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Simple Machines
100

King of France who sent colonists to America

King Louis XIV

100

Former Capital of Louisiana

New Orleans

100

A word meaning "partners" during war

allies

100

True or false? New France grew rapidly.

False.  New France grew slowly

100

A simple machine with a bar and fulcrum used to move heavy items

lever

200

Governor of New Netherlands

Peter Minuit

200

Champlain founded this major Canadian Province

Quebec

200

When both sides are greatly harmed during battle, this is called _______________ 

internecine

200
New France relied greatly on the ____________ industry to pay for land and expeditions. 

fur

200

A simple machine used with a rope and wheel to lift and lower heavy items easily

a pulley

300

founded Quebec along the St. Lawrence River

Samuel de Champlain

300

Marquette and Joliette sailed down this river in search of a mythical North West Passage

The Mighty Mississippi

300

How many owners does a proprietary colony have?

One

300

What is the main reason French people were colonizing in America/Canada?

Wealth from the fur trade

300

Why do we use simple machines?

to make our work easier and to give ourselves a mechanical advantage

400

The French Catholic missionary and French fur trader who sailed down the Mississippi River in search of the Northwest Passage with help from some Native Americans;  The Natives warned them that Spanish had already settled in the South so they turned around and went back to present-day Canada

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliette

400

New Amsterdam is now known as...

Manhattan, N.Y.C.

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: an agreement signed by two sides to stop fighting

a treaty

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Why didn't many people want to leave France to come to North America?

French settlements were not very attractive and many people did not want to leave France to go there

400

A simple machine used to chop wood or cut food

a wedge

500

Sailed to find the mouth of the Mississippi River; He arrived and named the area Louisiana after the King, Louis XIV. 

Sieurr La Salle

500

Dutch people are from...

The Netherlands

500

While New France was a proprietary colony, New England believed in governing itself.  This is called ________________. 

self-government

500

True or false? New Netherland is the former name of what are now parts of New Jersey and New York. 

True

500

Fill in the blanks:  A screw is a ____________ with a/an _______________ wrapped around it, and used to hold things together.  

pole; inclined plane