Canada's History

Question 1

Huron-Wendet people from the Great Lakes region did what for a living?

Answer 1

Farmers and Hunters

Question 2

Iroquois people did what for a living?

Answer 2

Farmers and Hunters

Question 3

Cree and Dene of Northwest did what for a living?

Answer 3

Hunter-gatherers

Question 4

Sioux did what for a living?

Answer 4

They were Nomadic people

Question 5

Inuit’s lived off which part?

Answer 5

Arctic wildlife

Question 6

West coast native did what for a living?

Answer 6

Preserved fish by drying and smoking

Question 7

Vikings of Iceland who colonized Greenland 1000 years ago reached where?

Answer 7

Labrador and the Island of Newfoundland

Question 8

European exploration began in earnest in which year and who was the explorer?

Answer 8

1497 and the explorer was John Cabot

Question 9

Who was the first to draw a map of Canada’s east coast?

Answer 9

John Cabot in 1497

Question 10

John Cabot was from where?

Answer 10

From England (Italian immigrant to England)

Question 11

Between 1534 and 1542, Jacques Cartier did three voyages of which river?

Answer 11

St Lawrence river in Atlantic

Question 12

Jacques Cartier during his voyages to St Lawrence river between 1534 and 1542, set his eyes on which parts of Canada and for who?

Answer 12

Jacuqes Cartier set his eyes on Montreal and Quebec City for King Francis I of France

Question 13

What was the name of Canada which local guides, captured by Jacque Cartier, were using?

Answer 13

Kanata (meaning village)

Question 14

When did the name “Canada” start appearing on world maps?

Answer 14

1550s

Question 15

Which French explorers established the first European settlement in North America and when ?

Answer 15

In 1604. The French explorers were:
* Pierre de Monts
* Samuel de Champlain

Question 16

Where and when was the first European settlement established?

Answer 16

In 1604. First in St Croix Island (present-day Maine) and then at Port Royal in Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia)

Question 17

French explorer Samuel de Champlain allied the colony with the indigenous peoples Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron against which enemy?

Answer 17

Against Iroquois - a confederation of five (and later six) First Nations.

Question 18

Iroquois fought the French settlement for a century and made peace in which year?

Answer 18

1701

Question 19

Th French and Aboriginal people collaborated in the vast economy based on which trade?

Answer 19

Fur-trade

Question 20

Who were the three outstanding leaders who build a French Empire in North America from Hudson Bay to Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 20

• Jean talon
• Bisho Laval
• Count Frontenac