Past and present - Great Peace of Montreal

True or False: The king of England granted the Hudson's Bay Company a fur trade monopoly covering all the lands that drained into Hudson Bay. This area was called Rupert's Land.

• True

• False

What year did Giovanni Caboto reach the waters off Newfoundland and claim the land for Britain?

• 1497

• 1867

• 1492

• 1508

Which of these regions had a larger population?

• New France

• The Thirteen Colonies

What is mercantilism?

• An economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich from selling the resources taken from its colonies.

• A political system that allowed an imperial country to provide the government they desired for their colonies.

• An economic system that allowed a British colony to become rich from selling its own resources.

• An international agreement that allowed a foreign power to dictate the terms of a peace treaty to any nation they have conquered.

While he was searching for the Northwest Passage, Henry Hudson came across the large body of water that bears his name. However, he failed to keep control of his crew, and they _________________________.

• mutinied

• fell overboard

• sang

• burned their flag

True or False: In a barter system, goods are exchanged for other goods

• True

• False

True or False: The Wendat became middlemen between the French fur trading merchants and First Nations hunters and trappers

• True

• False

True or False: La Grande Paix de Montreal was an agreement of peace between the French, and two First Nations: the Haudenosaunee and Wendat

• True

• False

At first, the Hudson's Bay Company expected First Nations to bring their furs to the trading forts located on the shores of Hudson Bay

• True

• False

Who organized the signing of La Grande Paix de Montreal?

• Governor Frontenac

• Alexander Mackenzie

• Jean-Baptiste Colbert

• Jean Talon