SS Ch 3, Lesson 4 Review

 France and the Netherlands first sent explorers to North America to find  ________________.  

• riches

• Spices and Tea

• The Northwest Passage

They were hoping to find a faster trade route from Europe to ________________.

• Canada

• Asia

• North America

The first explorer for the French was Giovanni da Verrazano.  He claimed some land in Nova Scotia, Canada and called it _____________________.  

• New Italy

• New France

• New York

Another explorer, Jacques Cartier, was tricked by the Navajo Indians.  He was told to travel to a different part of Canada to find riches.  

• True

• False

Cartier later  returned to France with ________________.  

• Fancy watches

• worthless rocks

• A Monopoly Game

Samuel de Champlain, another French Explorer, is known for setting up a successful fur trading post near Quebec.  He called it _______________________.  

• Fort of Success

• Port Royal

 Robert de La Salle claimed the Mississippi River and its valley for France in 1682.  He named the area for the French King Louis XIV.  He called it _______________.

• Louisiana

• Louisville

• Quebec

8. Robert de La Salle's boat became shipwrecked  at the mouth of the Mississippi near what is now __________________.  

• Mexico

• Texas

Use the map and the map legend on p. 120  The purple land on the map belonged to what European country?  

• France

• The Netherlands (Dutch)

• England

 The population in the New Netherlands can be described as _____________________.        

• Growing Steadily and diverse

• mostly slaves