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Jacques Cartier

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Jacques Cartier from?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

USA

d)

Spain

2.

Where did Jacques Cartier go on his first trip?

a)

Canada

b)

France

c)

Panama

d)

Mexico

3.

Cartier’s crew kidnapped the two sons of a tribal leader and took them back to France.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Jacques Cartier was the first European explorer to explore what river?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Chattahoochee River

5.

Who sponsored Jacques Cartier's exploration voyage?

a)

England

b)

United States of America

c)

Spain

d)

France

6.

What does kidnap mean?

a)

rocky, fast-flowing water

b)

to steal a person

c)

A place where goods could be traded for other goods

7.

What does rapids mean?

a)

rocky, fast-flowing water

b)

to steal a person

c)

A place where goods could be traded for other goods

8.

What is a trading post?

a)

rocky, fast-flowing water

b)

to steal a person

c)

A place where goods could be traded for other goods

9.

The second time Jacques Cartier returned to the same area he explored, who led his expedition?

a)

His family

b)

the King and Queen of France

c)

His two American Indian captives

10.

What did the American Indians trade with Cartier?

a)

animal fur

b)

gold

c)

crops

11.

What did Cartier trade with the American Indians?

a)

tools, pots, and metals

b)

crops

c)

gold

d)

animal fur

12.

What was the MAIN goal of explorer Jacques Cartier's first voyage to North America?

a)

to trade with Spanish colonies and become rich

b)

to discover gold and find a northern sea route to Asia

c)

to start a French colony and teach American Indians

d)

to locate the Mississippi River and to capture American Indians

13.

Jacques Cartier explored the New World in the name of which country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

14.

What was one accomplishment of Jacques Cartier’s exploration for France?

a)

He explored the Mississippi River.

b)

He found the Northwest Passage to Asia.

c)

He discovered gold in what is today Canada.

d)

He began the fur trade with American Indians.

15.

How did the fur trade with American Indians benefit the French?

a)

The French became better boat builders.

b)

The American Indians captured furs for the French.

c)

The American Indians taught the French to make clothes.

d)

The French learned to speak the language of American Indians.

16.

How did the fur trade benefit both the French and the American Indians?

a)

The French were better boat builders, so their boats helped American Indians find furs quicker and more easily.

b)

The French taught American Indians to speak French and allowed them to attend their schools if they agreed to help them find furs.

c)

American Indians captured furs for the French, and in exchange for the furs, the French gave them tools they could not make.

d)

American Indians built traps that were less advanced than those the French used, so the French made better traps for the American Indians