Robert de La Salle Quiz

What did Robert Cavelier de La Salle learn while working as a fur trader along the St. Lawrence River?

• French language

• American Indian languages

• Spanish language

• German language

What did King Louis XIV of France want La Salle to do for his plan of establishing a French empire in the New World?

• Pay for the journey himself

• Abandon the plan

• Retire from his position

• Seek help from other European countries

What did La Salle name the vast region he crossed after reaching the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• New England

• New France

• Louisiana

• New Spain

Where did La Salle and his settlers land after missing the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Texas

• California

• Virginia

• Florida

What happened to La Salle when he set out for help after the settlers were starving?

• He was murdered by his own men

• He became the ruler of the colony

• He found help and returned to the colony

• He successfully established a sea route to the Mississippi River

What did La Salle give France by founding a colony on the coast of Texas?

• A claim to the Great Lakes region

• A claim to the entire Mississippi Valley

• A claim to the Caribbean islands

• A claim to the Pacific coast

What was the main goal of European explorers like La Salle when they journeyed to the American continents?

• To find gold and silver

• To spread Christianity

• To establish trade routes with Asia

• To claim land for their country

What was the name of the vast region La Salle crossed after reaching the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• New France

• Louisiana

• New Spain

• New England

What did La Salle plan to establish from France to the Mississippi River?

• A railway route

• A sea route

• A land route

• An air route

What happened to most of the colonists in the colony founded by La Salle?

• They returned to France

• They died

• They conquered the neighboring tribes

• They became wealthy