True or False
A colony is a system of multiple countries extending their control over other nations.
False
The name of this settlement comes from a Greek word meaning "earthly paradise".
Acadia from Arcadia
The King of France sent Jacques Cartier to find a passage to _____
Asia
In 1608, Champlain founded this city.
Québec
What does coureur de dois mean in English?
“runners of the woods”
Most people living in England were Catholic.
False (Protestant)
This settlement was established on the Bay of Fundy.
Acadia
What year did Jacques Cartier arrive in Canada?
1534
Champlain came to be known as "the father of _____".
New France
The main interest for many of the coureurs de bois was ___
fur trapping
Samuel de Champlain returned to France 8 times.
True
What were the first two successful French settlements?
Quebec and Port Royal.
It took Cartier this many days at sea to reach the shores Newfoundland.
20
Champlain lived in Quebec for ___ years
27
The children of the coureurs de bois adventurers and First Nations women
The Métis
The coureurs de bois were the first people to leave the settlements of New France and begin roaming the countryside.
True
The settlement Quebec was founded because ________ was too far from the centre of the fur trade.
Port Royal.
Jacques Cartier encountered this group when he arrived at the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The Mi’kmaq
Champlain and the French were enemies with this Indigenous group.
The Haudenosaunee
One of the first coureurs de bois who went to live with the Wendat people.
Étienne Brûlé
Jacques Cartier’s settlement on the St. Lawrence River was successful.
False
Because of the harsh conditions, few French women were interested in living in New France aside from _____.
Nuns
Cartier and his crew became ill from this disease.
Scurvy
In addition to being an explorer, Samuel de Champlain was a ____________.
Map-maker
The Hudson's Bay Company was founded as a result of the accomplishments of Sieur de Groseilliers and his brother-in-law _________.
Pierre Radisson