Early Canadian Explorers

What did John Cabot find when he first discovered the "New World"?

• Fish

• Birds

• Dogs

• New France

What's Jacques Cartier famous for having done?

• Creating peanut butter

• Naming Canada (Kanata)

• Discovering the Rockies

• Inventing fishing nets

Jacques Cartier was an explorer for which country?

• New Zealand

• Spain

• Britain

• France

Which were the TWO main fur trading companies in Canada?

• The NWC (North West Company)

• The NBD (Northern Beaver Dominion)

• The HBC (Hudson's Bay Company)

• The SEC (The South East Company)

What was Martin Frobisher looking for (and almost found) when he came to the New World?

• The Silk Road

• The Northwest Passage

• The Fur Trade

• The Inuit People

Who were the "Filles du Roi"?

What was the big difference between the NWC (French) and the HBC (British) in regards to how they did business?

What did Samuel de Champlain do? (select ALL the answers that apply).

• He created settlements in the New World

• He created Maps of the St. Lawrence River & area

• He found fools gold

• He found the Northwest Passage

Why did Fur Traders start to move West (towards what's now Alberta)?

Who is the explorer you find the most interesting? Tell me why?