True or False: Shanawdithit, the last Beothuk, died of tuberculosis.
  • True
  • False
True or False: The Northwest Passage was a sea route through Arctic waters, that Giovanni Caboto followed.
  • False
  • True
True or False: The idea of claiming and controlling new land and territories for one's homeland is called mercantilism.
  • True
  • False
True or False: With the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht, all of Acadia except for the Fortress of Louisbourg became British land.
  • True
  • False
True or False: The British renamed Acadia Nova Scotia.
  • True
  • False
True or False: French fur trading companies sponsored Radisson and Groseillier's expedition to Hudson Bay.
  • True
  • False
True or False: The king of England granted the Hudson's Bay Company a fur trade monopoly covering all the lands that drained into Hudson Bay. This area was called Rupert's Land.
  • True
  • False
He was looking for a Pacific entrance to the Northwest Passage. He explored the coast of Vancouver Island, then sailed to China. There he found that the skins of the sea otter, which was so plentiful off the coast of British Columbia were worth a lot of money. Who was he?
  • Anthony Henday
  • James Cook
  • Roald Amundsen
  • George Vancouver
He went in search of a northern river on whose banks could be found copper and gold. He was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean. Who was he?
  • Henry Kelsey
  • John Franklin
  • Samuel Hearne
  • Anthony Henday
He was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to convince the First Nations of the prairies to trade their furs with the British. The First Nations welcomed him. He travelled as far west as present-day Saskatchewan. Who was he?
  • Henry Kelsey
  • George Vancouver
  • Anthony Henday
  • Roald Amundsen
  • Michael McButter
This Norwegian sea captain was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage. Who was he?
  • James Cook
  • Roald Amundsen
  • John Franklin
  • Samuel Hearne
  • Peter Piper
He and his crew died trying to sail through the Northwest Passage. Who was he?
  • John Franklin
  • Henry Kelsey
  • Roald Amundsen
  • George Vancouver
He drew the first accurate map of the shorelines of present-day British Columbia. Who was he?
  • James Cook
  • Anthony Henday
  • Henry Kelsey
  • George Vancouver
Which of the following did not come under British control with the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713?
  • Newfoundland
  • Quebec
  • Rupert's Land
  • Acadia
What is similar about the expeditions of Henry Kelsey, Anthony Henday, and Samuel Hearne?
  • The expeditions led them to the prairies of Alberta.
  • They were sponsored by French fur merchants from Montréal.
  • The First Nations groups they met were very hostile towards them.
  • The Hudson's Bay Company sent them to try to convince First Nations to trade furs with them.
The cities of Victoria and ____________________ were established by the British in the 1700s.
  • Paris
  • Vancouver
  • Berlin
  • Montreal
Britain decided to build a settlement and military fort at Halifax to show its ___________________ over Nova Scotia.
  • sovereignty
  • structure
  • anger
  • saddness
What year did Giovanni Caboto reach the waters off Newfoundland and claim the land for Britain?
  • 1497
  • 1867
  • 1492
  • 1508
Which of these regions had a larger population?
  • New France
  • The Thirteen Colonies
What is mercantilism?
  • An economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich from selling the resources taken from its colonies.
  • A political system that allowed an imperial country to provide the government they desired for their colonies.
  • An economic system that allowed a British colony to become rich from selling its own resources.
  • An international agreement that allowed a foreign power to dictate the terms of a peace treaty to any nation they have conquered.
While he was searching for the Northwest Passage, Henry Hudson came across the large body of water that bears his name. However, he failed to keep control of his crew, and they _________________________.
  • mutinied
  • fell overboard
  • sang
  • burned their flag
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