SS7 - Ch. 3 - Early European Colonies

What is mercantilism?

• The system that merchants used to trade goods

• A system that made a country rich from its colonies

• The complete control of a resource by a company

• A way for countries to communicate with each other

What is an epidemic?

• A medical treatment used to numb the patient

• A way to trade goods more efficiently

• Mass migration to a new land

• The infection of a large population by a disease

What was the British approach to North American colonies?

• They wanted to trade furs with the First Nations

• They wanted to acquire land for agriculture

• They wanted to fish for food

• They wanted to convert the First Nations to Protestantism

What was the French approach to North American colonies?

• They wanted to trade furs with the First Nations

• They wanted to acquire land for agriculture

• They wanted to convert First Nations people to Protestantism

• They wanted to fish for food

Which of these colonies wanted to convert First Nations people to their religion?

• New France

• Thirteen Colonies

• Rupert's Land

• New France and the Thirteen Colonies

• all of the above

What was the first colony established in the lands that would become Canada?

• New France

• Thirteen Colonies

• Rupert's Land

• New France and Thirteen Colonies at the same time

Voyageurs were...

• Men who sailed from Europe to North America

• Men who went on long voyages for gold

• Men hired to transport goods across the Great Lakes area in canoes

• Men who "ran the woods" to deliver furs to trading posts.

The primary economy of New France was...

• Furs

• Agriculture

• Fishing

• Hunting

The primary economy of the Thirteen Colonies was...

• Hunting

• Fishing

• Agriculture

• Furs

The Hudson's Bay Company had a monopoly on fur trading in...

• New France

• Rupert's Land

• Thirteen Colonies

• all of the above