Vocabulary & Comprehension
Networks of colonies controlled by a single country
Empire
Why did European powers want to find an alternative to the Silk Road?
Because of the dangers presented by travelling the Silk Road.
French colonists who married First Nations women gave birth to the first:
Metis
Where did New France initially set up in North America? The name of this place has a meaning of "An earthly paradise"
Acadia
A dangerous overland trading route connecting Europe to Asia.
The Silk Road
What was Jacques Cartier's reason for his voyage in 1534?
To discover a route by sea that connected to Asia.
What does "Coureurs de Bois" mean in English?
Runners of the woods
Why did de Monts and Champlain move their settlement from Acadia further down the St. Lawrence River?
To be at the heart of the fur trade.
This disease is caused by a vitamin C deficiency
Scurvy
What did the Mi'kmaq people do when they first came into contact with Cartier?
They traded pelts with the French.
The main objective of Coureurs du Bois was:
Fur Trapping
What religion did France and New France mostly practice?
Catholicism
When one company or group controls all of a given resource.
Monopolies
European powers had four primary motivations for colonization. The one that related to accumulating wealth was:
Economics
The Coureurs du Bois also acted as:
The name of the government system established in New France.
The Sovereign Council.
A territory of land controlled by another country
Colony
European powers had four primary motivations for colonization. The reason of 'competition' describes how:
The countries of Europe were often at war with one another as they competed for land and resources
In the year 1610, Etienne Brule went to live with the ______ people.
Wendat.
The most powerful member of New France's government was called the:
Governor.
When one country takes everything, and seeks to claim distant territories, we call it [blank].
Imperialism.
European powers had four primary motivations for colonization. The reason relating to Catholicism vs. Protestant beliefs would be:
Religion.
In 1610, ________ went and lived in France.
Savignon.
The second-most important official was the _________. They managed day-to-day affairs.
Intendant.
What controlled the economy and government of a colony?
The home country
European powers had four primary motivations for colonization. The one relating to the recent intellectual revolution in Europe was:
Curiosity.
Pierre Radisson and his brother-inlaw, the Sieur des Groseilliers, eventually established the ________ ___ _______ in 1670.
Hudson's Bay Company.
The head of the church in the colony was the:
Bishop
Consider this hypothetical question. Country A is powerful, rich, and has a strong military, but has an isolationist policy (think feudal Japan). Country B is less powerful, but has established settlements and colonies on foreign lands. Which of these countries is best described as an empire?
Country B
True or False: Cartier establishes a successful colony in what would become known as New France?
False-- his colonies wither in Canada's cruel cold, but he does sow the seeds for Champlain's later success by gathering and reporting on life in North America.
When France claimed the countryside around the Mississippi, they named it __________, after their King.
Louisiana.
What did Louis XIII offer merchants in exchange for establishing colonies?
Monopolies.
The chieftan kidnapped by Jacques Cartier:
Donnacona.
Why did the King send the "Filles du Roi" to New France?
To populate New France
The cure for scurvy that the Haudenosaunee taught to the French:
White Cedar Tea