Social 7 Cumulative Vocabulary Review

A challenge to the authority of a recognized government

A contagious disease that causes intestinal problems and dehydration

A rapid, often violent change in a system of government

Government that does not answer to an imperial power

to force

Intending to establish a home/gain citizenship in a country that is not their native country

A temporary government formed when no other authority can establish legitimate control

A person’s rank, or importance, in society

An agreement by everyone

The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island

Ancestry or family line

One of the seven districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation

A system of government that does not have a monarch (usually a democracy)

A council for all seven districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation

People who traded alcohol with First Nations, which disrupted First Nations societies

A person whose first language is French

First Peoples, the original peoples of a place

A policy to eliminate people of a particular cultural identity

A regulated economic system that made a country rich from its colonies

A school whose funds come from “public money” (taxes paid to a government)

The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture

The British takeover of New France, under which New France became the British colony of Quebec

A government established in a colony and controlled by an imperial power, such as Britain

A person who seeks protection in another country to escape danger in their own country

The official set of rules about how a country is governed

A contagious disease that mostly attacks the lungs

Where people with a contagious disease are required to stay to prevent the spread of disease

Unjust or unfair use of power

Movement of people from one region of a country to another

Policy put in place by the government of John A. Macdonald, consisting of 3 major elements

A policy to remove people of a particular cultural identity

Someone who seeks to change - or reform - established rules and arrangements in society

Formal rules

To refuse something as a way to create pressure for change

A person whose first language is English

A person who leaves their native country to establish a home and citizenship in another country

An official investigation established by the government (the Crown)

A basic principle held in common by a group

The constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

A descendant of the settlers of New France

An agreement among groups or nations to act together in support of each other

Female leaders of clans in Haudenosaunee society

A disease resulting from lack of vitamin C that causes internal bleeding

To get revenge

A global war that took place between 1939 and 1945

Takeover of a territory by another country

The complete control of a resource by a single company

A special society of the Anishinabe people

Data that pertains to the population of a given region or country

A payment to support a church, base on one-tenth of a person’s income

The infection of a large population by a disease

A set of rules and privileges granted to a company by a king or queen

The man named Dekanawidah, who brought the Great Law of Peace to the Haudenosaunee

Representatives elected by voters

The inability to decide on a course of action because of disagreement among equal powers

A negative generalizations about a group of people based on uninformed judgements

Groups of respected people that chose and advised Mi’kmaq leaders

Change in the characteristics of a population

An original piece of information, such as a document or image

Giving official recognition to two cultures

A leader in Mi’kmaq society

To send out of a country

An extra charge

A group of people whose appearance distinguishes them from a majority population

A.K.A the Royal Proclamation, the treaty signed in 1763 to mark the end of the Seven Years’ War

Two or more peoples of diverse cultures living together peacefully

British uprooting of up to 12 000 Acadians from their homes in Nova Scotia in October 1755.

A place whose physical location makes it important or valuable, often for military reasons

An area of land set aside by treaty (agreement) for the use of a First Nation

A person who researches family trees

A gathering of First Nations peoples to celebrate their cultures

An attempt to overthrow an established government

One of the seven districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation

The ability of the body to fight off infection

Policy of a country/empire to extend its domination by political, economic or military means

When an individual/minority group loses its original culture when absorbed into another culture

An alliance among different groups

Territory that is dominated by a foreign country

Establishment of people in a newly colonized region

Different treatment or policies for different groups of people, based on their race

A global war, centred in Europe, that took place between 1914 and 1918

Money a woman brings to a marriage - an old custom

The global economic slowdown that occurred between 1929 and 1939

Increase in the number of people living in cities and the expansion of cities into rural areas

Where people live permanently, such as a village or establishing settlers in a new region 

A pardon

Beads woven into belts to record treaties and other agreements among different nations

Regarding the fur trade, the person in charge of a fort and its business for the HBC or the NWC

A shortage of food leading to starvation for many people

Draws a parallel between power held by a tyrant and power held by a majority in the democracy