| A | B |
|---|
| bilingual | equal opportunity to use two languages |
| colony | a group of people who leave their native country and settle in another land, but remain subject to the mother country |
| contributions | something given or shared |
| couriers de bois | runners of the woods or independent travelling fur traders |
| geography | study of the surface of the earth and the plant, animal and human life on it |
| hydroelectricity | refers to electric power produced using water power (rivers) |
| 'Je me souviens' | means 'I remember' our French heritage |
| Kebec | Algonkian Indian word meaning 'narrowing of the waters' |
| leisure | time of freedom from work or duty |
| lifestyle | the way of life of a group or an individual |
| peninsula | narrow strip of land surrounded on three sides by water |
| portage | the carrying of boats, goods, etc. overland from one spot in the river to the next |
| precipitation | condensed water vapor which falls as snow, rain, sleet or hail |
| Quebec Act | 1774 - gave right to use French language |
| Quebecois | people living in Quebec with French ancestry |
| reforestation | young trees are planted yearly in cut-over areas |
| rural | refers to the country, or to country life |
| seigneurial system | land grants to loyal subjects who then rented these parcels to settlers |
| tourism | income made by a province from the many visitors that are |
| urban | refers to towns or cities, and town or city life |
| voyageurs | traders who paddled canoes or rowed large boats for fur-trading companies |
