Daily Life
The main job of most people living in New France
What is farming?
Things Indigenous people would trade fur for
What are tools, weapons, and cloth?
Person in charge of the whole colony
Who is the king?
One way the Indigenous peoples helped the French survive
What is teaching them to hunt, fish, or use snowshoes?
Name of the river that was the most important for travel and trade
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Type of houses in New France
What are wooden houses?
What was the name of the French men who traveled and traded furs with Indigenous peoples?
Who are the coureurs de bois?
One main job of the Governor of New France
What is representing the King of France and protecting the colony?
One method of transportation the Indigenous people taught the French
What are canoes, snowshoes, and/or toboggans?
The capital of New France
What is Quebec City?
Two animals settlers raised for food and work
What are cows and pigs?
The three countries involved in Triangular Trade
What is New France, France, and the Caribbean?
The job of the person who managed the economy, laws and daily life of the colony.
Who is the intendant?
Things Indigenous people taught the French to help them survive the winter
What is making warm clothing and building shelters?
What was the name of the country that controlled New France?
What is France?
The main food crop grown by settlers
What is wheat?
Importance of trade to the economy of New France
What is because of money and growing the colony?
Group that came to New France to marry settlers and grow the population
Who are the filles du roi?
Reason why Indigenous wanted to trade furs with the French
What is because they wanted European goods like tools and weapons?
The purpose of a seigneurie
What is a land system where a seigneur (lord) gave land to settlers (habitants) to farm?
Two important jobs that women often did
What are cooking and making clothes?
Animal's fur that was the most valuable in the fur trade?
What is beaver?
The difference between the governor and the intendant
What is focused on military and foreign relations, while the Intendant focused on trade, laws, and taxes?
Reason why Indigenous peoples used canoes instead of horses for travel
What is because canoes were better for traveling on rivers and lakes (they were faster)?
Name of the town that became an important trading center in New France
What is Montreal?