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The British in North America

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the most famous soldier in New France who led French troops in several attempts to capture York Factory in Rupert’s land

a)

Anthony Henday

b)

Samuel Hearne

c)

Walter Raleigh

d)

Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville

2.

A economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich by selling the resources taken from its colonies

a)

Beothuk

b)

Mercantilism

c)

The treaty of Urecht

d)

Sovereignty

3.

What was the land that king James 1 granted a monopoly to

a)

Rupert’s land

b)

Dene

c)

Beothuk

4.

What was the First Nation group that lived in Newfoundland before the British wiped them out

a)

Beothuk

b)

Dene

c)

Mi’kmaq

5.

What was the peace treaty between the British and French

a)

The treaty of Beothuk

b)

The treaty of Urecht

c)

The treaty of Ronald Amundsen

6.

Who invited the Siksika to trade at the Hudson’s bay company

a)

Anthony Henday

b)

Samuel Herne

c)

Roald Amundsen

d)

Walter Raleigh

7.

Who was the first English explorer to try a build a colony in North America

a)

Samuel Herne

b)

Anthony Henday

c)

Walter Raleigh

d)

Roald Amundsen

8.

A First Nations group that had a good relationship with the British

a)

Beothuk

b)

Dene

9.

Who was the first European on the shore of the Arctic Ocean

a)

Samuel Herne

b)

Anthony Henday

c)

Walter Raleigh

d)

Ronald Amundsen

10.

What Norwegian sailor, who was the first to sail the Northwest Passage

a)

Samuel Herne

b)

Anthony Henday

c)

Walter Raleigh

d)

Roald Amundsen

11.

Henry Kelsey

a)

Increased the flow of furs from the interior to the Hudson Bay posts

b)

Knew the route to the Arctic

c)

Explored the interior of Canada for the Hudson’s Bay Company

d)

Worked for the British but was actually Italian

12.

Who was John Cabot

a)

Worked for the British but was actually Italian

b)

Reached the shores or Newfoundland in 1497

c)

Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean

d)

Increase the flow of furs from the interior to the Hudson Bay posts

13.

Who was Matonabbee

a)

Was raised at a fur trading post

b)

Worked for the British but was actually Italian

c)

Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean

d)

Explored the interior of Canada for the Hudson’s Bay company

14.

Who was Anthony Henday

a)

Suggested the Siksika adopted an economy of profit during the fur trade

b)

Was raised at a fur trading post

c)

Ventured far west into Canada to what is today, Red Deer, and tried to create an exclusive trade relationship with the Siksika

d)

Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean

15.

When the king of France signed the treaty of Urecht the French had to give the Britain

a)

Acadia

b)

New France

c)

The Hudson’s bay

d)

Nova Scotia

16.

Pierre de Troyes was determined to lead Britain in taking the Hudson’s Bay company what did he capture for Britain

a)

Rupert house

b)

Moose factory

c)

Albany factory

d)

York factory