Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowland

Question 1

What did the First Nations people use the St. Lawrence and rivers for?

Answer 1

Food, water and transportation

Question 2

Who were the first people to settle along the St. Lawrence river?

Answer 2

The French explorers

Question 3

When did the king of France send Jacques Cartier to find a sea route to China?

Answer 3

1534

Question 4

What did Jacques Cartier find when he was looking for the sea route to China in 1534?

Answer 4

The Gaspe Peninsula

Question 5

In 1608 Samuel de Champlain founder which settlement?

Answer 5

Quebec

Question 6

Why did Samuel de Champlain send French explorers to live among the First Nation people?

Answer 6

To learn their language

Question 7

Who is called the “Father of New France?

Answer 7

Samuel de Champlain

Question 8

Who were “seigneurs” and what did they do?

Answer 8

They were land owners in New France and they rented out pieces of land to Habitants

Question 9

Who were the Habitants and what did they do?

Answer 9

They were French settlers in New France who cleared and farmed the land. They paid the seigneurs with parts of their harvest to be able to live and farm the land.

Question 10

What does “Filles du Roi” mean?

Answer 10

Daughters of the king

Question 11

Why were the “Filles du Roi” sent to New France?

Answer 11

They were sent by the king to marry the male settlers and build families to work on the farm

Question 12

Why did Champlain invite priests from France?

Answer 12

To be missionaries and to teach First Nation People the catholic faith

Question 13

Who attacked Quebec in 1759?

Answer 13

The British

Question 14

What happened after the British attacked Quebec in 1759?

Answer 14

They took control of New France by the next year and renamed the land along the St. Lawrence river “The Province of Quebec”. They also created laws that took away rights from the Canadiens.

Question 15

When the Quebec act was passed in 1774, what did it say?

Answer 15

That the Canadiens would be able to keep their land and their rights.

Question 16

Where did the loyalist families come from? Who were they loyal to and what two things did they want?

Answer 16

Loyalists came from Britain and were loyal to the British king. They wanted the official language to be English and they wanted their own land.

Question 17

What did the British government do to keep everyone happy?

Answer 17

In 1791 they divided the area into two parts and called them “Upper Canada” and “Lower Canada”. This allowed them to each have their own languages, religions and ways of life.

Question 18

Where were upper and lower Canada located?

Answer 18

Upper Canada was located upstream of the St. Lawrence river and Lowere Canada was at the lower end of the river.

Question 19

Was the “Underground Railroad” really a railroad?

Answer 19

No… It was a secret name used by people who helped slaves to safely reach upper Canada.

Question 20

How did thousands of black American slaves escape to freedom?

Answer 20

By using the “Underground Railroad”

Question 21

What is the “St. Lawrence seaway” used for today”

Answer 21

It allows for easier shipping of materials and products to and from other countries from around the world.

Question 22

There are many ___________ and ____________ along the St. Lawrence seaway for resources.

Answer 22

Factories and refineries

Question 23

Why is agriculture so important along the St. Lawrence seaway?

Answer 23

The soil is very rich

Question 24

Study the two map photos on your phone

Answer 24

New France about 1712 and upper and lower Canada in 1791