Exploration
The Vikings
Cabot
Columbus/Champlain
Cartier/Aboriginals
100
What is exploration?
What is discovering new lands and looking for new routes to familiar lands
100
What is another name used for Vikings?
What is Norsemen
100
Which country was John Cabot searching land for?
What is England
100
Who financed Columbus' expeditions?
What is Spain
100
What did Cartier discover?
What is the St. Lawrence River
200
What does "colonize" mean?
What is settling in a place and taking control of it
200
Where did the Vikings start a colony before landing in North America?
What is Greenland
200
What did Cabot name the island he found?
What is New Found Land
200
What is the technique Columbus used for sailing?
What is Latitude Sailing
200
What first nations' group did Chief Donnacona belong to?
What is Iroquois
300
Why did the missionairies come to North America?
What is to spread their spiritual beliefs, believed Christianity was the only religion
300
Who was the first Viking to land on North America?
What is Leif Ericsson
300
What was one major discovery Cabot made where he landed?
What is codfish along the coast, began codfising industry
300
Where was the first successful French settlement in Canada?
What is Port Royal
300
What are residential schools and explain what happened there?
What is aboriginal children taken from families to live there. Children could not speak their native langugage, wear unfamiliar clothes, diffferent food
400
Why did the Europeans call North America the "new world"?
What is it was a brand new place, knew little about it and was full of possibilities
400
What did Viking do to other cities in Europe?
What is raid and loot
400
What was Cabot's real name?
What is Giovanni Caboto
400
Who sent Champlain to North America?
What is King Henry IV of France
400
List 1 positive and 1 negative impact on Europeans
What is a) new ways of life and how to survive, new medicine, showed them new lands b) exploration was dangerous, suffered from starvation and diseases
500
What are 4 reasons why Europeans wanted to explore?
What is 1. get products for trade 2. find new trade routes to Asia 3. to find new land 4. to spread their religious beliefs 5. claim other land 6. curiosity, adventure 7. expand knowledge
500
Name 2 features of the Viking boat.
What is small (20 metres long), open to wind and storm, powered by single sail
500
List 4 challenges faced by crew members while travelling?
What is limited food/water, ships leaked, crew was soaked from rainstorms, no proper place to sleep, rats and bugs on ships, scurvy
500
What nickname was given to Champlain?
What is Founder/Father of New France
500
List 2 positive and 2 negative impacts on the First Nations people?
What is a) got metal tools, guns to make hunting easier, new animals such as horses for faster travelling b) mistreated, overhunting, new diseases, destroyed some beliefs