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What is a compass?
It tells what direction you are facing.
What was Jacques Cartier ordered to do?
Jaques Cartier was ordered to find a water route across North America to the Pacific ocean for finding a better route for trading.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
Samuel De Champlain was a French explorer.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Columbus was an Italian sailor, but was also a businessman and adventurer.
What was the tea made of that cured scurvy?
It was a tea with Vitamin C, made from needles of cedar trees.
What is an Astrolabe?
It tells you where you are by using the sun and the stars.
Where did Cartier first explore when coming to Canada?
When he first came to Canada he explored the gulf of the St. Lawrence.
When did he arrive in North America?
He arrived in North America in 1603.
What did Columbus think he could do?
Columbus thought that he could try sailing west to find the east
What is Scurvy?
Scurvy: disease that causes internal bleeding, from a lack of Vitamin C.
What does the push factor include?
famine, war, disease, joblessness, over population or drought
How many trips did Cartier make to Canada?
He made 3 trips
What did Champlain refer to the indigenous people as?
Champlain referred to indigenous peoples as “savages”
What country agreed to give him money for his expedition?
In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to fund is expedition.
Who was René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle?
He was the first French explorer to go down the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
What does the pull factor include?
religious or political freedom, family, technology, job opportunity, or better education and life-style.
What Province did Cartier and his men settle in ?
Cartier and his men settled the new colony several kilometres upstream from Quebec.
Where was the first permanent settlement for the French
Nova Scotia was the first permanent French settlement in Canada.
Where did Columbus land?
He landed in the Caribbean.
How old was Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye when he became an explorer?
He became an explorer in 1731 at the age of 43 (old in those days)
What in an Explorer?
Someone who travels to places where no one has ever been in order to find out what is there; a person who investigates unknown regions; A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
What did Cartier use to claim the land for France?
He put a large cross to claim this land for France.
What did the settlers and French Explorers trade?
The settlers and French explorers traded metal goods with the Mi' Kmaq people for beaver furs
What place did Christopher Columbus not find?
He did not find Asia
What is small pox?
Smallpox is a disease that causes high fever, skin to break out.