What is the name of the most important river in New France?
St-Lawrence River
100
When was Jacques Cartier's first voyage?
a)1534
b)1589
c)1608
d)1650
a) 1534
100
Explain what a coureur des bois do.
A coureur des bois travel in canoe to meet with Aboriginal people and trade fur with other objects coming from Europe.
100
What is the name of the next explorer to arrive in New France after Jacques Cartier?
Samuel de Champlain
200
What did Cartier put at the tip of Gaspe to honor the king of France?
a cross
200
Name the three first trading post.
Quebec, Trois-Rivière, Montréal
200
When was the city of Québec founded?
a)1508
b)1534
c)1608
d)1734
c)1608
200
Who owns a seigneury?
a seigneur
200
What was the name of the first farmer in New France?
Louis Hébert
300
Name the 3 European countries to explore America.
France, Spain and England
300
Where were trading post often built?
It had to be at the confluence of two waterways.
300
How long did it take to cross the Atlantic ocean?
between 20 to 100 days
300
Name three strategies used by Jean Talon to increase the population in New France.
Establishment of a shipyard on the Rivière St-Charles
Filles du roi
Animals were brought from France to improve settlers' lives.
Money was given to family with over 10 children
Encourage settlers to cultivate flax and to weave
300
Name a famous coureur des bois who was a member of Champlain's first expedition to New France.
Étienne Brûlé, discoverer of the Great Lakes
400
Jacques Cartier lost a lot of crew members from this disease.
Scurvy
400
Name one of the three Aboriginal nation allied with the French.
or name the Aboriginal nation who was a rival to the French.