Explorers of New France

Who played a major role in founding New France and explored the Atlantic coastline, the Canadian interior, and Great Lakes region?

• Jacques Cartier

• Jean Talon

• Samuel de Champlain

• Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac

Which explorer led three maritime expeditions to the interior Gulf of the St. Lawrence River and accurately mapped it for the first time?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Jacques Cartier

• Pierre Dugua de Mons

• Jean Talon

Who was the intendant of New France and helped develop commercial farming, domestic crafts, shipbuilding, and fishing?

• Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac

• Jean Talon

• Samuel de Champlain

• Pierre Dugua de Mons

Who was the Governor General of New France and also a soldier?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac

• Jacques Cartier

• Jean Talon

Which explorer discovered the Mississippi Delta for the Europeans and claimed the entire region for Louis XIV in 1682?

• Pierre Dugua de Mons

• Samuel de Champlain

• Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Jean Talon

Who was the founder of the earliest permanent French settlements in North America?

• Jacques Cartier

• Pierre Dugua de Mons

• Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac

• Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

Who was the first known French person to live among the First Nations people?

• Mathieu Da Costa

• Marc Lescarbot

• Etienne Brule

• Louis Jolliet

Which explorer was the first Black person known to have visited Canada as a free man?

• Jean Nicollet

• Mathieu Da Costa

• Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers

• Paul de Chomedey

Who recorded an account of early colonization attempts in Acadia?

• Marc Lescarbot

• Etienne Brule

• Louis Jolliet

• Jean Nicollet

Who was the first non-Indigenous person to travel and map the Mississippi River?

• Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers

• Louis Jolliet

• Paul de Chomedey

• Mathieu Da Costa