _______________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________
Instructions: Show how each natural resource is connected to the four sectors of the
economy. (p.157-158)
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
1.
2.
3.
4.
Instructions: Link human activity to the detriment or destruction of natural resources in
the Atlantic region. For an example, see p.273.
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Instructions: Explain sustainable development.
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Name ____________________________ Date ____________ Class ____ Mark ___ /
Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
1.4 link human activity to the natural resources of the Atlantic region
1.5 identify and trace population and settlement patterns affecting Atlantic Canadians
from Aboriginal to early new-world migration to the present day
Aboriginal Peoples (p.55-56)
1. Why are the first Palaeoindian groups believed to have migrated to the Atlantic
region?
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2. Complete the table (see page 56): (also see pages 26-27 in Changing Your World)
Main Group
Innu
Natural Resources Used
Area Inhabited
Algonquian
Nations
Inuit
Beothuk
3. Using the section on “”Effects of Contact,” answer the following questions:
a. How did early European settlers benefit from the aboriginal peoples?
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b. What is ethnocentrism, and how did it affect relations between Europeans and
the aboriginal peoples?
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c. What happened to most aboriginal people as a result?
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The Acadians (p.57-58)
1. Why did immigrants settle in the Atlantic region in the early 1600s?
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Name ____________________________ Date ____________ Class ____ Mark ___ /
Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
1.4 link human activity to the natural resources of the Atlantic region
1.5 identify and trace population and settlement patterns affecting Atlantic Canadians
from Aboriginal to early new-world migration to the present day
2. What two countries claimed ownership of the Atlantic region in the 1600’s and
1700’s? Which country eventually gained undisputed control? When? How?
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3. Where did the Acadians come from? Where did most of them settle? What was their
population and main occupation in 1750?
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4. Why were the Acadians in a difficult situation after 1713?
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5. What happened to the Acadians, their animals, and land in 1755? Why?
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6. Why are there Acadians in the Atlantic region today?
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The British (59-60)
1. What nationalities are included in the word “British”?
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2. What brought the first British settlers to Newfoundland? Why was it called the
migratory fishery? When did settlements become more permanent?
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3. Who did the British encourage to settle in the Maritimes in the 1760’s and the
1770’s? Why?
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Name ____________________________ Date ____________ Class ____ Mark ___ /
Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
1.4 link human activity to the natural resources of the Atlantic region
1.5 identify and trace population and settlement patterns affecting Atlantic Canadians
from Aboriginal to early new-world migration to the present day
4. Who were the Loyalists? How many settled in the Atlantic region and in what areas?
Why?
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5. Why did many Scots leave for North America in the late 1700’s? How many come to
Nova Scotia? Where did many of them settle?
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6. Why did many Irish emigrate to North America in the 1840’s? What was the crossing
like (see Figure 4.13)? How many come to the Atlantic Region? Why did some
leave?
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7. Give four reasons why people of African descent came to the Atlantic provinces
between 1600 to early 1900. (p.61)
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8. Give two reasons why immigrants came to Atlantic Canada after 1939. (p.63)
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Name ____________________________ Date ____________ Class ____ Mark ___ /
Atlantic Canada in the Global Community
1.4 link human activity to the natural resources of the Atlantic region
1.5 identify and trace population and settlement patterns affecting Atlantic Canadians
from Aboriginal to early new-world migration to the present day
Self –Test
Instructions: Match the group on the right with the description on the left. Each letter may
be used more than once.
1. Came to Atlantic Canada in various waves.
Group List
They were interpreters, slaves, Loyalists,
deported Maroons, refugees of war, and sailors
A. Aboriginal peoples
and steel workers.
B. Acadians
2. Came to escape the troubles after World War
C. African-Canadians
II.
D. British
3. Came to Nova Scotia in the late 1700s because
E. Europeans
of the Enclosures Movement which forced
F. Loyalists
them off the land.
G. Irish
4. Came to the Atlantic provinces in the midH. Scottish
1800s because a potato blight destroyed their
I. War brides
crops and they faced starvation.
5. Came to the Atlantic region following game
such as caribou and bison.
6. Came to the Grand Banks to participate in the migratory fishery.
7. Emigrated from France and settled in the Annapolis Basin where they farmed.
8. Gained control of the Atlantic region after decades of war as a result of the Treaty
of Paris (1763).
9. Includes people of English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origin.
10. Learned from the First Nations how to cope with the harsh environment.
11. They supported the British against the rebellious American colonies. They came
to Nova Scotia attracted by government land grants.
12. They were women who had married Canadian soldiers during the war, who came
with their children in 1946.
13. Were in a difficult situation in 1749 because they were required to swear an oath
of allegiance or be deported. When they refused they were deported and their
land and livestock were seized.
Instructions: Pick a natural resource found in Atlantic Canada and explain how human
activity is linked to it in the various sectors of the economy.
Resource
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary