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Name: ____________________
Social Studies 7
Chapter 2 – European Explorers
Each blank is worth one mark unless noted.
1. What is imperialism?
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2. What caused the European countries to look for a new route to Asia? (2 marks)
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3. The
tip called the Cape of
were the first Europeans to sail around Africa’s southern
in the year
.
4. An Italian sailor named
, who sailed for Spain, first came
across the Caribbean in the year
. As a result the Spanish found the gold of
the
and
empires and became very wealthy. As a
result of Spain’s wealth the countries of
,
, and
also became interested in exploration.
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5. List two examples of resources that Europeans traded for in the new world: (2 marks)
List two examples of products that the Mi’kmaq traded for with the Europeans: (2 marks)
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6. The
were the native group on Newfoundland. The French and British
did not consider these people when establishing camps and
which
would sometimes interfere with traditional
areas. When
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Newfoundland became a colony in
it lead to the
of
these people in the year
. The last known member of the group was a
woman named
whom the British renamed to “
” when
she became a nanny.
7. Jacques Cartier - True or False
a. ___
Cartier’s first expedition to the New World was is 1534.
b. ___
Stadacona was a settlement that Cartier established in order to fish for cod.
c. ___
Cartier found many riches in the New World including gold, rubies and
diamonds.
d. ___
Cartier “kidnapped” five people from Stadacona and took them back to
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France. All of the natives died because of a lack of immunity to European
disease.
e. ___
Cartier’s crew put up a cross in 1534 on the Gaspé Peninsula.
f. ___
The French ceased exploration of the future Canada for fifty years because
they were afraid of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk.
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8. Samuel de Champlain – circle the correct answers
a. Champlain sailed in [1604 / 1534] to Canada in order to establish a colony at Port
Royal in [New France / Acadia]. He later established a settlement in 1608 at [Quebec
/ Montreal] where the native village of Stadacona once stood.
b. Champlain and many other explorers referred to the natives as [savages / Mongols].
c. The Algonquin word for “where the rivers narrows” became [Canada / Quebec].
d. Champlain became known as the “[Founder / Father] of New France” because he
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established French colonies. He also became the first European person to see the
[Mississippi / Ottawa] River and the Great Lakes.
e. The village of [Stadacona / Tadoussac] mysteriously disappeared from the time that
Cartier reported it until Champlain arrived. Although there is little evidence, most
historians believe that a [war / treaty] with another First Nation or a disease like
[malaria / smallpox] may have wiped them out.
9. Match the explorer with his accomplishments and write the years of his explorations.
YEARS
EXPLORER
Giovanni Caboto
Giovanni de
Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Martin Frobisher
Samuel de
Champlain
Henry Hudson
Rene-Robert Cavalier
de La Salle
Pierre Gaultier de La
Verendrye
Samuel Hearne and
Matonabbee
Alexander
Mackenzie
David Thompson
John Franklin
MATCH
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
a) lied about his accomplishments but claimed
a vast area of North America for France
b) a fur trader who explored area of what
would later become Alberta
c) British fur trader and native guide who
survived harsh winters looking for route to
Asia
d) British explorer who was the first European
to reach the west coast across land
e) French explorer who claimed the Gaspé
area by putting up a huge cross
f) while looking for a route to Asia he claimed
to have found gold in the Arctic (he was
wrong – it was pyrite or “fool’s gold”)
g) an Italian sailor lands in Newfoundland and
claims it for England
h) known as the “Father of New France” and
founded the first permanent settlement
i) leader of a failed expedition in the Arctic
whose boat was trapped in the ice and
everyone died
j) British explorer who was trapped in the ice
and abandoned by his crew
k) Italian explorer sailing for the French who
mapped the east coast of America
l) started out as a soldier and later explored
west of the Great Lakes
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