Vocabulary
British Explorers
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British owned fur trading company.
What is Hudson's Bay Company?
100
Discovered cod stocks in Newfoundland.
Whos is John Cabot or Giovanni Caboto?
100
British Colony that was initially a fishing settlement.
What is Newfoundland?
100
Extinct indigenous group that died due to competition, starvation and disease.
Who were the Beothuk?
100
The Hudson's Bay was named after.
Who is Henry Hudson?
200
The English's (Hudson's Bay Company's) name for their fur trading posts.
What is factories?
200
British explorer who left his trading post and saw the vast herd of Buffalo in the Prairies.
Who is Henry Kelsey?
200
The area in green where the HBC was given a monopoly.
What is Rupert's land?
200
Referred to as “soft gold,” by traders.
What is Sea Otters?
200
Last remaining Beothuk who attempted to record the Beothuk culture.
Who is Shanawdithit?
300
The trader in charge of trading post.
What is a factor?
300
Travelled to present day Red Deer and attempted to convince the Siksika to trade with the Hudson’s Bay.
Who is Anthony Henday?
300
Mi’kmaq village that was made into a British military base.
What is Halifax or Chebucto?
300
They attempted to overtake British trading factories.
Who were the French?
300
French Explorers who rediscovered the Hudson's Bay.
Who are Pierre Raddison and Sieur des Groseilliers?
400
Former British colonies that now make up the east coast of the United States.
What is the Thirteen Colonies?
400
Norwegian sailor who sailed his boat through the Northwest Passage.
Who is Ronald Amundsen?
400
A passage through the Arctic.
What is the Northwest Passage?
400
Gave the British control of Acadia and France control of Cape Breton.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
400
The British built a military fort on their settlement.
Who were the Mi'kmaq?
500
An economic system that allows an imperial country to become rich in gold and silver by selling the resources taken from its colonies.
What is mercantilism?
500
English Explorer who FIRST attempted to build a colony in North America.
Who is Walter Raleigh?
500
The treaty of Utrecht awarded this land to the British.
What is Acadia or Nova Scotia?
500
List the 4 reasons why the British wanted to colonize North America.
1) Competition 2) Religious Freedom 3) Quality of life 4) Economy
500
Dene leader who spoke multiple languages and led Samuel Hearne.
Who is Matonabbee?