Name: _____________________________
Cabot and Cartier
You will need access to a computer for this activity.
Open a new document in Microsoft Word. At the top of the page, type “Cabot and Cartier”.
Type your name also on the top of the page.
For each part, go to the website in the box. Answer the questions under each box on your
page. Remember to please use full sentences.
Picture 1
Picture 2
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.htm
1. Who is this website about?
2. When was he born? When did he die?
3. What was his major accomplishment?
4. What was his real name?
5. Why did the King pay for Cabot to go explore the new world?
6. What did Cabot want to find when he got there?
7. When did Cabot leave on his first voyage?
8. What happened?
9. What was Cabot given when he got back to England?
10. Where was he supposed to go when he started his second voyage?
11. What two things do historians think may have happened to Cabot?
12. Why don’t you think they agree?
Name: _____________________________
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htm
1. Who is this website about?
2. When was he born? When did he die?
3. What was his major accomplishment?
4. Where might he have gone in the 1500’s?
5. How many trips to the new world did Cartier make?
6. What was he looking for on the first trip? What did he find?
7. During his second voyage the Hurons helped Cartier. What did he do for them in
return?
8. He took a third voyage in 1544. Who was he helping?
9. What was the aim of the voyage?
10. What group of people did they use to help form the colony?
11. What did Cartier do when things started to go wrong? How did this affect his partner?
12. Would you want Cartier for a friend or business partner? Why?
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html#Micmac
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Who was the explorer that made first contact with the Mi’Kmaq people?
When was this contact?
What did he have with him when he returned to England?
What made historians think that the native people did not like this?
On your own!
1. Who would you like to meet more Cabot or
Cartier? Why?
2. Do you think they treated native peoples with
respect?
3. What is your evidence?
4. You are now a King or Queen. Would you pay for
Cartier or Cabot to take another trip to the New
World? Why?
Picture 1: John Cabot (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18127/18127-h/images/013cabotlanding.jpg)
Picture 2: Jacques Cartier (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/images/jacques_cartier_500.jpg)
Picture 3: Exploration and Discovery (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/images/map_exploration.gif)
When you are finished all the questions, print out your answers and hand them in
to Miss Templin.