| A | B |
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| Acadia | Acadia included present day Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of New Brunswick and Quebec |
| Acculturation | Effect that two cultures have on each other when they meet; also called cultural exchange |
| Alliance | Union formed between nations or groups of people based on an agreement the benifits both groups |
| Brigade | Group of canoes, carts, or dogsleds carrying trade goods and supplies to and from inland posts |
| Charter | Written permission given by someone in authority who grants privileges |
| Colonization | Settling and controlling new lands |
| Coureurs de Bois | "Runners of the woods" - adventurers |
| Cultural exchange | Objects or ideas passed from one culture to another |
| Economic | having to do with the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth; money, taxes, wages, selling price, etc. |
| Emigrate | leave one's country or region to settle in another |
| Ethnocentrism | believing one's own culture is better than everyone else's |
| Exploration | seeking new lands |
| Habitant | farmer in France, and later in Quebec |
| Hudson's Bay Company | Fur trading institution located in Hudson's Bay |
| Institution | an organization or society established for some public or social pupose. An organized way of doing things. |
| Jesuits | Came to bring God and Church to New France |
| Mercantilism | An economic theory for the accumulation of wealth in gold and silver |
| Monopoly | a right granted for one person or group to control buying and selling |
| Mother Country | the country where one is born; a country in relation to its colonies |
| Scurvy | Disease caused by lack of vitamin C |
| Technology | The knowledge and application of developments in science, manufacturing, business, and the arts |
| Value | a long-established idea on which one's life modelled |
