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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
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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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?
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