Chapter 2

Question 1

Where did the European exploration start and in which direction did it travel?

Answer 1

It began in the east and moved to the west

Question 2

What is the term for breaking or changing and established way of doing things?

Answer 2

Disruption

Question 3

What were the European explorers searching for in order to gain wealth?

Answer 3

Slick and spices

Question 4

What is the term for “ to make less”

Answer 4

Diminish

Question 5

Who were the first to put new ships and instruments to sail to find Asia?

Answer 5

Portuguese

Question 6

What is the term for a person or organization that supports project or expedition by paying for it?

Answer 6

Sponsor

Question 7

Who was the first explorer to find North America?

Answer 7

Caboto

Question 8

What is the term for the European’s idea of calming new land and controlling new territories as home land?

Answer 8

Imperialism

Question 9

What does durable mean?

Answer 9

Long-lasting

Question 10

Which tribe lived in Newfoundland and were eventually destroyed completely by the British people?

Answer 10

Beothuk

Question 11

What is the term for a permanent place where people live?

Answer 11

Settlement

Question 12

What is a colony?

Answer 12

A region claimed and governed by a country from another part of the world

Question 13

What is the term for a contagious disease that attacks the respiratory system (lungs)

Answer 13

Tuberculosis

Question 14

What is the term for a disease from lack of vitamin C which causes internal bleeding?

Answer 14

Scurvy

Question 15

What is the term for the ability of the body to fight off diseases?

Answer 15

Immunity

Question 16

who created the French colony “Port Royal” in Acadia?

Answer 16

Samual de Champlain

Question 17

What is the term for the dead as that causes the sling to break out with sores accompanied by a high fever?

Answer 17

Smallpox

Question 18

What word did Champlain use to describe First Nations people’s, but did not use to describe themselves?

Answer 18

Savages

Question 19

What is “every adult has the right to vote” an example of?

Answer 19

Human rights

Question 20

What does universal mean?

Answer 20

True or applicable in every circumstances

Question 21

Who was known for his map making skill?

Answer 21

Samuel de Champlain

Question 22

Where did Henry Hudson’s “the discovery” become trapped in ice?

Answer 22

Hudson Bay

Question 23

Who was the first French explore to travel down the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 23

La Salle

Question 24

What nationality was Alexander Mackenzie?

Answer 24

British

Question 25

Who was the first European to reach Canada’s west coast by travelling across land?

Answer 25

Alexander Makenzie