Early European Explorers (1000-1600s)

An old Mi'kmaq story tells how a girl dreamed that she saw a floating island and a day later her dream came true. What was the floating island?

• a raft

• a ship

• a bunch of seaweed

• a large piece of ice

The earliest Europeand to arrive in eastern Canada thought they had reached...

• Turtle Island

• Canada

• The United States of America

• Asia

Which Italian explorer arrived in Canada in the late 1400s and named that land "New Founde Lande"?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Martin Frobisher

The king of France chose which explorer in 1534 to claim land for France and find a water route to Asia?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Martin Frobisher

In 1603, the French sent an expedition to Nova Scotia and Quebec. What was the name of the mapmaker on this voyage?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Martin Frobisher

Samuel de Champlain brought a young man who was only 16 years old on his voyage to Canada. What was this boy's name?

• Ms. Filippone

• Étienne Brûlé

• Mme. Bergeron

• Mrs. Merrill

Two of the earliest Europeans to explore Canada's northeast coast were...

• John Cabot and Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier and Henry Hudson

• Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson

• Martin Frobisher and Henry Hudson

The Inuit had stories about how their ancestors met strange looking men who were tall, blond, and sailed in "funny boats." These first explorers were most likely the...

• Italians

• Vikings

• French

• English

Martin Frobisher filled 15 ships with a shiny mineral he found in Canada. What was the shiny mineral actually called?

• iron pyrite

• fool's gold

• silly gold

• funny gold

Which explorer was abandoned by his crew in 1611 on the coast of James Bay?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Martin Frobisher

• Henry Hudson