Chapter 2

Question 1

Assimilate

Answer 1

To join a majority, giving the traditions of one’s own culture

Question 2

Parasol

Answer 2

A small umbrella used as protection from the sun

Question 3

Enmity

Answer 3

Hatred

Question 4

Matriculation ticket

Answer 4

A piece of paper indicating that a student is enrolled in a course and will matriculate, or graduate

Question 5

Serial format

Answer 5

In weekly or monthly instalments

Question 6

Droll

Answer 6

Humorous

Question 7

Carbolic acid

Answer 7

An acid used by the French Doctor Louis Pasteur as an antiseptic

Question 8

Infrastructure

Answer 8

The community structure that make travel, communications, business easier

Question 9

Whist

Answer 9

A card game for two divided teams

Question 10

Firebox

Answer 10

Steam boiler

Question 11

Bushel

Answer 11

An old measurement of dry goods equal to about 35 litres

Question 12

Peck

Answer 12

One quarter of a bushel

Question 13

Federation

Answer 13

A federal union in which the members keep certain power themselves, and give others to central government

Question 14

External relations

Answer 14

Dealing with outside countries

Question 15

Victoria.

Answer 15

Someone who lived during the era of Queen Victoria 1837-1901

Question 16

Parti rouge

Answer 16

Canada east political party, wanted American-style government, hated the act of union, support from French farmers + business people, more radical

Question 17

Parti bleu

Answer 17

George E Cartier, allied with Catholic Church and Canada west politicians - economic development of Canada east, protect French Canadian rights

Question 18

Tori

Answer 18

A Conservative party in Canada led by Sir John A. Macdonald

Question 19

Homogeneous

Answer 19

All the same or similar kind

Question 20

John A Macdonald

Answer 20

Leader of the Tories, first primes minister of Canada

Question 21

Louis-Joseph Papineau

Answer 21

Leader of the Parti rouge

Question 22

George Etienne Brown

Answer 22

Leader of Parti Bleu

Question 23

George Brown

Answer 23

Leader of the clear grits

Question 24

Sovereignty

Answer 24

Freedom from external control

Question 25

Manifest destiny

Answer 25

A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the US was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the pacific

Question 26

Charlottetown conference

Answer 26

This conference was to discuss the joining of the maritime colonies. Delegates from the province of Canada joined even though they were not invited. The first of three conferences

Question 27

Quebec conference

Answer 27

The Quebec conference was the second meeting held in 1864 to discuss Canadian confederation. The 16 delegates from the province of Canada, NS, NB, PEI had greeted at the close of the Charlottetown conference to meet again at Quebec October 1864

Question 28

London conference

Answer 28

The conference held in England 1867 that made Canada it's own country