Across
- 3. – To talk and try to reach an agreement with others.
- 5. – People who illegally traded alcohol, often in exchange for goods from Indigenous people.
- 7. – A situation where there are no laws or where people don’t follow them.
- 8. – Growing crops or raising animals for food.
- 9. – Something that is required or must be done; not optional.
- 15. – Jobs or businesses that use natural resources, like farming, fishing, or mining.
- 16. – The journey of the North-West Mounted Police in 1874 to bring law and order to the western part of Canada.
- 18. – Digging into the earth to find valuable materials like gold, coal, or metals.
- 19. – A group of regular people trained to be soldiers in emergencies, not a full-time army.
- 20. – When people in a country feel connected and work together as one nation.
- 21. – When people rise up and fight against the government or those in power.
- 23. – When something is spread out and not crowded, like people in a large empty area.
- 25. – Land set aside by the government for First Nations communities to live on.
- 28. – A time when many people rushed to a place to search for gold, hoping to get rich.
- 29. – The belief that it was the right and duty of Americans to spread their land and culture across North America.
- 30. – The work of planting, caring for, and cutting down trees for wood and other uses.
- 31. – A traditional Indigenous food made from dried meat, fat, and berries.
- 32. – A Canadian law created in 1876 that controls many aspects of the lives of First Nations people.
- 33. – When one group of people is forced or encouraged to take on the culture, language, and way of life of another group.
Down
- 1. – A law passed in 1814 that banned the sale and export of pemmican, mainly affecting the Métis who traded it.
- 2. – A well-known officer of the North-West Mounted Police who helped bring order to Canada’s West.
- 4. – A formal agreement between two or more groups, often between Indigenous peoples and governments about land and rights.
- 6. – Something that applies to everyone, or is used or accepted everywhere.
- 10. – Having the power to rule or govern yourself without outside control.
- 11. – A system that moves people or goods quickly and easily with little waste of time or resources.
- 12. – A temporary government set up until a more permanent one is created.
- 13. – When rocks and soil suddenly slide down a slope, often caused by rain or earthquakes.
- 14. – Chinese workers who helped build railways in Canada, often doing hard and dangerous jobs.
- 17. – A group of people in Canada with both Indigenous and European ancestry, especially French and Cree.
- 22. – An old form of communication that used wires and signals to send messages over long distances.
- 24. – A large number of people or things coming in at once.
- 26. – The act of killing someone, usually as a punishment for a crime.
- 27. – Catching fish for food or business.