Cod Fishery | Indigenous Peoples | Fur Trade | Explorers |
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How do you preserve cod?
Drying or salting
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Name the Indigenous groups of the Atlantic Region
Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Beothuk
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What was used to trim robes and to make hats?
Beaver fur
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Who is referred as the Father of New France?
Samuel de Champlain
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Who came to North America in the 1500s to fish for cod?
Spanish and Portuguese mostly
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Where did the Beothuk live?
Newfoundland
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What is a colony?
Settlements that are under control of another country
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How did the European explorers first discover Canada?
They were looking for a sea route to china
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How did Europeans learn to dry fish?
The Mi’kmaq taught them how to make racks for cod to dry
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What were the Mi’kmaq wigwams made of?
Spruce poles and birch bark
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What did the Mi’kmaq use to decorate boxes and containers?
Porcupine quills
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What did Samuel de Champlain do during his voyages to North America?
Explored and mapped much of the area. Founded colonies
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How did the early Europeans describe the amount of cod that swam in the waters off Newfoundland?
Fish could be caught in buckets let down over side of ships.
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From where did the Indigenous of this region get their food?
Forest and Ocean
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What did the sailors use to trade with Indigenous people to get furs?
Metal tools, knives, axes
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Why did explorers want to find a new way to China?
Silk road was a long journey over land; bandits/robbers made it dangerous
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What killed off the Beothuk?
Diseases, starvation, killed by settlers
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Who were the voyageurs?
French for traveller; French Canadians who transported furs by canoe.
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What is a missionary?
Religious persons who were trying to convert the Indigenous to Christianity
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