Acadians Crossword 2021 [EN]

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  1. 2. According to the 1990 census, over 400,000 people in Louisiana alone claimed _______-_____ ancestry (7 & 5 letters).
  2. 4. The British founded the town of _______, Nova Scotia and fortified it in 1749 in order to establish a base against the French.
  3. 5. After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, Acadians were allowed to return to Nova Scotia as long as they did not settle in any one area in large numbers. Some Acadians resettled along the Nova Scotia coast and remain scattered across Nova Scotia to this day. Many dispersed Acadians looked for other homes. Beginning in 1764, groups of Acadians began to arrive in _________. They eventually became known as Cajuns.
  4. 8. The 20th century brought oil and gas exploration and refinement to Louisiana. Thousands of Cajuns became oil and gas field workers. A side effect of the industry is that it brought more outsiders into Cajun country. In some cases, this led to inter-_________. It also led to a greater dependence on speaking English, since the employers spoke English. The high wages also allowed Cajuns to experience a better lifestyle.
  5. 10. Acadia has its origins in Giovanni da Verrazzano’s travels to North America, an Italian explorer serving the king of France. In 1524-1525, he explored the Atlantic coast and gave the name "_______” in Italian, to a region near the present-day American state of Delaware.
  6. 11. The Treaty of _______ was an agreement between Britain and France, concluded on Apr 11th 1713 at Utrecht in the Netherlands as part of the series of treaties ending the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaty recognized Queen Anne as the legitimate sovereign of England and officially ended French support for the claims of the Jacobite party to the British throne.
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  1. 1. One of the major factors bonding the cajuns together was their common French language. In 1921, the Louisiana Constitution was changed so that all school proceedings had to be conducted in _______. This led to many Cajuns growing up without learning their ancestral languages. As they moved into a society that was more mixed, French was used less and less.
  2. 3. These highly self-reliant Acadians farmed and raised livestock on marshlands. The Acadians drained the marshes using a technique of tide-adaptable barriers called _________ (a French-sounding word), thus making agriculture possible.
  3. 4. Someone who lives in Halifax is called a __________.
  4. 6. The biggest piece of Cajun culture to impact the "outside world" has been in the area of food and food preparation. Cajun food and restaurants can be found around the nation. You can even find frozen Cajun meals in ____________.
  5. 7. Warren A. ______ is an Acadian attorney and rights advocate that was born in 1947 in Louisiana. In 1990, he spearheaded a campaign to compel Queen Elizabeth II of England to acknowledge and apologize for the Acadians' expulsion from Nova Scotia. He presented a petition on behalf of the Acadian people to the British government and Crown seeking an apology for the Deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755. His efforts successfully resulted in a Royal Proclamation being signed on December 9 2003 and decreeing July 28th as the annual Day of Commemoration of the Acadian Deportation.
  6. 9. Saint John Valley in the state of _____ was part of the original Acadian settlement. Many Acadians still reside in this state.