French Explorers
This Italian explorer was hired by France. He explored and mapped the coast of North America from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas.
Giovanni da Verrazano
What natural resource did France find off the coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean?
Fish
The French treated Native Americans with respect.
What year in history does this map depict?
1750
What is the name of the direct water route through the Americas to Asia? Many sought it, but it was never discovered.
The Northwest Passage
This man was a priest who desired to share his faith with the Native Americans he met in the New World.
Jacques Marquette
What is another word for pelt?
Fur or Hide
Why were the French able to get along so much better than the English with Native groups?
The French weren't interested in claiming land. They wanted to trade with Native Americans.
The claims of what foreign nations are shown on this map?
England, France, Spain, Russia, and Denmark.
Cartier sailed down this river in 1535 because he thought it might be a short-cut to Asia.
St. Lawrence River
This explorer, along with his partner, Marquette, traveled by canoe along the Mississippi River hoping it was a waterway through North America.
Louis Joliet
Frenchmen who caught animals for their valuable fur were known as...
Trappers
What sometimes happened that made Native Americans and French settlers family?
Sometimes French men would marriage Native American women.
Which European nation claimed the lands to the east and to the west of the Mississippi River?
France
This explorer sailed north around North America. He and his crew ended up in a large bay. His crew refused to go farther. He and a few others were abandoned in a small lifeboat and left to die.
Henry Hudson
This French explorer sailed down the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed all the land for his French king, Louis.
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
What did the French build to promote trade in North America?
Trading Posts
The French and the Native people wanted to foster good relationships for this reason.
The French traded with the Native Americans. Native Americans brought fur, especially beaver pelts, and the French gave metal cooking pots and tools, weapons, and horses in return.
Why is some land striped with diagnol lines?
This land is disputed. This means both the French and English believed it was their territory.
Why did explorers of this time period often sail down rivers that cut into the continent?
They were all looking for a waterway that cut through the continent and on to Asia.
This explorer is often called the Father of Canada and is known for naming this country.
Jacques Cartier
This animal had the most sought-after fur in North America.
The Beaver
How did the French show that they were interested in a partnership with Native people?
The French learned their languages and customs, and they treated all the tribes in an area equally.
Montreal and Quebec
What prevented ships from sailing to the far north and around the top of North America?
The ships could not easily navigate through the icy waters. Ships would become trapped in ice.