Quiz on Samuel de Champlain
Questions
1. Who lived in New France (Canada) in 1603?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The King of France
First Nations peoples
English settlers
Fur trappers
2. Hundreds of fishermen and fur traders came to Canada each spring. What did
they do in the autumn?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Harvested their crops
Explored the rivers of New France
Sold their fish and their furs to the Native people
Went back to their own countries to sell their fish and furs
3. Why did the King of France send Samuel de Champlain to the New World?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To map the region
To fight the Algonquin tribes
To build churches
To learn to speak Native languages
4. With which two Native tribes did Champlain first make contact?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Blackfoot and the Cree
The Mi’kmaq and the Oka
The Montagnais and the Algonquin
The Athapascan and the Slavey
5. What was the first river Champlain explored?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Saguenay
The Saskatchewan
The Richelieu
The Ottawa
6. Why did Champlain think the land around this river was so unpleasant?
a.
b.
c.
d.
It was boring
It was full of trees
There was no flat land for building and farming
It was rocky and not nice to look at
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Quiz on Samuel de Champlain
Questions
7. What did Champlain do to introduce the New World to the people of France?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Gave presentations at the King’s palace
Took a First Nations person back with him
Published a book about his explorations
Travelled through France talking to people
8. When did Champlain complete the first settlement in Quebec?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Autumn 1608
On the King’s birthday in 1622
Christmas 1635
February 1658
9. The first settlement in New France had 28 settlers. How many of them survived the
first harsh winter?
a.
b.
c.
d.
28
One
None
Eight
10. What did some of the men die of that first year?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cold
Starvation
Scurvy
Measles
11. Why did Champlain most need the Native peoples?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To teach him about their culture
To teach him their language
To help him explore the land and expand the fur trade
To help him find enough food to survive
12. Why did the Montagnais and Algonquin peoples need Champlain?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To help them make war on the Iroquois
To teach them about French culture and language
To help them explore their country farther to the west
To show them different ways to hunt and fish
13. Champlain discovered a big lake? Which lake was it?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Champlain
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Quiz on Samuel de Champlain
Questions
14. What was Champlain looking for as he travelled westward?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A sea passage to India and China
Good land for growing crops
More furs
Lake Superior
15. When Champlain arrived in the Ottawa region, why was he so interested in what
the Native people had to say?
a.
b.
c.
d.
He wanted to convince them to travel with him
They were excellent storytellers
He wanted to publish their histories
They knew the territory he wanted to explore
16. What did Champlain write about during the long winter of 1616?
a.
b.
c.
d.
How they passed the time
How the Native people survived the cold winter
The rules of the game of lacrosse
The Native people’s dress, dances and hunting expeditions
17. How did the Native people hunt deer?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They shot them with guns
They herded them into fenced-in areas
They killed them with knives
They poisoned them
18. Who taught the French colonists how to make a living from the land?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Native people
The English-speaking people
The sailors who brought them to Canada
The King of France
19. By 1624, how many people lived in the settlement?
a.
b.
c.
d.
300
500
60
100
20. What is Champlain often called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
“The father of New France”
“Le bonhomme de Carnaval”
“The Mayor of Quebec”
“Canada’s greatest map-maker”
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Quiz on Dreams of a Land
Questions
1. Who originally gave Quebec its name?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Native people
The colonists
Samuel de Champlain
The King of France
2. What was Samuel de Champlain’s main ambition?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To go back to France every winter
To build a citadel in New France
To find a passage to China
To meet the Iroquois
3. Why did Champlain have to return to France every year?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To get supplies
To get new commands from the King
To visit his family
To sell the fish and furs he’d acquired in Canada
4. How long, on average, did it take Champlain to cross the Atlantic Ocean?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Six days
Up to 10 weeks
Half a year
Three months
5. This voyage back to France was
a.
b.
c.
d.
Boring
Dangerous
Exciting
Useless
6. What Quebec resource did Champlain think was just as good as in France?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The fish
The soil
The culture
The furs
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Quiz on Dreams of a Land
Questions
7. Champlain found the remains of the camp of which earlier explorer?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cousteau
Jean Cabot
Jacques Cartier
8. What did the Native people most admire about Champlain?
a.
b.
c.
d.
His honesty
His physical strength and determination
His sense of humour
His ability to speak several languages
9. When Champlain finally found a huge body of water, how did he know it
wasn’t the ocean?
a.
b.
c.
d.
He looked at a map
He tasted the water, and found it was not salty
He had read the diary of Jacques Cartier
He crossed the water in his canoe
10. Why did Champlain think that this land could become a great empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The soil was good for crops
There were lots of forests
The hunting was excellent
All of these
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Quiz on Carnival in Quebec
Questions
1. Where is Quebec City located?
a.
b.
c.
d.
On a prairie by a lake
On a cliff near a river
On a mountaintop
On the edge of a forest
3. When does the Quebec Winter Carnival take place?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Halloween
February
Springtime
August
4. What does the Carnival NOT need?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Snow
Water
Flowers
Ice
5. What was once the English name for the Carnival Bonhomme?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Mr. Snowman
Carnival Man
Frosty
Mr. Quebec
6. What would you describe the Bonhomme as looking like?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A bear with a hat
A tree with a belt
A snowman with a hat and belt
A log driver with baggy pants
7. What activity did the film show men doing with boats?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Using them as benches
Taking people for river rides
Tobogganing
Crossing a half-frozen river
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Quiz on Carnival in Quebec
Questions
8. Which sporting event is lit by torches?
b.
c.
d.
e.
Skating
Street dancing
Tobogganing
Skiing
9. What two Carnival activities did people do a hundred years ago?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Downhill skiing, snowboarding
Dog sledding, crossing rivers in boats
Dancing with the Bonhomme, rollerblading
Skating in arenas, making ice sculptures
10. Which activities are NOT part of the Carnival today?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ski racing, making ice sculptures
Boat racing, dog sledding
Speed skating, snowball fights
Sleigh rides, dancing
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