The Great Lakes
one of the five Great Lakes; surrounded by Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana
What is Lake Michigan?
a pirate hired by a king or queen to steal treasure from another country's ships
What is a privateer?
I was the first privateer hired by King Francis I to explore the New World. I was Italian but worked for France.
Who was Giovanni da Verrazano?
This river flow towards the northeast out of Lake Ontario and into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
These boats, made of birchbark, were often used by French explorers.
What are birchbark canoes?
a Great Lake between Canada and New York
What is Lake Ontario?
It's not an ocean. It's not a river. It's not a pond. It's certainly not just a puddle! It's a large body of water surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
I was a French privateer hired by King Francis I. I made 3 voyages to the New World, and discovered the St. Lawrence River.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
France is located on this continent.
What is Europe?
French King Louis XIV wanted to set up an empire in America. His explorers claimed the land on either side of the Mississippi River for him and named it this.
What is Louisiana?
This largest Great Lake is farthest west and farthest north.
What is Lake Superior?
The French built these military structures, usually along rivers, to protect their interests.
What are forts?
I was a French explorer. I travelled along the St. Lawrence River and discovered Lakes Ontario and Huron. I set up France's first settlement: Quebec.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
To reach America, the French had to sail across this ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
It was not gold, but this item was the source of France's great wealth in North America.
What were furs?
a Great Lake between Canada and Michigan
What is Lake Huron?
the Indian name for French priests who wore black cassocks
Who were the blackrobes?
Between Louis Joliet and Jaques Marquette, this one was a Catholic priest.
Who was Father Jaques Marquette?
Many French explorers traveled up and down this river, the major river in what is today the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
I was an explorer who really tried to find the Northwest Passage. I discovered the Hudson River in what is now New York and a very large body of water: Hudson Bay. My crew grew tired and took over, setting me and some friends afloat on a small boat. That's the last history knows of me.
(You gotta get this right!)
Who was Henry Hudson?
This Great Lake is the only one that touches Pennsylvania.
What is Lake Erie?
members of the clergy below the order of deacon, including acolyte, exorcist, and subdeacon
What are minor orders?
Father Jean de Brebeuf, Father Isaac Jogues, and Father Charles Garnier were all killed by Native Americans as they tried to spread Christianity. Thus, they are called this.
What are martyrs?
Rene de La Salle dreamed of creating a new Paris in America, and did establish this city as the most important trade and cultural center. It is located at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What is New Orleans?
I was the very first Native American to be canonized a saint by the Catholic Church.
Who was St. Kateri Tekakwitha?