Canada's History Flashcards
Huron-Wendet people from the Great Lakes region did what for a living?
Farmers and Hunters
Iroquois people did what for a living?
Farmers and Hunters
Cree and Dene of Northwest did what for a living?
Hunter-gatherers
Sioux did what for a living?
They were Nomadic people
Inuit’s lived off which part?
Arctic wildlife
West coast native did what for a living?
Preserved fish by drying and smoking
Vikings of Iceland who colonized Greenland 1000 years ago reached where?
Labrador and the Island of Newfoundland
European exploration began in earnest in which year and who was the explorer?
1497 and the explorer was John Cabot
Who was the first to draw a map of Canada’s east coast?
John Cabot in 1497
John Cabot was from where?
From England (Italian immigrant to England)
Between 1534 and 1542, Jacques Cartier did three voyages of which river?
St Lawrence river in Atlantic
Jacques Cartier during his voyages to St Lawrence river between 1534 and 1542, set his eyes on which parts of Canada and for who?
Jacuqes Cartier set his eyes on Montreal and Quebec City for King Francis I of France
What was the name of Canada which local guides, captured by Jacque Cartier, were using?
Kanata (meaning village)
When did the name “Canada” start appearing on world maps?
1550s
Which French explorers established the first European settlement in North America and when ?
In 1604. The French explorers were:
* Pierre de Monts
* Samuel de Champlain
Where and when was the first European settlement established?
In 1604. First in St Croix Island (present-day Maine) and then at Port Royal in Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia)
French explorer Samuel de Champlain allied the colony with the indigenous peoples Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron against which enemy?
Against Iroquois - a confederation of five (and later six) First Nations.
Iroquois fought the French settlement for a century and made peace in which year?
1701
Th French and Aboriginal people collaborated in the vast economy based on which trade?
Fur-trade
Who were the three outstanding leaders who build a French Empire in North America from Hudson Bay to Gulf of Mexico?
- Jean talon
- Bisho Laval
- Count Frontenac
