This week: NF's economy

Homework for Tues/Wednesday classes: Blue sheet, re. mercantilism, resource exploitation, trading-post colony, allies & rivals, territory of NF by the mid-1700's

Quiz (Wed, Thurs):
-Aboriginal "economy" and "organisation" of territory
-arrival of Europeans (fishing, trade, beginning of fur trade)

NF's economy:
-follow-up on mercantilism, triangular trade (last week)
-examine fur-based economy
-examine attempts to diversify NF's economy
-examine the local economy: agriculture & crafts

Thursday, 24 February:
-tutorial after school (4:00-5:30) in D417 in preparation for the mid-year exam, if enough of you would like
-arrive with questions about topics or concepts that are unclear to you
-buy bus pass or arrange a pick-up

Mid-year exam, February 1:

Content: 
Examining two social phenomena-
1. Population & Settlement: First Occupants, French regime, British rule, Contemporary Canada
2. Economy & Development: First Occupants, French regime, British rule

Format:
2 parts-
1. 15 short answer questions (10 from one social phenomenon; 5 from the other)
2. 1 essay question (on the phenomenon with the fewest questions)
All questions and essay are document-based.

Intellectual operations being evaluated:
-establish facts
-situate in time
-characteristics of an historical phenomenon
-make comparisons
-determine explanatory factors and causes
-determine elements of continuity and change
-establish connections between facts
-establish causal connections