| Term | Definition |
|---|
| to stake claim | the legal right to mine gold, or other minerals, on a specific piece of land |
| depression | a period of low economic activity marked by high unemployment |
| sourdough | someone who had been a prospector for a long time |
| bonanza | a spanish word that means "source of wealth" |
| tall tale | a story that exaggerates the truth |
| conciliation | attempts to resolve differences |
| rhetorical | speech or writing created in order to persuade and impress |
| minority | a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control |
| mother country | an old-fashioned term used to refer to the country from which colonists emigrated |
| British Empire | the group of countries colonized by Britain, such as Canada, India, South Africa, and so on |
| imperialist | someone who practices imperialism, the policy of extending control of a region or regions by one nation |
| knot | a unit of distance used at sea. The British nautical mile is 1853.2 metres |
| naval race | a competition to have the most powerful navy |
| free trade | a policy that reduces or eliminates border taxes and regulations between countries |
| reciprocity | an exchange or sharing |
| tariff | a duty or a tax a country charges on imports |
| inlet | a small arm of the ocean that juts into the coast |
| fiord | an inlet between high cliffs |
| tribunal | a cour or board appointed to judge a particular matter |
| market | buyers for a specific product, for example, the world market for wheat |
| capital | money that is used by a company to increase production and which buys a share in that company. |
| homestead lands | public land granted to settlers by the US and Canadian governments in the later nineteenth century with the intent that they would be developed into farms |
| dryland farming | farming methods practised in regions with insufficient rainfall |
| open-door | an immigration policy that puts no restrictions on who can immigrate |
| to assimilate | to absorb easily into another culture |
| urban | in a city |
| rural | in the country |
| ghetto | a slum area of a city |
| tenement | a crowded, usually cheap, building with many aprartments. |
| subsidy | financial assistance grantedby government in support of a business regarded as being in the public interest |
| hinterland | the remote and less developed area around a community |
| site | the features of the land on which the settlement is built, such as its elevation and landforms |
| situation | how a settlement is related to the surrounding area, including its relationship to other settlements and routes |
| labour union | an organization of workers that negotiates matters such as wages and working conditions with employers |
| women's suffrage | the right of women to vote |
| suffragist | a person who advocates extending the right to vote, especially to women |
| prohibition | the banning of the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages |
| municipal | city or town |
| reserve | land set aside for the Native peoples |
| aboriginal title | the concept that Native people have ownership of the land because they were the first to occupy it |
| Royal Commission | an investigation by a person or persons into a matter on behalf of the federal or provincial government |
| cut-off lands | lands removed from Native reserves, or title to land that was revoked |
| Allied Tribes of BC | an organization representing most Native peoples living in BC |
| potlatch | a ritual of giving away property and goods that is observed by many West Coast Native bands |
| Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council | at the time, the highest level of legal appeal in Canada |
| self-government | government by a territory's own people, used here for the right of Native peoples |
| Morse code | an alphabet composed of long and short signals |
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