New France and British North America Quiz

List 3 reasons why European countries wanted explore new territories?

Who were the first people on the land now known as Canada?

What is scurvy? How was it cured?

Who were the Jesuits? What was their role?

What was the seigneurial system?

A Famous mapmaker and explorer known as the Father of New France?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel De Champlain

• Henry Hudson

People who were against slavery were known as ....

• Abolitionists

• Protestants

• Revolutionists

• Racists

These unlicensed French fur traders were also known as "the runners of the woods"

• The Acadians

• The Courier des Bois

• The Metis

• The Abolitionists

The act the divided Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada

• Treaty of Utrecht 1713

• Treaty of Paris of 1763

• The Royal Proclamation of 1763

• The Constitution Act of 1791

Who where the patriots? Who were the loyalists? Give at least one explanation for the motives for each of these groups?