7-8 Can History Preview Review

Baffin Island was called Frobisher Bay

• No, never, FALSE

• True. By Sir Martin Frobisher, who named it searching for the NW Passage

• Yes. The First Nations called is that before the 1500s

• No, Frobisher Bay still exists. Baffin isn't a name

John Cabot was an explorer who:

• was a Viking

• came from Europe (France)

• came from Europe (Spain)

• was Italian and explored North America, claiming land for England's king

Europeans were looking for a new water route to Asia, beginning:

• in the 1400s

• in the early 1800s

• in the late 1100s

• only in the 1970s

First Nations groups in North America had constitutions before European contact.

• True

• False

Jacques Cartier reached land while searching for countries to export coffee to, on behalf of France.

• True

• False

The First Nations people were unhappy to meet the first European explorers right from the beginning

• True

• False

What animal located here was so important to Europe during the 17th century?

• Moose

• Robin

• Caribou

• Beaver

What are first peoples' beaded items called that documented understandings and important events, between groups?

• Cinch Belts

• Wampum Belts

• Treaties

• Reservations

What makes something a "primary source"

• someone told you it is

• first hand account, eyewitness

• it's really old

• it does not have to have the source cited

For secondary sources,

• there are no requirements to check the validity

• we must still cite our sources in a bibliography

• authors/creators have usually relied on primary sources

• we should only use resources that are current