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Navigation and ships
About the French
Samuel de Champlain
Jaques Cartier
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
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What navigation invention did Marco Polo see in China?
He saw the compass.
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What country in North America did the French discover besides the United States?
They discovered Canada.
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What country is lake Champlain located in?
Lake Champlain is located in Canada.
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Who told Cartier that there were jewels and metals farther northwest?
The Iroquois told Cartier.
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What direction was La Salle looking of Lake Ontario when he found Lake Ohio?
He was looking South.
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What is the definition of a cartographer?
A cartographer is a mapmaker.
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What River in the United States did the French explore?
They explored the Mississippi River.
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What city did Champlain help establish?
He helped discover Montreal.
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On what voyage did Cartier become the first European to reach the inlands of what is now Canada?
The second voyage.
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What river was La Salle granted land along?
He was granted land along the St. Lawrence river.
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What type of instrument was used to calculate the position of the sun, moon and stars?
An astrolabe.
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Why did the French want to explore? (What did they want to bring back from the New World?)
They wanted to bring back furs.
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What city did Champlain and the Stadacona create out of their colony?
Quebec.
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On what voyage did Cartier land near Newfoundland?
The first voyage.
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What did La Salle build along the Illinois and St. Joseph rivers?
He built forts.
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What type of wooden boat did the Chinese use to explore?
A junk.
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What did the Native Americans teach the French?
How to build canoes that can sail in shallow water.
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How old was Champlain when he died?
He was 38 years old.
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On Cartier's third journey, what was he not able to find?
He was not able to find the Northwest Passage.
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At the mouth of what River did La Salle get sent to create a French colony?
The Mississippi River.
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What kind of ship did sailors learn to sail at Prince Henry's school?
They learned to sail a Caravel.
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How big was the region of Louisiana when La Salle claimed it for France?
It stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains.
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What was Champlain's first known voyage and who was it with?
It was an around the world voyage with his uncle.
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How old was he when Cartier died?
He was 48 years old when he died.
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How many ships were sent with La Salle when his crew turned against him and killed him?
20 ships.