Chapter Four: The Iroquois, the Hurons, and the French

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Question 1
The League of Five Nations consisted of
a. Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas.
b. Mohawks, Ojibwas, Chippewas, Cayugas, and Oneidas.
c. Mohawks, Hurons, Cayugas, Petuns, and Neutrals.
d. Algonquins, Nippissings, Mississaugas, Senecas, and Illinois.

Question 2
When attempting to convert Hurons to Christianity, the Jesuits usually emphasized
a. the economic advantages of converting.
b. that anyone who would not convert would inevitably go to hell.
c. the similarities between Christianity and Huron beliefs.
d. that the existence of more than one god was unlikely.

Question 3
Which of the following most affected the Hurons during mid- to late 1630s?
a. war with the Iroquois
b. famine
c. disease
d. total conversion to Christianity

Question 4
What made the Iroquois a particularly formidable foe after 1639?
a. Their recent adoption of guerrilla warfare tactics.
b. Their immunity to European diseases.
c. Their willingness to fight to death.
d. The guns they had obtained from the English and the Dutch.

Question 5
As a result of continual Iroquois attacks throughout the 1640s, the Hurons were
a. largely dispersed.
b. killed, with only three exceptions.
c. forcefully enslaved by their enemies.
d. lost, in that no evidence as to what happened to them has been found.

Question 6
Why did the fall of Huronia ultimately help the French colony?
a. The French were not humiliated by their failure to convert the Hurons.
b. The French started to trade directly with the Algonquians.
c. The French obtained free access to the lands south of Lake Ontario.
d. England lost one of its important allies, the Hurons.

Question 7
Who led an advance against the Iroquois and was surprised by a large Iroquois army at Long Sault?
a. Adam Dollard Des Ormeaux
b. Jérôme Lalemant
c. André Vachon
d. Governor Frontenac

Question 8
Many of the Jesuit converts among the Iroquois were
a. recently adopted Hurons.
b. steadfast traditionalists.
c. women, children, and the elderly.
d. people who had come into contact with the Huguenots.

Question 9
After securing their ties with the French in 1671, the Alonquians
a. kept to their hunting grounds around Lake Superior.
b. advanced south.
c. signed a permanent peace agreement with the Dutch and the British.
d. converted to Christianity.

Question 10
The peace agreement between the Iroquois, the French, and other nations included which important provision?
a. The Hurons could return to and rebuild their villages.
b. The Iroquois would be obliged to help the French in future wars with other Amerindian nations.
c. The Iroquois would not trade with the English.
d. The Iroquois would remain neutral in case of a colonial war between France and England.

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