Simplified Chapter Two

Question 1

Colony

Answer 1

a territory of land that is controlled by another country

Question 2

The earliest colonists in Canada came from…

Answer 2

France

Question 3

Empires

Answer 3

networks of colonies controlled by a single country, sometime called a home country

Question 4

Did colonies have independence?

Answer 4

No, the people living in a colony did not have control of their political or economic affairs

Question 5

The system of countries extending their control over other nation is called…

Answer 5

imperialism

Question 6

What does did New France (colony) ship to the home country

Answer 6

fish, fur, lumber and metal

Question 7

What did the home country ship to the colony?

Answer 7

Settlers and soldiers and controlled the economy and government of the colony

Question 8

When did Europeans begin arriving in Canada?

Answer 8

1000 years ago

Question 9

European countries looked to India, China and Japan for what goods?

Answer 9

Spices, tea, silk and gems

Question 10

What was the route called where Europeans travelled on to India, China and Japan?

Answer 10

The Silk Road

Question 11

Why was the Silk Road dangerous?

Answer 11

it was lined with ambush parties that would attack the traders

Question 12

What kind of route were Europeans looking for to replace the Silk Road?

Answer 12

a water route

Question 13

4 reasons why imperial countries of Europe wanted to expand their empires

Answer 13

1. Economic
2. Competition
3. Religion
4. Curiousity

Question 14

Why did europeans want to set up colonies for economic purposes?

Answer 14

So that they could claim the resources of the land themselves

Question 15

What was the resource that Europeans valued the most from Canada?

Answer 15

Fur because they had hunted the beavers to extinction in Europe and wanted more

Question 16

Why did European countries compete?

Answer 16

They wanted more control over land and resources as it gave more power to the country

Question 17

What religion did most Europeans follow?

Answer 17

Christianity

Question 18

Most people in France were of what religion?

Answer 18

Catholic

Question 19

People in England followed what religion?

Answer 19

Protestant

Question 20

How did England and France compete in religion?

Answer 20

They competed over land so that they could spread their beliefs to more people

Question 21

New technologies and improvements in navigation helped Europeans do what?

Answer 21

Travel farther than they had ever been before

Question 22

When did France enter the race to find an ocean passage to Asia?

Answer 22

mid 1500

Question 23

Who did the king of France send to find a passage through North America to Asia

Answer 23

Jacques Cartier

Question 24

What year did Cartier set out across the Atlantic?

Answer 24

1534

Question 25

How long did Cartier sail the Atlantic to Canada?

Answer 25

20 days

Question 26

Which group did Cartier meet at the Canadian shore?

Answer 26

Mi'kmaq

Question 27

In July of 1534, where did Cartier land?

Answer 27

in a land he called Gaspe

Question 28

Who did Cartier meet in Gaspe?

Answer 28

Haudenosaunee

Question 29

Who was the leader of the Haudenosaunee?

Answer 29

Donnacona

Question 30

Cartier brought Donnacona's sons back to France to do what?

Answer 30

Prove to the King of France of the people he had found

Question 31

How did the Haudenosaunee help the French?

Answer 31

They taught the French how to make a tea that cured a disease called scurvy by boiling pieces of white cedar

Question 32

What year did Cartier take Donnacona and nine other villagers back to Europe?

Answer 32

1536

Question 33

Why did Cartier visit again in 1542?

Answer 33

planned to set up a colony along the St.Lawrence river

Question 34

When did King Louis XIII decide that France should build a colony in North America? Why?

Answer 34

Early 1600, wanted to have access to supply of furs

Question 35

What was the trade monopoly for that the King granted to merchants?

Answer 35

To reduce costs of building a colony thats far away from home. The monopoly would mean that only merchants within the group would be allowed to trade furs in the colony.

Question 36

Which French noble received a monopoly in 1604

Answer 36

Pierre de Monts

Question 37

Who was the map maker that explored with Pierre de Monts?

Answer 37

Samuel de Champlain

Question 38

The settlement that de Month established in the Bar of Funds was called

Answer 38

Acadia

Question 39

What does Acadia mean?

Answer 39

an earthly paradise

Question 40

The French pioneers who formed a unique community and culture in Acadia were called

Answer 40

Acadians

Question 41

What is the meaning of the name Quebec?

Answer 41

the place where the river narrows

Question 42

who were the coureurs de bois

Answer 42

the first people to leave the settlement and begin roaming the countryside

Question 43

The main interests of the coureurs de bois were

Answer 43

fur trapping, adventure, freedom and money

Question 44

Who was Etienne Brule?

Answer 44

one of the first coureurs de bois

Question 45

Sovereign Council

Answer 45

a council that king Louis XIV set up to govern the colony of merchants in new france

Question 46

Governor

Answer 46

the most powerful member of the sovereign council, the kings representative

Question 47

Intendant

Answer 47

member of the sovereign council in charge of the day to day affairs of the colony

Question 48

Bishop

Answer 48

member of the sovereign council who was the head of the church in the colony and played a leading role in politics

Question 49

Who was sent to New France to help build religion in the colony?

Answer 49

Priests, nuns and missionaries

Question 50

Role of women in New France

Answer 50

cared for the homes, children, finances and helped alongside their husbands

Question 51

Seigneurial system

Answer 51

social structure in New France that gave French nobles large pieces of land