HIST 1121 Canadian History to 1867 Final Exam study questions
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, HIST 1121 Canadian History to 1867 Final Exam
2 - What is the significance of Beringia to scholars' understandings of the origin of the First Peoples in
North America? In what ways is the Beringia model being challenged? - --Aboriginal people are originally
from Asia. Challenged by coastal migration theory, which is supported by South American archaeological
finds dating before North American settlements
2 - Describe the differences between the major eras of the pre-contact peoples of Canada - --Archaic
(10,000 - 3,000 BCE)
Woodland (3,000 - 1,000 BCE)
2 - Describe the political, cultural, and economic differences between the groups of the major regions of
Canada. - --Northwest - not agricultural
Mississippian - agricultural, mound builders
2 - Identify the great empires and confederacies of the pre-contact Americas. - --Five Nations,
Haudenosaunee, Wabanaki Confederacy
2 - Locate the many different peoples of what is now Canada and its borderlands. - --
2 - Argue critically against notions of "pan-Indianism" and speak to the key elements of Aboriginal
societies before European contact. - --"In the northern half of North America alone the number of
tongues spoken, artistic techniques perfected, songs and dance styles, architectural and engineering
experiments, and systems of government can barely be calculated."
2 - Demonstrate awareness of issues associated with nomenclature - --names of First Nations groups
were often those chosen by Europeans, not the groups themselves (e.g. "Thompson Indians")
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