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46 Cards in this Set
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Prejudice |
A pre-held opinion or feeling, independent of experience; an unfavourable bias |
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Corpse |
A dead body |
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Navigation |
The ice on the lakes and rivers would have melted |
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Palatable |
Edible |
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Air |
Melody |
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Provisions |
Supplies of food and equipment |
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Propriety |
Good behaviour and manners |
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Clothier |
A maker or seller of clothes or cloth |
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Shellack |
A king of varnish |
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Entrepreneur |
One who carries out an enterprise |
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To meditate |
To act between parties tp bring about an agreement |
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Insanity |
Mental illness |
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Economic imperialists |
Imperialism is the domination of one country by another politically, economically or culturally. Economic imperialism refers to economic domination |
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Capitalist |
A person with capital, or money, to invest |
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Ruperts Land |
The territory given to the HBC |
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Mouth |
The part of a river where its waters empty into another body of water |
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Mouth |
The part of a river where its waters empty into another body of water |
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Depot |
A storehouse |
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Cooperage |
A place to make barrels and casks |
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Smithy |
A place where a blacksmith works |
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Health |
A toast drunk in a person's honour |
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Want of |
Lack of |
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Gravity |
Dignified behaviour |
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Zenith |
The sky |
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Nadir |
The ground |
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Heir |
One who inherits |
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League |
An old measure of distance, equal to about 5 kilometres |
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Pemmican |
A mixture of buffalo meat and fat |
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Overhead |
The costs of running a business |
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Synthetic |
Using fibres that are not of natural origin |
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Navigational instruments |
Sextant, compass, telescope, time piece, and other instruments to measure the location of the sun and starts with reference to the horizon and time of day |
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Mariners |
Sailors |
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Dentalia |
Narrow tusk shells from the west coast of Vancouver island, a sign of high status among the Native peoples of BC |
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Coastline Mapping |
Mapping the edge of the land next to the sea |
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Epic |
Heroic |
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To Circumnavigate |
To sail around the world |
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Midden |
A refuse heap |
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Country Wife |
A wife married after the customs of the country, blend of both European and Native peoples' marriage rites |
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Sagamite |
A staple food made from ground corn |
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To dress |
To prepare raw furs for use |
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Margin |
The difference between the cost and the selling price |
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Philanthropist |
A person who uses his or her money to help others |
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Mercenary |
Soldier who works for pay |
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Dictator |
A person with absolute authority |
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Utility |
Usefulness |
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Boycott |
Refusal to buy a product |
