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Early Canada MEGA Quiz! Socials 9
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1
In what direction did the technology and farming techniques of the fertile crescent spread?
latitude
longitude
It didn't really spread
upside down
2
Who gave the name to New Found Land?
Oliver Cromwell
John Cabot
Samuel Champlain
Jacques Cartier
3
Which of the following mountain ranges are in the Eastern United States
Coastal
Rockies
Appalachians
Cascades
4
Which area of Canada did the Vikings reach?
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
5
Why did the British require the Acadians to swear an 'Oath of Allegiance'?
they were worried about them joining the Spanish
They didn't think oaths were a big deal
They were worried about the MicMaq joining the French
They worried they would fight against England
6
Why did Radisson and Groseilliers help to found the Hudson's Bay Company for the English?
They had a dispute with the Governor of New France
The British Crown gave them a monopoly on the fur trade
Because they served only the French and were loyal
They discovered the Hudson's Bay
7
Which Governor of New France fought the Iroquois into his 70's?
Samuel De Champlain
Laval
Sieur De Cavalier
Louis de buade de Frontenac
8
Who were the Black Robes?
Jesuits Catholic priests sent to convert the native people
Buddhist Monks sent to convert the native people
Sith Lords like Darth Vader and the Emperor
Protestant Monks sent to convert the French people
9
What disease did many sailors get that indigenous groups knew how to cure?
Scurvy
Spanish Influenza
Lime disease
Mad Cow disease
10
What actions angered American colonists after the 7 Years War?
The Quebec Act
The Americans got to vote in British parliament
They were prevented from expanding into the Ohio Valley
Taxes on coffee
11
Along with exploration, what was another motive of the voyages of Cabot and Cartier?
To massacre anyone they came across
To bring Christianity to the people they encounter
To start the fur trade
To spread their germs and diseases everywhere
12
When plants and animals are used for humans to provide resources this is called
Domestication
Slavery
property
taming
13
What is the largest and most Northern of the Great Lakes?
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
14
The name for a society where women have the dominant roles
matriarchal
Shamanism
Patriarchy
Patrilineal
15
Which hardship did De La Salle NOT face on his explorations?
Their Boat sank
They faced Hostile native tribes
They only had one pair of moccasins
They encountered Niagra Falls
16
How did the British get to the Plains of Abraham?
parachutes
They scaled the cliffs in Quebec City
they walked up a path to get to Montreal
they catapulted soldiers over the cliffs
17
Why was population growth considered an obstacle to the expansion of New France's colony?
There were no women in the colony at all
Men preferred to live with their 'country wives'
There were not enough women in the colony
France's population was shrinking
18
What physiographic region is most of Ontario located?
The Coastal Plains
Inter-Mountain Region
The Appalachians
The Canadian Shield
19
Which current pushes North from the Gulf of Mexico?
The California current
The Gulf Stream
The Labrador Current
The trade winds
20
Which European King was John Cabot sailing for?
Henry the 7th
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Henry the 8th
Louis XIV
21
NOT an advantage the Europeans had over the native people of the Americas?
A history of technological advancement
Immunity to disease
Domesticated animals
More intelligence
22
The Vikings came from this region of Europe
Spain
Scandinavia
Britain
The Balkans
23
When England and France finally clashed the 1760's, what was the name of their conflict?
The War of Spanish Succession
The Seven Years War
The French-Indian War
The American Revolution
24
Why should Champlain's sketch not be taken as 100% fact?
Sketches can be exaggerated like anything else
There are palm trees in the background
he was a very poor artist
He was known to exaggerate
25
Before the British attacked Quebec, what did they do to the city?
started a siege
bombarded it with cannons
Bombed it with airplanes
infected it with plague
26
What was the purpose of strip farms in New France's seigneurial farming system?
To give citizens a strip of land with access to irrigation
To give the Quebecois a way to make more poutine
To enslave the citizens
To give every citizen a home
27
What bigger colony grew from Champlain's Port Royal?
New England
Virginia
Acadia
New France
28
What was the name of the area the Hudson's Bay Company considered their property?
New France
British Columbia
Canada
Rupert's Land
29
What is the most likely way indigenous people came to Canada?
By Canoe
There were always here but the continents moved
The Bering Strait
Over a land bridge
30
Which was NOT a reason Francisco Pizzaro was able to conquer the Incas with a few soldiers
They had Christianity
They brought germs
They had horses
They had superior weaponry
31
Which nation helped Britain free up soldiers to fight in Canada by fighting France in Europe?
Austria
Netherlands (Holland)
Prussia (East Germany)
Spain
32
Which indigenous groups did Champlain make alliances with?
Beothuk-Mohawk
Montagnais-Iroquois
Blackfoot-Peigan
Wendat-Huron
33
What did the French call their fur trading territory in what today is the United States?
New Orleans
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
34
What did Europeans introduce into the Americas?
Guns/Germs/Horses
Horses/Corn/Sugar
Guns/Germs/Coffee
Guns/germs/tobacco
35
Why was Acadia under threat in the 1750's?
They remained in French control
They were being invaded by the Miq' Mac
It's territory had been given to the British in a treaty
The Russians wanted their land
36
Which animal was able to be domesticated and was indigenous to the Americas (North or South)
Horses
The Alpaca
Buffalo
Cattle
37
Why did the HBC 'stay at the bay'?
Native people would not have a good way to get there
They were simply just too lazy
The Bay fed into many Rivers that were good trade routes
It had a direct sailing route back to England
38
Who died at the Plains of Abraham?
King Louis
Montcalm
George Washingon
Wolfe
39
The name of the Viking explorer that reached Canada
Thorvald the brave
Ingvald the obese
Eric the Red
Leif Ericsson
40
What does the Log Driver do?
Goes burling down white water
Steps heavily
Pleases girls completely
He can't dance but is good with log-driving
41
Why did archeologists think that the Viking settlement at L'anse Aux Meadows was short-lived?
The found no viking helmets with horns
There were no garbage piles
They found many arrowheads
They found no bodies
42
Who were the first Europeans to sail to North America
the Dutch
The Spanish
The Vikings
The Chinese
43
Who sold Louisiana to the United States?
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon-Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
44
Who was potentially an illegitimate son of the King of France?
Samuel De Champlain
Jean Talon
Robert De La Salle
John Cabot
45
Main reason people move from a hunter gatherer lifestyle to a settled one?
They found enough food where they were
They followed the animals
Their legs got too tired
They discovered agriculture
46
Who is your favourite teacher?
Mr. Banks
Mr. Banks
Mr. Banks
Mr. Banks
47
What is the best description of gender roles among many native tribes?
matrilineal
Patriarchal
Separate but equal
No gender roles existed
48
What was the proposed solution to the population problem?
Filles du Roi
To allow birth control
To bring women from overpopulated France
To marry all the Quebecois men to native women
49
Why did New France become a Royal colony?
The Americans decided to attack
It never did
The fur trading company of 100 associates went bankrupt
The Iroquois were threatening to destroy the colony
50
What was 'The Middle Way'?
The English relationship to Native people
The Hudson Bay Company strategy
The French trade and cultural ties to the Native people
A River that passed through the middle of the Great Lakes
51
In the 1600's, which country had colonized Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida?
Spain
France
Portugal
Holland (Dutch)
52
What kind of source is this sketch by Champlain?
a primary source
A secondary source
propaganda
a useless source for history
53
This disease devastated indigenous people after European contact
Bubonic Plague
Chicken-Pox
Scurvy
Smallpox
54
What does this map show us about the journey's of Henry Hudson?
His journey ended in the Hudson's Bay
He never returned from the Great Lakes
He explored the Gulf of Mexico
His crew made it home
55
Which River did Jacques Cartier sail down to get to settlements of Stadacona and Hochelaga?
The Colorado
The St. Lawrence
St. Lawsons
Fraser
56
Which British General lead the expedition into Quebec during the 7 Years War?
George Washington
James Wolfe
Louis Montcalm
Michael Wolfe
57
What is the name of the author of Guns, Germs and Steel?
Leif Ericson
H.G. Wells
Johnny Saphire
Jared Diamond
58
What was Robert De La Salle looking for?
The Northeast passage
More Moose to kill and eat
A route to Hudson's Bay
A water route to the Gulf of Mexico
59
Clues to the Viking explorations to Canada were found in these stories
The Bible
The Viking Sagas
The Quran
The Lindesfarne Gospels
60
How did the Acadians change their physical landscape?
They built hydroelectric dams
They chopped down vast forests
They built mini-malls everywhere
They dyked the Bay of Fundy
61
The Law code of the Iroquois was called the..
The Great Law of Peace
The Peaceful Constitution
The Charter of Rights
Great Law of the land
62
What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredericton
Halifax
St. John's
St. John
63
On Jacques Cartier's first journey he proved.....
That the Northwest passage existed
He mapped the Great Lakes
That the French were the best explorers
That Newfoundland was an Island
64
Benjamin's West's painting 'Death of Wolfe' has which of the following characteristics?
It was an eyewitness account (primary source)
It is not a literal interpretation of what happened
It shows Wolfe as a Christ like martyr for the British
It is completely realistic
65
The name of the area in the middle east that many early civilizations originated from
The Fertile Crescent
Europe
The Valley of the Kings
The Productive circle
66
What best describes the treatment of the Acadians by the British in the 1750's
Kindness and compassion
They were all murdered
treated fairly and well compensated for their losses
Threatened, looted, deported
67
Why did we watch the Log Driver's Waltz?
It tells us about the skills required to work as a farmer
It is important part of the history of the United States
Many Canadians grew up with the song and cartoon
Folk songs give us a memory and understanding of the past
68
This term refers to the diet of human groups and how they obtain food
Kinship
Primitive
Subsistence
Hunter-Gatherer
69
What settlement did the French set up at the mouth of the Mississippi?
Baton Rouge
Le Canada
New Orleans
Quebec City
70
How did Intendant Jean Talon threaten men to marry the "daughter's of the king"?
He would have them sliced in half
He would take their hunting privileges away
Said they would have to marry a logdriver if they didn't
He would ban them from the Church
71
Why was the Boston Massacre a notable event in the history of the American Revolution?
Because it was used as propaganda against the British
it has always been celebrated as a part of black history
Because so many Colonists were killed
It directly started the Revolution directly
72
What was NOT a characteristic of the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
It gave Britain the Ohio Valley
France took Guadeloupe instead of New france
It made the USA independent
It ended the 7 Years War
73
The name for an landform created at the mouth of a river
Great Lake
Isthmus
Delta
Bridge
74
Before contact with Europeans, most First Nations would have come into contact with their....
Canoes
Sailing ships
Germs
Trade Goods
75
Why did the Vikings leave Canada?
They got smallpox from indigenous people
It was too cold
The were attacked by indigenous people
They didn't like hockey
76
Which word best describes the fate of Henry Hudson?
Mutiny
Scurvy
Chivalry
Murder
77
The adjective that best describes the indigenous populations of the Americas?
Farmers
Diverse
Similar
Violent
78
Which nations were competing for territory on the East coast of North America at this time?
France/Spain/Italy
Spain/Holland/Germany
England/France/Holland
England/Russia/Portugal
79
What area, discovered by Cabot, became a valuable source of fisheries for the English?
The Mississippi Delta
The Great Lakes
The Hudson's Bay
The Grand Banks
80
What were most early explorers to Canada looking for?
the Northwest passage
Furs for trading
The Northeast Passage
Fish and Beavers
81
What roles did the Catholic Church play in New France?
They brought Protestantism to Quebec
They easily converted all native people
They looked after education
They looked after health care
82
Why did we watch the black fly song?
It's a Canadian Folk song
It shows a reason why large areas of Canada are uninhabited
Because mosquitoes are bad
to waste class time b/c I don't care about your education
83
The nickname for this hockey team is based on the early settlements of French Canada. Habitants
Toronto Maple Leafs
Quebec Nordiques
Montreal Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings
84
What was the name of the French maritime fortress that Lord Halifax wanted to rival?
Charlesburg
The Alamo
Quebec City
Louisburg
85
What can this picture of an Iroquois village tell us about their way of life?
They had a more communal concept of family
They were nomadic hunter-gatherers
They only hunted for their food
They practiced cannibalism
