8B/C took up the below chapter.  Homework: Chapter 13: The North-West Rebellion, page 198 1-3.  This is due next Tuesday, December 10th, for 8C.

Chapter 12, page 179 1-4,

township- a square farmland or community that is 10 km by 10 km or 100 km2; it is a grid like formation

section- a perfect square measuring 1.6 km or 2.56 km2

quarter section- 65 hectares; they were marked by position such as North-West and South East

Dominion Land Act- any adult could claim a quarter section of land

sod house- a house made from earth or soil; it was temporary housing

dugout- a home made by digging a hole in the hillside

sodding bee- a community would gather together and build houses together this also applies to quilting and other communal activities

colonization company - the Canadian government sold large tracts of land to individuals

2.  The lands were already divided by surveyors and taken from the First Nations through treaties.  There were three steps: one, townships were made into 10 km length squares; second they were subdivided into 36 section measuring 1.6 km in length; lastly, each section was divided into quarters and contained 65 hectares.

3. a)  People left for homestead stiff land was given away and all they had to do was pay a $5.00  registrations.  Icelandic, Ukrainians, Germans, Polish, and a variety of immigrants arrived in Canada. 
*Clifford Sifton promoted immigration to Canada and he encouraged East Europeans to settle in the prairies because the knew how to farm the land and the wanted to be land owners.  Canada was advertised as the Eldorado or a mythical land of gold.*
b) People move for various reasons: safety, employment, land, family ties, freedom, stability, education, opportunities, trade, peace, and religious freedom. 
4.  The terms let any head of family to pay a fee, build a house, cultivate the land, and be there for at least six years before claiming it.  This prevented speculators from just paying the fee and immediately selling and not developing the land.