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Jacques Cartier's Exploration of Canada: Multiple Choice
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- 01Cartier is credited as the first European to navigate and map which major North American river?
- 02The name 'Canada' is derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word 'kanata'. What is the meaning of this word?
- 03The Indigenous peoples' cure for Cartier's ailing crew was a tea made from the bark and needles of which type of tree?
- 04On his third voyage, Cartier returned to France with barrels of what he thought were diamonds and gold. What were the minerals actually?
- 05During the harsh winter of 1535–36, Cartier's crew suffered from a deadly disease until the local Iroquoians provided a cure. What was the disease?
- 06What was the name of the large Iroquoian settlement at the present-day site of Montreal that Cartier visited on his second voyage?
- 07Which King of France sponsored Jacques Cartier's first voyage to the New World in 1534?
- 08Cartier's primary objective on his first voyage, as commissioned by the King of France, was to find what?
- 09On his first voyage, Cartier took two sons of which Iroquoian chief back to France to act as guides for future expeditions?
- 10Near which Iroquoian village, located at the site of modern-day Quebec City, did Cartier and his men establish their first winter fort?