final exam

Question 1

skrailings

Answer 1

term used by vikings to describe north americans

Question 2

vinland

Answer 2

word used by vikings to describe the territory

Question 3

viking voyges

Answer 3

850-900

Question 4

the big four

Answer 4

nations that were doing the most exploring; Spain, Portugal, England, France

Question 5

demarcation line

Answer 5

line dividing the world between spain and portugal, decided by the pope

Question 6

l’anse aux meadows

Answer 6

established by William Decker 1835 at the tip of Newfound Land

Question 7

Northwest Passage

Answer 7

search for a passage to asia began early 16th century

Question 8

john cabot

Answer 8

working for the english in 1497, reports the bountious fishery of newfoundland - encouraged other nations to go

Question 9

jaques cartier

Answer 9

first voyage in 1534 into gulf of st laurence river, second from 35-36 down into the south calls it la chine

Question 10

samuel champlain

Answer 10

had land title in next wave of settlement. strategic about long term settlement, surveyed land

Question 11

Henry Hudson

Answer 11

English explorer during early 17th century, “discovery” of hudsons river in new york and hudsons bay in canada

Question 12

iroquois/haudenosaunee

Answer 12

british allied indigenous group in southern ontario and quebec, enemies of hurons/wendat

Question 13

huron

Answer 13

french allied indigenous group in st lawrence valley, defeated by iroquois in 1650

Question 14

jesuits

Answer 14

employees to the french government, established reductions and main missions, converted the indigenous by converting them to their language first, expanded relations between french and hurons

Question 15

reductions

Answer 15

villages controlled by jesuits where the converted indigenous would be relocated

Question 16

jesuit main mission residence

Answer 16

ste.maries among the hurons, hospital and garden, 300-400 of 3000 left after winter