Exploration and the Three Gs
What were the three main motives for European exploration?
God, Glory, Gold
Who founded Quebec for France?
Samuel de Champlain
Which animal’s fur became especially valuable?
Beaver
What was France’s colony in North America called?
New France
Name one Indigenous nation allied with the French.
Innu, Algonquin or Wendat
Who reached the Caribbean for Spain in 1492?
Columbus
In what year was Quebec founded?
1608
What European product was commonly made from beaver felt?
Hats
What landholding system organized farms along the St. Lawrence River?
Seigneurial system
Name one Indigenous technology that helped the French travel.
Canoe or Snowshoes
What treaty divided newly claimed lands between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which Stadaconan leader did Cartier take to France?
Donnacona
What were independent French fur traders called?
Coureurs des bois
What name was given to the young women sent to increase New France’s population
Filles du roi
What caused devastating Indigenous population losses after European contact?
Smallpox
Which explorer claimed Atlantic territory for England?
John Cabot
At which Indigenous community did Cartier spend the winter?
Stadacona
What geographic feature formed the fur trade’s main transportation network?
Waterways
What was the term for a landowner who divided and rented land to farmers in New France?
Seigneur
Champlain’s participation in a battle in 1609 contributed to conflict with which confederacy?
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
What 1453 event encouraged Europeans to search for new sea routes to Asia?
Fall of Constantinople
What were two factors that gave Champlain more lasting success than Cartier?
He forged strategic Indigenous alliances and built a stable fur trade economy.
Why were the coureurs des bois difficult for the French government to control?
They traded independently without licenses.
Why were farms in New France usually long and narrow?
Access to the St. Lawrence River
What 1701 agreement ended major conflict between France and many Indigenous nations?
Great Peace of Montreal