Mrs. Folino
CHC 2PI
Oh Canada: Scavenger Hunt
For this assignment, you will use the links provided to access all of
the required information on your worksheet. If you become “lost”,
return to the original assignment page to get yourself back on
track.
1. Go to Waterloo-Oxford’s homepage
2. Select Academics, then Select History from the list of
subjects on left-hand side
3. Select Mrs. Folino
4. Select “Oh Canada Scavenger Hunt”
5. Click on the highlighted links for each section and answer the
questions in point form on your handout. Return to the original
assignment to select the links for each section.
Part A: Click on Birth of the Canadian Flag
1.
a) Under which Prime Minister, did Canada finally receive
her own flag?
b) Describe what the THREE possible designs for the
Canadian flag looked like.
c) In what year did the final Canadian flag design come
into effect?
2.
National Anthem: Oh Canada
Scroll down to the History of the National Anthem Summary
and answer the following questions.
a) When was “Oh Canada” proclaimed our national
anthem?
Mrs. Folino
CHC 2PI
b) Who composed the national anthem?
3. National Symbols: The Beaver
a) Why were beaver pelts such a lucrative trade to the
Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1600s and 1700s?
b) What saved beavers from the brink of extinction in
the mid 19th century?
c) When did the beaver receive official status as an
emblem of Canada?
4. National Symbols: The Maple Leaf
a) Who discovered the important food properties of
maple sap?
b) How early did the maple leaf serve as a symbol of
Canada?
Part B: The Halifax Explosion
1. When did the Halifax Explosion occur?
2. Briefly describe the events of the Halifax Explosion. Give at
least FIVE details.
Mrs. Folino
CHC 2PI
3. What was the significance of Vince Coleman in the Halifax
Explosion?
4. List 2-3 examples of some of the destruction the Explosion
and Tsunami caused in Halifax.
Part C: Go to the Government of Canada web site. Click on the
trivia game. Do the first five questions and record below the
question and answer: (5)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part D: Turn of the Century Canada
1. Heritage Minutes
Mrs. Folino
CHC 2PI
a) What is a Heritage Minute?
2.
Settling Canada: Underground Railroad
a) How many African-American slaves came to Canada for
freedom from 1840-1860?
b) What was the name of the secret escape route that
aided these slaves in their journey towards freedom?
c) What lured so many immigrants to come to Canada in
the 1880s? (1)
3. Nitro. Read the synopsis and watch the heritage minute if
possible.
a) What was the name of the explosive used to blast
through rock when the Canadian Pacific Railway was
being built? (1)
b) “They say that for every mile of railway, one ….”
Complete the sentence. (1)
c) Why did such racist views exist towards Chinese
immigrants in Canada at the turn of the century? (1)
d) What was the maximum head tax imposed on Chinese
immigrants? Why was this imposed? (2)
Mrs. Folino
CHC 2PI
4. Soddie.
a) Who was the Minister of the Interior? (1)
b) What incentive did he offer to encourage immigrants
to settle in Canada’s west? (1)
c) Although this offer seemed like a “dream”, how did
the “dream” differ from the reality. Give 3 specific
examples. (3)
d) What was a nickname for settlers in Western Canada,
which comes from the material with which they built
their first homes? (1)