Canada Past and Present: A Citizenship Education Guide

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. 1 – contact (v) 2 – missionary (n) 3 – fur (n) 4 – captive (n) 5 – smallpox (n) 6 – bison (n) 7 – explorer (n) 8 – trap (v) 9 – treaty (n) 10 – pelt (n) a) the hair of an animal b) to catch wild animals c) a formal agreement between two groups d) a very serious and deadly disease brought to North America by Europeans e) a religious person who tries to convince people to join his or her religion f) to encounter someone or something; can be direct or indirect g) the fur and skin of a dead animal h) a person who goes to new or unfamiliar places i) a person who is not free j) a large hairy animal that lives in western North America 8.