Grade 5 Social Studies Unit 2: Chapter 9
Early Settlements in New France (1604 - 1713) (pages 178-199)
Where Were the First Settlements in New France? Québec 16.Where was Québec built? (p182) DETAILS!
1. Look at Geneviéve’s letter. (p178). What were some activities her ancestors did back in the 1600s?
17. How did the settlement at Québec get its name?. (p182)
2. Why did the French begin to build settlements in Canada, in the 1600s? (p179) Give 2 reasons
18. What did the settlers at Québec build first? How/where was it situated, and why? (p182)
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19. Was the Québec settlement successful at first? Why or why not? (p182)
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20. a) What did Champlain understand was necessary for Québec’s success? (p182)
3. What are missionaries? How does their mission relate to Jesus’ teachings? (p179)
b) What did he do to make this happen?
4. Why did French people come to Canada, in the 1600s?
(p179)
21. Why did the settlement at Québec grow so slowly.(p183)
5. a) What did the land claimed by France come to be known as? (p179)_______________
b) Did the French claim this land fairly? Explain
6. Look at the map. (p179) Describe what has happened to New France between 1645 and 1712?
Where Were the First Settlements in New France? Acadia
7. a) What was “Acadia”? (p180)
Where Were the First Settlements in New France? Ville Marie 22. a) What modern-day city exists
now where Ville Marie was established ?(p183) _____________________
b) What was there before Ville Marie was established?
23. a) Who was Marguerite Bourgeoys?(p183)
b) Where was it? (map p179)
b) Who was Jeanne Mance?
Who were the “Acadians”?
24. Describe the early beginnings of Vile Marie (p183
8. Why did the colony at Île de Sainte Croix fail? (p180)
How Was Land Divided and Developed in New France? 25. What is the name for the system that
land divided and developed in New France? (p184)
26. What was a “seigneur”? What did they do to help make New France stronger? (p184)
9. What advantages did Port Royal have over Île de Sainte Croix? (p180)
10. Describe the relations between the Port Royal settlers and the Mi’kmac ? (p181)
27. What was the “Seigneury”? (p184)
11. Who was Chief Membertou? (p181) Why was he honoured on a postage stamp?
28. Who were the “Habitants”? What did they have to do for the Seigneurs? (p185)
12. Did the Port Royal Settlement last? Explain (with details) why it did or didn’t. (p181)
13. Why was Acadia so important that the French and English were constantly fighting over it?
(p181)
29. What other important duties did Habitants have to do? (p185)
14. What eventually happened to Acadia? (p181)
30. Was life better for the Habitants in New France or in France? Explain
15. What eventually happened to many of the Acadians? (p181)
(p185)
Daily Life in New France
31. Most of the Settlers of New France were_____________________ (p186)
Missionaries in New France 45. What were the missionaries to New France there to do? (p189)
32. How did the first settlers survive in this new land? (p186)
46. Who was Father Jean de Brebeuf? What did he do? (p189)
33. What played an important part in the daily lives of early settlers?______________________ Explain
(p186)
47.What did the Ursuline Nuns do in New France? (p189)
34. Describe the things most men did in early New France. (p186)
Spotlight on Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons
35. What were some of the crops harvested in early New France? Where’d some of those crops come
from? (p186)
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36. Describe the things most women did in early New France. (p187)
48. What was Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons? (p190)
b) Where was it built?
c) Who lived there?
37. Describe the things most children did in early New France. (p187)
49. How did the people living at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons protect themselves? (p191)
How Was New France Governed? 38. a) What did King Louis XIV realize in 1663? (p188)
50. Describe relations between the Wendat & the French at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons. (p192) DETAILS!
b) How did he deal with this problem?
51. What happened to Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons? (p193)
39 Who was Jean Talon? What did he do? Who were the “filles du roi”? (p188)
52. Why did the Wendat population fall from ~ 25 000 (before 1600) to a few thousand in 1647?(p143)
40. What were the duties of the Governor of New France?(p188)
How are Relationships of the Past Related to Issues Today? 53. What was the first thing that
Europeans did wrong to create resentment and distrust with the 1st Nations? (p196)
41. What were the duties of the Intendent of New France?(p188)
54. Describe the 1st Nations’ perspective of treaties. (p196)
42. What were the duties of the Bishop of New France?(p188)
55. How has signing many of the treaties negatively affected the 1st Nations? (p196)
43 Besides the filles du roi, how else did Jean Talon help increase the population of New France? (p188)
56. The Oka Crisis is an example of how tensions between 1st Nations and Europeans’ descendants of
have boiled over into violence: Describe what happened at Oka. (p197)
44. Think about the life of a settler to New France. Why do you think it was hard to get more French
people to come to New France?
57. What is the important message in Geneviéve’s letter? (p198)