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WorksheetsFrench and Dutch Exploration
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. Christopher Columbus's intent was to find a shortcut to Asia.
True
False
2. I am an Italian and was the first to search for the Northwest Passage. I sailed for England in 1497. I found an area of the Atlantic Ocean crowded with fish! Who am I?
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni da Verrazano
John Cabot
3. I and Italian and sailed for the French in 1525. I went from what is now NC north to the mouth of the Hudson River. Who am I?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Giovanni da Verrazano
4. _______________ traveled around Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
5. The Dutch East India Company paid for _________________ voyage.
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
6. People who trapped for fur without a permit in New France were known as "runners of the woods".
True
False
7. Samuel de Champlain built a permanent settlement and fur trading post called _____________.
a colony
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
8. Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario are considered to be the ____________________.
Great Colonies
Great Lakes
Great States
9. ___________ settled along the St. Lawrence River.
The Indians
The French
The Dutch
The Explorers
10. The French settled along the Hudson River.
True
False
