Unit 1: Land and Resources Test

Your upcoming test with be a mix of fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, short answer, and an essay question (it may also involve a sight reading and response).

You must be able to demonstrate your understanding on the following topics:

ü  Land and Resources : Prehistory and Mi’kmaq settlement

o    Please review all notes (slideshow)

o    PEI Dinosaur (questions)

o    First Peoples

o    Mi’kmaq relationship with the land

ü  Settlement Patterns on PEI (slideshow notes)

o    Define “site” and “settlement” à be able to give examples

o    Understand how site and settlement factors affect settlement patterns

ü  French Regime on Ile St. Jean ( slideshow notes)

o    Understand how the ownership of the Acadian colonies being thrown “back and forth” contributed to their identity as Acadians and their general attitude.

o    Understand the significance of the Fortress Louisbourg and identify the connection it had to Ile St. Jean (Granary of New France).

o    Jean Pierre Roma and his estate at Trois Rivieres

o    Acadian Expulsion (know History Frame Story Mapping, notes)

o    Be able to build an argument around the question “Was the Acadian Deportation a crime against humanity, or was it fair in the context of time?”

ü  British Rule (slideshow notes)

o    The Earl of Egmont’s vision for the Island (understand the feudal system)

o    Samuel Holland (survey, lot system, lottery à questions from “Lotto 1767” article.

o    Conditions and obstacles to the landlord system

o    Walter Patterson

o    Pioneer Life à obstacles à how did  they view the environment? Impact on the future?

o    “Gloomy Forest” – questions