Exploration and Colonization in New France

Who was sent by France to explore the Atlantic coastline of North America?

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Father Marquette

• Louis Joliet

Whose relationship was better with the Indigenous peoples? France or Spain?

What valuable resource did Jacques Cartier discover in New France?

• Gold

• Silver

• Beaver fur

• Indigenous land

Which European settlement was founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France?

• Quebec

• Montreal

• Toronto

• Vancouver

What were French fur trappers called?

• Coureurs de bois

• Haudenosaunee

• Wyandot

• Anishinaabe

Why did French farmers not cross the Atlantic to settle in New France?

• Harsh climate

• Lack of resources

• Spanish colonization

• Indigenous resistance

Which Indigenous group did the French ally with against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

• Wyandot/Huron

• Odawa

• Ojibwe

• Potawatomi

Who explored the Mississippi River and claimed all Indigenous land west of it for France?

• Father Marquette

• Louis Joliet

• Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Samuel de Champlain

What did Robert Cavelier de La Salle name the vast area west of the Mississippi River?

• New France

• Quebec

• Louisiana

• Montreal

What did the French hope to find when exploring the Mississippi River?

• Northwest Passage

• Gold and silver

• Spanish colonies

• Beaver fur