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Chapter 3: Explorers From Far Away

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you were a Missionary from France, you wanted to come to Michigan to do what?

a)

A. Tell the tribes about your God

b)

B. Sell beaver hats

c)

C. Collect taxes for the king

2.

French traders were making money in Michigan because something was scarce in France. What was scarce?

a)

A. Kings

b)

B. Castles

c)

C. Beavers

3.

If you were to arrive at Michigan's first European settlement, where are you at?

a)

A. South Haven

b)

B Sault Ste. Marie

c)

C. Detroit

4.

Who was the first Frenchman to see Michigan?

a)

A. Saint Lawrence

b)

B. Etienne Brule

c)

C. King Louis

5.

Which direction is Grand Rapids from Battle Creek?

a)

A. Northeast

b)

B. Southeast

c)

C. Northwest

6.

Which direction will you travel from St. Joseph to Saginaw Bay?

a)

A. Northeast

b)

B. Southeast

c)

C. Northwest

7.

The Upper Peninsula is_______.

a)

A. South of Battle Creek

b)

B. North of Battle Creek

c)

C. East of Battle Creek

8.

On the map, the land of the Upper Peninsula is_________.

a)

A. Higher than the land of the Lower Peninsula

b)

B. Lower than the land of the Lower Peninsula

c)

C. This map does not give this information

9.

The French first came to Michigan in_______

a)

A. 1760

b)

B. 1668

c)

C. 1620

10.

The Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock_____

a)

A. Many years before the French

b)

B. About the same time the French came to Michigan

c)

C. Many years after the French reached Michigan

11.

How many decades are there between 1730 and the time the French lost Michigan to the British?

a)

A. 5 decades or 50 years

b)

B. 1 decade or 10 years

c)

C. 3 decades or 30 years

12.

Pere Marquette was missionary from France who also____

a)

A. Was sent by the French king to claim the land

b)

B. Built a sailing ship to trade furs

c)

C. Explored the Mississippi River

13.

Why did Robert LaSalle walk all the way across the Lower Peninsula in 1670?

a)

A. He was sent by the French king to claim the land

b)

B. His ship, the Griffon, never came to pick him up

c)

C. He was a missionary and wanted to meet the tribes

14.

Why was Detroit started by Antoine Cadillac?

a)

A. Detroit was started to keep the British traders out of Michigan

b)

B. Detroit was started to sell furs to the British

c)

C. Detroit was started to keep Spanish traders out of Michigan

15.

What did Chief Pontiac do?

a)

A. He and his warriors moved to France

b)

B. He and his warriors attacked French forts

c)

C. He and his warriors attacked British forts

16.

Why aren't the French still in control of Michigan?

a)

A. They lost interest in trading furs with the tribes

b)

B. They lost the French and Indian War to the British

c)

C. Disease killed most of them and they left

17.

The British made this law to stop settlers from moving West.

a)

A. The Proclamation of de Sable

b)

B. The Proclamation of 1763

c)

C. The Proclamation of 1620