French Settlers
British Settlers
Interactions with Indigenous Peoples
Modern Canada
100

This French explorer started Québec City in 1608 and traded with Indigenous Peoples.

Samuel de Champlain

100

British settlers brought this language, which is still widely spoken in Canada.

English

100

French settlers exchanged European goods like beads and metal tools for this valuable resource from Indigenous Peoples.

Fur

100

Québec remains predominantly French-speaking due to the settlement of which group?

French settlers

200

French settlers lived mainly along this river to travel, trade, and farm.

What is the St. Lawrence River?

200

Many British settlers came to Canada to do this with land and farms.

Farming

200

Indigenous Peoples taught French settlers these important skills so they could survive harsh Canadian winters.

Canoeing, hunting, and winter survival skills

200

Canada’s bilingual identity comes from the influence of which two groups of settlers?

French and British settlers

300

French settlers came to Canada mainly to trade this with Indigenous Peoples.

Fur

300

Most British settlers began arriving in Canada in this century, after the French had already settled.

1700s

300

British settlers sometimes had disagreements with Indigenous Peoples over this, which was very important to both groups.

Land

300

French and British settlers set up these to teach children and share their religious beliefs.

Schools and churches

400

This religion came to Canada with the French and influenced schools and celebrations.

Catholicism

400

What type of ships did British settlers use to cross the Atlantic Ocean?

Sailing ships or wooden ships

400

Indigenous Peoples taught settlers how to travel across rivers, lakes, and snow-covered land using these. canoes and snowshoes?

Canoes and snowshoes.

400

French settlers mainly settled here, while British settlers were mostly in these areas, shaping where communities exist today.

Québec for French, and Ontario/Atlantic Canada for British

500

French settlers brought their legal system, and today you can still see it in this province.

Québec

500

British settlers first lived in these areas of Canada and later moved west.

Ontario and Atlantic Canada

500

Indigenous Peoples taught settlers to make these to stay warm in Canadian winters.

Clothing

500

Canada’s parliamentary system comes mostly from these settlers’ traditions.

British settlers