Samuel de Champlain (Quebec 1603)

1.What was the main activity of the earliest French settlers in Québec?

  • a. Fishing
  • b. Fur trapping
  • c. Mining
  • d. Farming

2. How did the expeditions sponsored by the King of France differ from the settlers’ activities?

  • a. They focused on military conquest
  • b. They focused on religious conversion
  • c. They focused on exploration
  • d. They focused on trading and commerce

3.With which two First Nations peoples did Champlain first make contact?

  • a. The Cree and Ottawa
  • b. The Iroquois and Mohawk
  • c. The Algonquin and Montagnais
  • d. The Iroquois and Huron

4.What impression did Champlain have of the First Nations people he met?

  • a. They were peaceful and happy
  • b. They were warlike and frightening
  • c. They were wise and sophisticated
  • d. They were friendly and welcoming

5.What was Champlain hoping to find on his first expedition?

  • a. The Great Lakes, to establish a commercial fishery there
  • b. The Rockies, to set up a mining industry there
  • c. New First Nations villages
  • d. An overland route to the Pacific, to trade with China

6.What was the title of Champlain’s first book about New France?

  • a. Ma Vie
  • b. Les Sauvages
  • c. La Nouvelle France
  • d. Quelques Arpents de Neige

7.What serious challenges did Champlain’s colony have to overcome in its first year?

  • a. Floods and fire
  • b. Winter and mutiny
  • c. Pirates and earthquakes
  • d. The English army

8.What deadly factor killed more of Champlain’s settlers than any other?

  • a.Attacks by wild animals
  • b.Scurvy
  • c.Tuberculosis
  • d.Fighting with each other

9.Why were rivers so important to life in New France?

  • a. They were an excellent source of fish
  • b. They were a good place to pan for gold
  • c. They were the best way to travel and transport trade goods
  • d. They turned the farmers’ waterwheels

10.Why did Champlain need the help of the First Nations peoples?

  • a. He needed their expertise as guides
  • b. He needed their ability to find food
  • c. He needed their skills at mining gold
  • d. He needed their knowledge of herbal medicines

11.How did the First Nations people benefit from helping Champlain?

  • a. He paid them in French currency
  • b. He helped them to learn farming
  • c. He helped them fight their enemies
  • d. He healed their sick with French doctors

12.What happened when Champlain helped his First Nations allies attack the Iroquois?

  • a. The Iroquois village was burned down
  • b. Québec City was burned down
  • c. Champlain was injured
  • d. Champlain was killed

13.By the end of his life, what was Champlain’s main achievement?

  • a. He had founded a city
  • b. He had defeated the English
  • c. He had discovered a land route to the Pacific
  • d. Both a and b

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