Chapter 3 Cultures of the United States and Canada

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Chapter 3 Cultures of the United States and
Canada

• 7th Grade Study Guide

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Key Terms

• custom
• practice commonly accepted through tradition
• Nunavut
• Canadas new territory set aside for the Inuit
• cultural diversity
• having a wide variety of cultures

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Key Terms

• ethnic group
• group of people who share a language, history or
  culture
• Chippewa
• Native American group
• mosaic
• larger picture made by smaller pieces

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Key Terms

• Immigrant
• person who moves from one country to another
• Reserve
• area set aside for native people
• regional difference
• difference in groups of people from one place to
  another

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Key Terms

• cultural identity
• characteristics that identify a group of people
  and their culture
• cultural exchange
• process in which different cultures share ideas
  and ways of doing things

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Main Ideas

• Give some examples of cultural exchange during
  the settlement of North America
• the Spanish introduced horses to North America
• How do immigrants change American life
• the bring their ethnic customs with them

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Main Ideas

• Where did Canadas Inuits move to preserve their
  cultural identity
• the moved to their own territory, Nunavet
• Canadas native people plan to preserve their
  culture by doing what
• using their own languages in their schools

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Main Ideas

• English settlers learning to grow native food is
  an example of what
• cultural exchange
• Native American groups culture was influenced by
  each other in what way
• they influenced each other by trading with each
  other

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Main Ideas

• Canadians feel what country has to much influence
  on their culture
• the United States
• The culture of Native Americans was influenced by
  what before Europeans arrived
• It was influenced by where they lived (location)

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Main Ideas

• What did Russian settlers introduce to the
  Midwest to change American life
• Wheat
• What are Canadas two major languages
• English and French

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Main Ideas

• What did many French Canadians want to happen to
  Quebec in order to preserve its heritage
• they wanted it to become its own country
• Name some aspects of culture that vary from
  region to region in the U.S.
• foods, accents, pastimes, and music

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Main Ideas

• How do many French Canadians want to preserve
  their heritage
• they want to make Quebec its own country
• What is Canadas newest province
• Nunavet

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Main Ideas

• Groups that trade are taking part in what
• Cultural exchange
• Canadas new laws are helping native people
  preserve their culture in what way
• they are allowing them to use their own language
  in their schools

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Main Ideas

• What did Russian settlers bring that changed the
  Midwest
• wheat
• Americas Breadbasket is what region
• the Midwest

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Essay

• Explain a similarity and a difference in the ways
  different ethnic groups live in the United States
  and Canada.
• Topic sentence
• Notes
• Mechanics
• Flow
• Accuracy
• Closing sentence

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Essay

• Explain a similarity and a difference in the ways
  different ethnic groups live in the United States
  and Canada.
• similarity
• example immigrants came to both countries to
  search for a better life
• difference
• example U.S ethnic groups disagree but do not
  talk of forming new countries, Canadas French
  Canadians in Quebec talk of forming a separate
  country