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WorksheetsLife in New France
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
According to the French, who owned all of the land in New France.
The Iroquois
The Huron
The King of France
The Governor
What were seigneuries?
People who farmed the land.
Favoured soldiers and supporters.
Large tracts of land granted by the King of France.
Farms that were bought from the government.
Where were the seigneuries located?
On the Great Lakes.
Along the St. Lawrence River.
In France.
In the 13 colonies.
Why were the seigneuries divided into long and narrow strips of land (often 10 km x 5 km)?
To provide access to the river.
Because squares were boring.
To reduce the amount of times the heavy plows needed to turn.
To limit the effects of shade on crops.
What did the seigneurs not have to do in order to keep the land?
Build a manor house to live in on the land.
Get farm families (called habitants) to live and farm the rest of the land.
Pay property taxes to the government.
Build a mill and chapel for the habitants to use.
Farmers who came from France for the opportunity to have a better life were called:
Farmers
Canadien
Habitants
Seigneurs
Which of the following did the habitants NOT have a responsibility to do:
Clear the land of rocks and trees and prepare it for farming.
Build a house.
Pay taxes to the Church and the government.
Build a mill and chapel.
How many days of the year did habitants have to work for free in the seigneur's fields?
5 days
10 days
20 days
30 days
What was a main reason that habitants had large families?
To help with their work.
To take care of family members.
They were told to by the seigneurs.
To grow the population.
If habitants met all of their responsibilities over time they could:
Move back to France.
Become a seigneur.
Become virtual owners of their piece of land.
Become fur traders.
Bonus Question: Which NHL hockey team has the nickname les habitants?
The Calgary Flames
The Edmonton Oilers
The Quebec Nordiques
The Montreal Canadiens
A hierarchy is a society that separates people into different levels of importance and power in society.
True
False
Which of the following roles had the most power and were at the top of the hierarchy in New France?
Seigneurs
Priests
The King
The Governor
The intendant was responsible for running the everyday affairs in the colony. Which class of society did they usually come from?
Nobles
Upper Class
Middle Class
Commoners
The people of New France elected their leaders democratically:
True
False
