SOCIAL 7 CHAPTER 2 Name________________________ THE FRENCH IN NORTH AMERCIA Read pages 30-35 and answer the following questions 1. Colony is a ___________________________________________ that is controlled by another country. The earliest colonists in Canada came from _______________________. (2) 2. Empires are _______________________ of ________________________ controlled by a single country, sometimes called the Home Country. (2) 3. Define Imperialism (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Please copy the diagram of Imperialism from pg. 31. (9) 4. Why did the imperial countries of Europe want to expand their empires to North America? Please explain each reason. (8) 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4._______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In 1534 the King of France sent a French sea captain named _________________________________ to find a passage through __________________________ to Asia. (2) Read page 36-41 and answer the following questions JacQues Cartier did find a passage and gathered a great deal of information about the resources, land and people of North America. 6, Who were the first Europeans to come to the New World? Why did they come? (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7, Who was Jacques Cartier? (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8, What were some of the advantages and disadvantages to the Europeans of their coming to the New World? What were some of the advantages and disadvantages to Aboriginal groups of the European exploration? (8) European Advantages_______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ European Disadvantages____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ AboriginalAdvantages_______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Aboriginal Disadvantages___________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why did King Francois send Cartier to the New World? (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10, Who was Donnacona? What happened to him? (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What Aboriginal customs and habits did Cartier notice? (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What hardships did Cartier and his men endure in their first winter in Canada? How did they survive? (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why was France so interested in claiming new lands? (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Is Cartier a hero or a villain? Explain (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Is Donnacona a hero or a villain? Explain. (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. What did the Europeans learn from their contact with Aboriginal people? (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. How did the Aboriginal peoples change as a result of European contact? (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. In the early 1600’s French King Louis XII, decided that France should build a colony in North America. Then they would have access to the large supply of furs. Louis also wanted to be the most powerful ruler in Europe. They would call this colony ______________________________. (1) 19. The King granted a trade ____________________________ to a group of merchants. (1) 20. Define monopoly: (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. List three important facts about Samuel de Champlain. (3) 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________ Read pages 42-46 and answer the following questions 22. The Coureurs de Bois were a uniQue group of adventurers. The term in English means _________________________________. They roamed around the country learning the _______________________ and ________________________ of many of the different groups so they could join them and fit in. Often they would learn how the build ____________________ and their main interest was_________________________. (5) 23. In 1663 King Louis XIV took control of the colony from the merchants. He set up a _________________________________ to govern the colony. (1) 24. The Sovereign Council was made up of 3 appointed key people. Copy the diagram from page 46. (2) 25. List three roles of each key player. (9) Governor 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________ Intendant 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________ Bishop 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________________________________