New France Early American Exploration

Who sent Jaques Cartier to explore the Atlantic coastline of North America?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Italy

What was Cartier's goal in exploring North America?

• to discover and secure enough gold for France to pay off their war debts.

• He wanted to impress President George Washington

• to convert the natives to Christianity

• to find a northwest passage, an all-water route through the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.

What did Cartier find that was almost as valuable as gold?

• beaver fur

• silver

• coal

• deerskin rugs

Who was in France that would pay such a high price for beaver fur?

• bankers

• hat makers

• furniture makers

• cartographers

Who founded the first settlement in "New France"?

• Jaques Cartier

• Fransisco Coronado

• Samuel de Champlain

• Lewis and Clark

What was the name of the trading base that Samuel de Champlain built in what we now call "Canada"?

• Quebec

• Halifax

• Nova Scotia

• Toronto

"Coureurs de bois" refers to what?

• mail carriers

• French fur trappers

• Boys club of Canada

• bicycle couriers

Why did the New France settlement in Canada fail to attract many settlers?

• lack of freedom

• ferocious native tribes

• too hot

• the harsh climate

What did the French do to the Native Americans they found when they came to Canada?

• enslaved them

• made them their business partners

• left them completely alone

• massacred them

What was the name of the tribe that the French befriended, learned from and married into?

• Huron

• Iroquois

• Cherokee

• Alconquin