Name That Explorer
Who was the Italian explorer known for his voyages to the Americas, specifically credited with discovering the New World in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Overcrowding in European cities is an example of this type of factor.
What is a push factor?
This animal’s fur was highly valued in Europe for making hats.
What is a beaver?
Colonization is the process of doing this
What is settling and controlling new lands
What are the three 3's?
Which explorer is famous for mapping the St. Lawrence River and claiming parts of Canada for France?
Who is Jacques Cartier?
The promise of wealth and natural resources attracted Europeans to new lands.
What is a pull factor?
The fur trade often caused conflicts between these two European nations competing for control of North America.
What are France and Britain?
This European nation established Quebec as its first permanent settlement
What is France?
This economic system focused on colonies providing wealth to the home country.
What is mercantilism?
This explorer searched for the Northwest Passage but was mutinied by his crew instead
Name one push factor and one pull factor that influenced European exploration.
Answers vill vary.
Push: Overcrowding or religious persecution.
Pull: Land, wealth, or resources.
This group of French fur traders were known for paddling canoes across rivers to trade with Indigenous Peoples
Who are the voyageurs?
You can't have a colony without this
What is a permanent settlement?
This term describes the belief that European culture was better than others.
What is Eurocentrism?
He was known as the "Father of New France" and established Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Religious persecution at home encouraged some Europeans to move abroad. Was this a push or pull factor?
What is a push factor?
The Europeans brought these two things with them from Europe and they gave them to the First Nations
What were guns and germs
Name one challenge explorers faced during their journeys
Answers will vary. Harsh weather, lack of supplies, lack of vitamins
This explorer was a missionary
Who was Jacques Marquette
This explorer was the first European to cross North America and reach the Pacific.
Who is Alexander Mackenzie?
What is the difference between a push factor and a pull factor
Push factors drive people away from their homes, while pull factors attract them to new lands.
The Names of the two competing Fur Trading Companies
What was the Hudsons Bay Company and the North West Company?
Explain how mercantilism influenced the colonization of North America.
Colonies provided raw materials to Europe, which were turned into goods and sold back for profit.
What does the ACE method stand for and when do you use it?
ACE -Answer, Context, Explain.
You use it when you are doing short answer responses!