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European Explorers
European Explorers 2
Push and Pull Factors
Effect on First Nations
Vocabulary
100
Who was believed to be the very first European explorer to find Canada?
What is Leif Ericson?
100
Describe what a pull factor is.
What is a reason that someone is drawn to a new location.
100
The last known Beothuk who died of Tuberculosis.
Who is Shawnadithit?
100
A disease due to lack of vitamin C
What is Scurvy
200
This explorer claimed the North American coastal region for France?
Who is Jaques Cartier?
200
European exploration of Canada began on the this coast.
What is West Coast?
200
Describe a push factor.
What is a reason someone is motivated to leave their home location for another?
200
Europeans loved this resource which they received from the Mi'Kamq
What is used fur?
200
A white fish that was abundant on the coast of Canada during early exploration.
What is cod?
300
This man started the first French colony in Canada. he is known as the Father of New France.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
300
European believed that they found this valuable resource in Canada.
What is gold?
300
Name a push factor that motivate Europeans to explore other lands during the 15th century.
What is desire for a new trade route to Asia
300
Europeans had a fairly positive with this First Nation Group.
Who is the M'Kmaq?
300
A person who is violent and cruel. First explorers wrongly accused First Nations of being this.
What is Savages?
400
This Spanish explorer found gold in South America and made Spain rich.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
Cartier raised a cross on the Gaspe Pininsula for this reason.
What is a sign of claiming the land?
400
Name 3 pull factors that drew Europeans to Canada in the 15th century
What is fish, furs, land or money.
400
European explorers feuded with this First Nation group.
Who are the Beothuk?
400
A word that means the strength your body builds to ward off disease.
What is immunity?
500
Jaques Cartier was the first European to discover this body of water.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
500
This term means for countries to claim and control other areas.
What is imperialism?
500
European were pushed to find this route to Asia
What is the Northwest Passage?
500
Europeans brought over this disease which the First Nations had no immunity to.
What is Smallpox or Tuberculosis?
500
A serious disease that effects the lungs. The First Nation people were affected by this when the explorers came over.
What is Tuberculosis?