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While the Spanish were growing rich on their new lands in " New
Spain", the French were making their own claims in _______.
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a. Florida and the
southern United States
b. Canada and the northeastern United States
c. South America |
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The French began to trade with the Native Americans. They traded
for something that became almost as valuable in Europe as gold -
_________. |
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a. silver
b. fish
c. furs |
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A group of French merchants who wanted to get rich from the fur
trade sent a cartographer (map maker) named _________________ to
North America to map the places where beavers were found.
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a. Jacques Cartier
b. Samuel de Champlain
c. Robert LaSalle |
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Champlain explored the forests of __________ and the lands along
the _____________ River. |
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a. western
Canada ------York
b. eastern Canada ------- Mississippi
c. eastern Canada ------ St. Lawrence |
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Champlain built a settlement on the St. Lawrence River at a
place the Huron Indians called 'kebec'. This settlement,
later called _______, became the first important French
settlement in North America. |
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a. Quebec
b. Kentucky
c. Kebec |
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Indians often told the French of a great river to the west which
the Indians called the _________. |
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a. James
b. Ohio
c. Mississippi |
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In 1682, a French explorer named ____________ set out to explore
the entire length of the Mississippi River. |
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a. Jacques
Cartier
b. Robert LaSalle
c. John Cabot |
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LaSalle and a group of Frenchmen and Indians traveled south
down the Mississippi for two months until they reached the
river's mouth. The mouth of the Mississippi is the point where
the river empties into the: |
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a. Pacific Ocean
b. Great Lakes
c. Gulf of Mexico |
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When LaSalle and his men reached the mouth of the Mississippi at
the Gulf of Mexico they shouted "Long live the king!" and
claimed __________________ for France. |
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a. the land around the
mouth of the river
b. the Gulf of Mexico
c. the entire Mississippi River Valley |
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LaSalle claimed land for France that spread from the Appalachian
Mountains in the east all the way to the Rocky Mountains in the
west. It included the land around the Mississippi River and the
land around all of the Mississippi's tributaries. Tributaries
are rivers which branch off the main river. Which map shows the
land claimed for France by LaSalle? |
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a. A
b. B
c. C |
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LaSalle named the new French land ________ in honor of the
French King Louis XIV. |
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a. Louisiana
b. Louisville
c. Loui-loui |
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This map shows the French, British and Spanish claims in North
America in 1750. How would this map be correctly labeled?
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a. A (green) - English
claims, B (purple) French claims, C (yellow) Spanish claims
b. A (green) - French claims, B (purple) Spanish claims , C
(yellow) English claims
c. A (green) - Spanish claims, B (purple) French claims, C
(yellow) English claims
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