Searching for the Northwest Passage

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When Samuel Champlain crossed the Atlantic he landed in the country we now call

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Canada

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Champlain founded this city: Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec

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Quebec

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This large body of water was named for Henry Hudson

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Hudson Bay

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Who hired Samuel Champlain to find the Northwest Passage?

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Henry IV

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Champlain convinced the king to

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Start a colony in the new land

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What problem did Champlain and his men face at St. Croix?

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There was no good drinking water, the land was too salty for crops, and they had no fresh food.

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After the colony moved to Port Royal, why did the colonists return to France?

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The king ordered them to come home.

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How did Henry Hudson first try to sail to India? Options: up through the North Pole, around the coast of Africa, down the St. Lawrence River, between North and South America

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up through the North Pole

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What problem did Hudson repeatedly face on many of his voyages?

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ice

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What finally happened to Hudson?

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His men left him in a lifeboat and returned to England without him.