Developed for the Ontario Curriculum

Cloze Activity

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Word Sort: Sort the words under the following categories.

Assessment Sheet

North America in the 1740s

History Review

Use the Smartboard presentation to review the concepts for the final test. You can administer the game how you want as rules, teams, etc. If you don’t have access to a Smartboard, use an overhead project and the questions and answer sheet that is attached.

History Review Jeopardy Questions

a. wigwam b. shaman c. matriarchal

d. census e. patriarchal f. colonization

g. monopolies h. courier de bois i. pemmican

___ A religious figure who could communicate with spirits.

___ This was a dwelling lived in by Algonquin Indians prior to European contact.

___ A person who took part in the fur trade; assisted native people and European with the fur trade.

___ The men owned all the property and determined kinship in this kind of society.

___ A food used by courier de bois and North American Indians.

___ The process of gaining colonies to provide markets for the mother country.

___ When one company owns all the rights to selling a product or good in a market.

1. ___ Jean Talon was the first indendant of New France.

2. ___ The Iroquois lived in longhouses.

3. ___ The Plains Indians were sedentary and not nomadic.

4. ___ The Iroquois were a matriarchal society.

5. ___ There were very few women in New France because of the fur trade.

6. ___ The site of the l’habitation in 1608 was present day Montreal.


Part C: Multiple Choice (7 marks)

1. He was considered the father of New France.

a) Jean Talon

b) Samuel de Champlain

c) King Louis XIV
2. On what city site did Champlain found L’habitation?
a) Ottawa

b) Quebec City

c) Montreal

d) Port Royal

b) Métis

d) Plains

a) first permanent settlement in North America

b) a military fort

c) a British trading post for the fur trade

b) religion

c) environment
6. This was France’s largest rival in North American colonization?
a) Spain

b) Germany

c) Britain
7. Which native group lived in clans?
a) Iroquois

b) Algonquin

c) Plains Indians
Part D: Define and state the significance of 2 of the following. Samuel de Champlain, Iroquois, Jean Talon, King’s Daughters, courier de bois. (8 marks)

____/ 30 marks
History of New France

Quiz #2 Name: ___________________

Vocabulary: Match the word with the correct definition. (8 marks)

a. habitant b. corvee c. Jesuits

d. seigneur e. absolute monarchy f. Sovereign Council

g. Governor General h. Seigneuries

___ These people were responsible for the spreading of religion in New France.

___ The King’s representative in the government in New France.

___ This was the person who worked the land and paid tax to the seigneur.

___ The habitant was required to pay this to the Seigneur three days a year. This required the habitant to work for the Seigneur building roads or buildings.

___ A kind of government where the King has supreme control over decisions and the running of a country.

___ This was the part of the government in New France responsible for making decisions in New France.

___ A plot of land given to the Seigneur.

___ The person in charge of the habitants in New France and were required to collect taxes for the King.

1. ___ The King of France was the head of the government in New France.

2. ___ People in New France could vote for people in the government.

3. ___ Women in New France could own and run seigneuries in New France.

4. ___ All the seigneuries in New France were run by nobles in New France.

5. ___ The seigneurial system was the same in New France as it was in France.

6. ___ Marie Guyart helped write some of the Jesuit Relations.


Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer. (8 marks)

1. This Sovereign Council was renamed this in 1703.

a) Superior Council

b) Supreme Court

c) Great Council
2. This person was the head of the Catholic Church in New France and was on the Sovereign Council.
a) Ursuline Nun

b) Jesuit Priest

c) Bishop
3. Who was not on the Sovereign Council in New France?
a) King

b) Governor General

c) Intendant
4. This was the British fort built by the British in response to the building of Louisbourg.
a) Annapolis

b) Port Royal

c) Halifax
5. The French built Louisbourg so it could control;
a) the Great Lakes

b) St. Lawrence River

c) Lake Champlain
6. This was the system of government in New France.
a) absolute monarchy

b) representative government

c) democracy
7. This person handled legal matters in New France.
a) Governor General

b) Intendant

c) Attorney General
8. What did the nuns not do in New France?
a) cared for the elderly

b) education

c) spread Roman Catholic religion

d) helped with the fur trade

a. deportation b. Treaty of Utrecht c. Treaty of Paris

d. capitulation e. Militia f. Oath of Allegiance

g. treaty h. Dominate

___ To surrender in war under specific conditions.

___ A formal agreement signed between two countries to end a conflict or disagreement.

___ To send a person or group out of a country.

___ There are untrained, non-professional, volunteer soldiers.

___ Swearing loyalty to a particular government or king.

___ To have rule or control over an area, colony, or country.

___ A treaty signed at the end of the Seven Years War.

___ A treaty signed at the end of the War of Spanish Succession.

1. ___ General Montcalm was the leader of the British forces that attacked at the Battle of Plains of Abraham.

2. ___ The Treaty of Utrecht was signed at the end of the Seven Years War.

3. ___ All Acadians living in the colony of Nova Scotia were deported.

4. ___ Acadians living in the colony of Nova Scotia were deported to the Thirteen Colonies, Carribean, and Louisiana.

5. ___ At the battle of Plains of Abraham, the armies were numerically equal between the British and French.

1. Why did the General of the British forces choose the Plains of Abraham as a site for an attack?

a) it was an easy place to attack.

b) It would surprise the French if they attacked there, upstream rather than downstream.

c) it was a large open area that they could use ships to fire canons on.
2. The Acadians were;
a) of French descent

b) of British descent

c) French and British descent
3. The Acadians were forced to take an oath of allegiance because;
a) they were threatening the British in the colony by attacking them each day and the British were growing tired of fighting them in the colony.

b) they were French living in a British colony, and the French wanted to know if they went to war with the French that they would remain loyal to the British throne.

b) outlined that the British would take over the colony and enforce British laws, religion and language.

c) outlined that all French would be deported from the colonies in British North America.
5. In the Articles of Capitulation the French were forced;

a) to lay down their arms and give up their religion and language.

b) to lay down their arms, swear an oath of allegiance, and deported immediately if they did not take the oath.

c) to lay down their arms, but kept their religion, language and the seigneurial system.

b) the French gave up control of all possessions in British North America.

c) this ended all British and French hostilities and fighting.
7. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a battle part of this conflict;
a) The War of Spanish Succession

b) The Seven Years War

c) King William’s War
Short Answer: Answer in complete sentences. (3 marks)

1. Identify 3 reasons why the French lost the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.

Bain, Colin. Canadian History 7. (Don Mills, Ontario: Pearson, 2008).

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