Cartier's primary objective on his first voyage, as commissioned by the King of France, was to find what?

A suitable location for a penal colony

A new source of timber for the French navy

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Jacques Cartier's Exploration of Canada

Test your knowledge of Jacques Cartier, the French explorer who charted the St. Lawrence River and laid the groundwork for New France.0 takes

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01Which King of France sponsored Jacques Cartier's first voyage to the New World in 1534?
02Cartier is credited as the first European to navigate and map which major North American river?
03The name 'Canada' is derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word 'kanata'. What is the meaning of this word?
04During the harsh winter of 1535–36, Cartier's crew suffered from a deadly disease until the local Iroquoians provided a cure. What was the disease?
05On his first voyage, Cartier took two sons of which Iroquoian chief back to France to act as guides for future expeditions?
06What was the name of the large Iroquoian settlement at the present-day site of Montreal that Cartier visited on his second voyage?
07The Indigenous peoples' cure for Cartier's ailing crew was a tea made from the bark and needles of which type of tree?
08On his third voyage, Cartier returned to France with barrels of what he thought were diamonds and gold. What were the minerals actually?
09Cartier's primary objective on his first voyage, as commissioned by the King of France, was to find what?
10Near which Iroquoian village, located at the site of modern-day Quebec City, did Cartier and his men establish their first winter fort?