Language Lab
This term refers to the unique French language spoken in New France.
What is canadien-français?
These were the French farmers who settled along the St. Lawrence River.
Who are the habitants?
These independent fur traders ventured deep into the wilderness.
Who are the coureurs de bois?
Name one new food that women in New France learned to cook with.
What is deer meat, corn, or maple syrup?
The king of France only allowed people of this religion to settle in New France.
What is Catholic?
This word, meaning "drifting snow," was commonly used by the Canadiens.
What is poudrerie?
Name one skill the habitants had to learn besides farming.
What is fishing, hunting, timber cutting, or trapping?
These men were employed by fur trading companies to transport goods by canoe.
Who are the voyageurs?
This was the name of the first hospital in Québec City, run by nuns.
What is Hôtel-Dieu?
These paintings were created to thank saints for miracles.
What are votive paintings?
The Canadiens borrowed words like "toboggan" and "moose" from these people.
Who are the First Nations peoples?
The habitants primarily lived along this major river.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The voyageurs primarily used this mode of transportation.
What are canoes?
Women in New France had more of this than women in France or the British colonies.
What is freedom? or independence?
This is the literal translation of "coureur des bois."
What is "runner of the woods?"
Name two words the Canadiens borrowed from the First Nations people.
What are toboggan, moose, or squash?
Due to the size of their farms, the habitants had to become very what?
What is resourceful?
This was the most valuable fur traded by the voyageurs.
What is beaver pelts?
Name one type of business that women in New France ran.
What are mills, factories, or sawmills?
Name one way the Canadiens learned from the First Nations people.
What is how to travel by canoe, hunt, or survive in the wilderness?
The Canadiens created their own version of french, much like what modern concept?
What is slang?
What weather condition greatly impacted the Habitants lives?
What are harsh winters?
Name one of the dangers the Voyageurs faced on their travels.
What are harsh weather, dangerous rapids, or long portages?
A law allowed women to own and run businesses in New France
What is the custom of Paris?
This women ran a saw mill.
Who is Marie-Charlotte Denys de la Ronde?