Canada Past & Present

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ EARLY EXPERIENCES WITH EUROPEANS WORKSHEET Use this worksheet to complete Activity 7: Indigenous Peoples’ Encounters with Europeans , in the section ‘Before Confederation’ of Canada Past and Present: A Citizenship Education Guide .

Vocabulary Exercise Match the word on the left with the meaning on the right.

a) the hair of an animal

1 – contact (v)

b) to catch wild animals

2 – missionary (n)

c) a formal agreement between two groups

3 – fur (n)

d) a very serious and deadly disease brought to North America by Europeans

4 – captive (n)

e) a religious person who tries to convince people to join his or her religion

5 – smallpox (n)

f) to encounter someone or something; can be direct or indirect

6 – bison (n)

g) the fur and skin of a dead animal

7 – explorer (n)

h) a person who goes to new or unfamiliar places

8 – trap (v)

i) a person who is not free

9 – treaty (n)

j) a large hairy animal that lives in western North America

10 – pelt (n)

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