French and Dutch Explorers

In addition to the fur trade, Samuel de Champlain’s Quebec colony was helped by

• support from the Dutch East India Company.

• good relations with American Indians.

• the discovery of a Northwest Passage to Asia.

• the governments of England and Spain.

Both Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain explored

• Connecticut for England.

• the Mississippi for France.

• New Netherland for the Dutch.

• Canada for France.

American Indians who traded with the French during the 1500s wished to obtain which of the following?

• furs

• fish

• land claims

• manufactured goods

Which country settled Louisiana in the 1600s?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Holland

As a result of the fur trade in the 1500s, American Indians

• began to buy things they had once made themselves.

• no longer wanted to hunt for furs.

• began to settle areas throughout the US and Canada.

• no longer lived in peace with the French.

Early colonists in New Netherland were most interested in

• farming

• trading

• exploring

• laboring

What area in North America did Giovanni da Verrazano explore?

• the land around present-day Newfoundland

• the land around present-day New York

• the land around present-day Connecticut

• the land around present-day Quebec

Giovanni da Verrazano thought that a large lake he discovered in North America was

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Hudson River

• The St. Lawrence River

Which of the following was a result of Jacques Cartier’s failed attempt to found a colony in North America?

• Cartier returned to Quebec with more settlers the following year.

• The French sold their land claims in North America to the English.

• The French did not send explorers to the New World for many years..

• Cartier explored the North American coast and found a Northwest Passage.

In addition to founding the city of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain was the first European to

• explore the Great Lakes.

• sail up the Hudson River.

• travel down the Mississippi River.

• settle Manhattan Island.