SS 7 Chapter 2

The definition of commission means: “the granting of powers by a king.”

• True

• False

The Mi’kmaq tribe did not benefit from trade with the Europeans.

• True

• False

Jacques Cartier kidnapped people from Stadacona and took them to France to show the

King proof of the value of his expedition.

• True

• False

Europeans were seeking an island that had a rare species of monkeys.

• True

• False

Navigational instruments were developed by Spanish sailors.

• True

• False

Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor with big ideas and no money.

• True

• False

Giovanni Caboto reported that there was so much fish off the East Coast, you could scoop it

up by the basketful.

• True

• False

Giovanni Caboto was the first European to land in Newfoundland and claim in for England.

• True

• False

European exploration began in which part of Canada?

• East

• North

• West

• South

The Beothuk people and Europeans

• established friendly relations.

• did not establish friendly relations.

• were allies in war against the Mi'kmaq tribe.

• traded easily together.