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Explorers
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Land
WILD
100
What was the date of Samuel de Champlain's first voyage?
1603
100
Who is the first known European to set foot on North America?
Leif Erikson
100
Who was involved in the first written record of trade between Europeans and Aboriginal people in Canada?
Jacques Cartier
100
Leif Erikson found a new land and named it what?
Vinland
100
Give the beginning and ending dates of the century in which most expeditions took place?
1500's- 1600's
200
After the Vikings, how many more years was it before another European sailed to North America?
500 years
200
Which explorer is known as the founder of New France?
Samuel de Champlain
200
Who befriended the Wendat people and helped them fight against their enemies?
Samuel de Champlain
200
John Cabot is credited for claiming _______________
Newfoundland
200
What city today has the Aboriginal word meaning "the place where the river narrows," and who's credited for renaming it?
Samuel de Champlain
300
What year did Jacques Cartier first sail to North America?
1534
300
Which explorer kidnapped a First Nation leader?
Jacques Cartier
300
Why did the European rulers want a shorter route to Asia, China, and Japan?
To get silk and spices.
300
What and where is L'Anse aux Meadows?
The only known Viking settlement in North America, found in Newfoundland.
300
Which two men explored before 1500?
Leif Erikson and John Cabot
400
What two years did John Cabot make voyages to North America?
1497 and 1498
400
Which explorer established England's first claim in North America?
John Cabot
400
How did the Haudenosaunee people help the French survive the winter?
The Aboriginal people taught the Europeans about survival, especially how to boil cedar to make medicine.
400
How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?
A colony is ruled by another country.
400
Why did the European rulers want a shorter route to Asia, China, and Japan?
To get silk and spices
500
How many years ago did the first Europeans come to North America?
One thousand years ago
500
Which explorer named Canada?
Jacques Cartier
500
Why did Americans die from contagious diseases?
They were exposed to different sicknesses.
500
Which explorer was successful at establishing a permanent colony?
Samuel de Champlain
500
Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them through...
North America to Asia
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