socials studies test Flashcards
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what were the men’s roles in making fish?
Men had to fish for them, cutting and gutting them
what were the women’s roles in making fish?
Women had to gut, split, cure, spread flakes, cook, and garden.
what were children’s roles in making fish?
Children had to tend to babies, cook, cured fish, haul water, bring tea, light torches, cut, scoop, and scrap.
the tree branches of Newfoundland fishery?
inshore fishery
Bank fishery
Labrador fishery
what is the Inshore fishery?
They fished in dories and used baited hooks that were lowered into the ocean on hand lines. They were baited with shellfish, herring, capelin, and squid. then they would return to shore to drop off their catch.
what is the Bank fishery?
Fish were plentiful in areas like Bank Rose Blanche, Grand Banks, and St.Pierre Bank. men would launch their dories over the sides of the schooners. Once they filled their dories, they would drop off their catch back at one of the schooners and get more bait for their lines.
what is the Labrador fishery?
A migratory fishery conducted by non-residents. Many families spent from early summer to early fall “Down on the Labrador”. There was to groups in this fishery: the stationers and the r floaters
what was the social impact of the fishery?
Men had so much time to go fishing and didn’t have much time for sitting wood. Women had to much time out in the garden.
what was the economic impact of the fishery?
Overfished population, things evolved drastically, and fewer things from the early 1800s were being used.
what is the truck system function?
a system where no money is exchanged. In return for the fishermen’s fish, families received credit to purchase supplies in the merchant stores.
what was the merchant’s role in the fishery?
Their role in the fishery was to pay fisher families to go out and catch their fish for them. they paid them through the truck system.
what were the merchants referred to as?
Merchants are considered the villains because they would constantly increase store prices, they did not pay families the credits they deserved, and they sometimes refused to honour credit.
what was the Seal Hunt?
it was a really big industry in the 1800s, aboriginals and immigrants would go out on schooners and hunt seal. they would go out on the ice and snow in the ocean and go out to hunt seals.
what were the dangers in the seal hunt?
The location of the seal hurds, the season they were being hunted, and the ways people hunted the seals. they could also get lost out on the ice or freeze to death.
why was the Seal Hunt important?
It was important because it was a way to get resources like food, clothing and oil. the most important resource was oil.
what was the effect of the fur trade?
the Innu would trade with the Hudson Bay Company, and they usually weren’t paid fair. As a result, they were sold bad deals that often resulted in the loss of economic gain for the Innu.
what was the impact the Movaian had with the Inuit?
They worked trying to help the Inuit, and they treated them a little more reasonably than Hudson Bay did with the Innu. They offered a Truck system to the Inuit to get an education and health care in exchange for their services.
why was boat building important?
It was important because at the time boat was the main resource to travel out to sea and across it.
what were to ships Michael Kearney built?
The Ida had broken the fastest time to sail to Europe from North America and the Gauntlet had out-sailed a private ship in Coco island and won the Royal Yacht.
who was Michael Kearney?
Michael Kearney was a master shipwright, sailmaker, and sailor. his ships were noted for their strength, speed, and beauty. Kearney was born in 1811 in Ferryland and died on March 4, 1885.
what were the uses of Seal oil?
lamps, machine lubricants, softening textiles, ingredients in paint, an ingredient in explosives and an ingredient in butter/margarine.
what were the two branches of the seal fishery
the “landsman’s hunt” and the “offshore fishery.”
what were the fishers categorized in?
two groups. one called “The Stationers” and the other called “The Floaters”
what did the Stationers do?
The stationers worked on the shore and salted and dried their fish
