An Alliance with the Huron Empire
Please answer each question carefully. There are 8 questions in total.
The Hurons were a group of First Nations people who were in an alliance with Champlain. They were closely related to the Iroquois, but had become their enemies.
1. What is an alliance? What does this word mean?
It's a group of people , political parties , ect who work together in order to achieve sth that they all want. An alliance is an agreement between countries , political parties , etc. to work in order to achieve sth that they all want.
Great traders themselves, the Hurons navigated the rivers of Central Canada and were very prosperous. They would become the leading source of furs for the French.
2. Why would Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons?
3. This is a picture of Champlain and his Huron allies on the left fighting the Iroquois. This is one of the earliest images of Europeans and First Nations people interacting.
a. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences. Look carefully at the picture.
I saw there were at least four small ships on bothside of the lake. Two groups of people are standing on both side and fighting with arrows. Arrows are their only weapons to attact others. There is a man standing infront of them and talking something to them. Two men are attacting the other side people.
b. Do you think this is a realistic image of the situation? Explain why or why not in 5-8 sentences.
I don't think this picture is realistic image , because there is a man stading between the two groups of people when they were shooting the arrows. If the man stding there , he will die soon. I think the drawer thought the draw paper is too small that he can't drow too far about people. And he can't draw people very small. That's why I don't think it's a realistic image.
4. The Hurons had many economic advantages because of their geographic location and territory. They were located on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, where the fishing was excellent.
a. Find a map of Georgian Bay. Explain where this bay is.
The Gerogian Bay is on the right corner of this map. Aroud it , there are many cities. They are Little Current, Killarney , Key Inlet , Byng and Parry Sound. Lake Huron is connectng with The Gerogian Bay.
b. Translate the word bay.
Bay is an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
5.Find a photograph of Georgian Bay that you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.
I like this picture because this picture shows a shiney morning on the seashore. The sun shine looks like yellow , the sea is blue , together they become green. Green is one of my favourite colors and I also like beach and shine.
The vegetation of this region includes mixed forests, meadows, and fields. The sandy soil was perfect for planting corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans.
6. Take a look at this piece of Canadian Art called "Stormy Weather". The artist is Frederick Varley. He illustrated the stormy weather of Georgian Bay.
a. How do you feel when you see this painting? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Tell me why you feel that way.
From this picture , I feel a little bit dreariness. The tree there are only have few leaves and there are few stones between the tree. I feel that the drawer wanted to show his mood and than drow this picture.
7. This is a poem by A.J.M Smith. It was put together with this image on a past provincial exam.
a. When you read this poem, how do you feel about the Canadian landscape? Explain in 10-12 sentences. Think deep and be creative.
The Lonely LandA.J.M. Smith
Cedar and jagged fir
uplift sharp barbs
against the gray
and cloud-piled sky;
and in the bay
blown spume and windrift
and thin, bitter spray
snap
at the whirling sky;
and the pine trees
lean one way.
A wild duck calls
to her mate,
and ragged
and passionate tones
stagger and fall,
and recover,
and stagger and fall,
on these stones -
are lost
in the lapping of water
on smooth, flat stones.
This is a beauty
of dissonance,
this resonance
of stony strand,
this smoky cry
curled over a black pine
like a broken
and wind-battered branch
when the wind
bends the tops of the pine
like a broken
and wind-battered branch
when the wind
bends the tops of the pines
and curdles the sky
from the north.
This is the beauty
of strength
broken by strength
and still strong
8. What did you learn in this lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.