Chapter Three: The Beginnings of New France

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Question 1
What resource did the Europeans most desire from northeastern North America ?
a. venison
b. furs
c. quartz
d. wood

Question 2
What happened to the peoples of Stadacona and Hochelaga?
a. Algonquian nations drove them out of the area.
b. European diseases killed them.
c. New York Iroquois forced them to leave.
d. Nobody knows for sure.

Question 3
Why did Pierre Du Gua de Monts decide to abandon Port-Royal?
a. Continual Native attacks discouraged potential settlers.
b. The social life was too depressing.
c. A trade monopoly could not be enforced because of the nature of the coastal landscape.
d. Inhabitants were starving because the Mi’kmaq had cut off their food supply.

Question 4
What was the first permanent French settlement in present-day Canada?
a. Quebec
b. Tadoussac
c. Montreal
d. Ottawa

Question 5
Which nations did the French ally with?
a. Algonquin, Huron, and Mohawk
b. Iroquois
c. Haida and Tsimshian
d. Montagnais, Algonquin, and Huron

Question 6
What is the main principle behind mercantilism?
a. Free trade should be encouraged at all cost.
b. Colonies should be left to their own devices.
c. All traders must insure their goods against loss or damage.
d. Colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country.

Question 7
The early attempts of the Jesuits and the Ursulines to Christianize Amerindian children were
a. doomed to failure because most Amerindians did not speak French.
b. successful with girls, but completely unsuccessful with boys.
c. largely unsuccessful.
d. somewhat successful after they enlisted the help of the Huguenots.

Question 8
The term for indentured workers who came to New France is
a. coureurs de bois.
b. engagés.
c. habitations.
d. filles du roi.

Question 9
Ville-Marie was founded in 1642 by
a. Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve.
b. François Gravé Du Pont.
c. Pierre Du Gua de Monts.
d. Samuel de Champlain.

Question 10
French emigration to New France was unpopular because
a. the process of emigrating was dangerous and uncomfortable.
b. the French government offered little incentive.
c. the climate was perceived as very harsh.
d. all of the above.

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