Social 7 – Chapter 8: The Metis

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: __________________________

Matching: draw a line between the important figure in Chapter 8 with the coordinating
description. /5

First Prime Minister of Canada Thomas Scott

Leader of the Metis Provisional Government Lord Selkirk

Brought the Scottish colonizers to Red River John A. Macdonald

Executed by firing squad for threat to kill Gabriel Dumont

Military general for the Metis forces Louis Riel

True or False: write a T (true) or F (false) beside each statement. /5

_____ The Anglophones sided with Louis Riel.

_____ Manitoba was created in an attempt to achieve compromise between the Metis and
the colonizers.

_____ Riel became the leader of the Metis Provisional Government because he aided the
Metis in building a plan to protect Rupert’s Land.

_____ The Battle of Seven Oaks occurred after Louis Riel was threatened by Thomas Scott.

_____ Assimilation is a process by which culture or individual is absorbed into a more

dominant culture because of its overwhelming influence.

Fill-in-the-Blank: look at the following questions and write the word that fits in the
statement. /5

The Metis were the children of First Nations women and ____________________ men.

______________ is a set of characteristics and values that describes the essence of a

person or group.

The _______________ Act was an attempt to establish a new province in hopes of achieving
peace between the Anglophones and Francophones.
Louis Riel was found guilty of _____________ and was hung in Regina on November 16 th,
1885.

Twenty-one colonists and ________ Metis died in the Battle of Seven Oaks.

Short Answer: write a response to the following questions in sentence form.

Explain one similarity and one difference between the causes of the Red River Resistance
in 1869 and the second Metis uprising in 1885. /2

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Explain what the Pemmican Proclamation is and why it was detrimental to the Red River
Metis and their economy. /2

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Provide one reason why the Metis were upset and fought back against the colonizers
and/or Canadian government. /1

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