Explorers
Vocabulary
Canadian Timeline
Places in Canada
Trivia
100
This mapmaker established the settlement of Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain.
100
This word means a territory under control by another country.
What is a colony
100
In this year Champlain established Quebec.
When was 1608
100
This place is a Huron village.
What is Hochelaga
100
This tribe welcomed Cartier
What is the Huron
200
This Italian explorer was sent to find the Northwest Passage
Who is John Cabot
200
This word means a trader that carries goods.
What are voyageurs
200
In this year the British ordered the Acadians to leave their homes.
When was 1755
200
This place was named by the Vikings for it's amount of vines.
What is Vinland
200
This is the main business in Quebec.
What is fishing
300
This Italian explorer established French claims to land in Canada.
Who is Giovanni da Verrazano
300
This word is now the country of Nova Scotia.
What is Acadia
300
In this year the British divided Canada into Upper and Lower Canada.
When was 1791
300
This place offers the best fishing in the world.
What is the Grand Banks
300
This drew the French inland
What is fur trade
400
This Viking leader's son discovered Vinland
Who is Leif Ericson
400
This word means a land route connecting two bodies of water.
What is portage
400
In this year Jacques Cartier arrived in North America
When was 1534
400
This place is the second colony of New France.
What is Montreal
400
This item is light and travels quickly
What is a birchbark canoe
500
This explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River and named a mountain Mont Real.
Who is Jacques Cartier
500
This word means "woods runners" as the French would say.
What is coureus de bois
500
In this year the French gave up all claims to North America.
When was 1763
500
The Huron used this in leiu of naming the country of Canada
What is kanata
500
This word means "Royal Mountain" in French.
What is Mont Real
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