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1. He
was the first French explorer to discover the mouth of the St.
Lawrence and open exploration to the French:
a) Henry Hudson
b) John Cabot
c) Jacques Cartier
d) Samuel de Champlain
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2. He
was the first European explorer after the Vikings to reach the
shores of Newfoundland:
a) Henry Hudson
b) John Cabot
c) Jacques Cartier
d) Samuel de Champlain
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3. Who
were the first Europeans to visit and explore the coast of
Canada very early in 1000 AD?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) the Norsemen
c) the Phoenicians
d) Jacques Cartier
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4. The
ancient Viking explorer who first gave a name to the L'Anse Aux
Meadows in Newfoundland was:
a) Rolf the Walker
b) William the Conqueror
c) Leif Eriksson
d) Hagar the Great
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5. What
document in England's history restored the great heritage of
freedom and "rule by the people" established in
ancient times by the Greeks and Romans?
a) BNA Act
b) Quebec Act
c) Constitutional Act
d) Magna Carta
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6. Several
Indian nations, including the Beothuk and the Micmac, inhabited
Newfoundland and the Maritimes beginning in 1000 AD. What
name did historians give to the large nation of aborigines to
which these smaller nations belong?
a) Cree
b) Iroquois
c) Algonquian
d) Inuit
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7. The
oldest evidence of Europeans in North America is a thousand year
old settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Who
built the settlement?
a) the Vikings
b) the Spanish
c) the French
d) the British
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8. Jacques
Cartier, a French explorer, made 3 voyages to Canada in the
1500s. He travelled up the St. Lawrence River as far as
present-day Montreal. What was he searching for?
a) the lost city of Atlantis
b) Spanish settlements and gold
c) a passage to India and China
d) a shortcut to the 13 colonies
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9.He
was the first European to explore the rivers and lakes of Quebec
inland and he was the first to actually get involved and provoke
wars between the Hurons and the Iroquois.
a) John Cabot
b) Jacques Cartier
c) Samuel De Champlain
d) Governor Frontenac
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10.
An English explorer, sent out in 1610 to find a Northwest
Passage to India and China, discovered a strait and a large bay,
both of which are now named after him. His crew mutinied
and set him adrift never to be seen again. Who was he?
a) John Cabot
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) Francis Drake
d) Henry Hudson
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