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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 6

Explorers and Settlers

Why Europeans came

What your child practises

Norse voyages, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain and Hudson, and why Europeans came: routes to Asia, fishing, the fur trade, claiming land and spreading religion, from the point of view that Indigenous peoples already lived here.

Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: DR5.3 · European exploration and its influence on early Canadian society

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is a colony?

    • A type of fur
    • A territory settled and controlled by another country
    • A kind of ship
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    A territory settled and controlled by another country

    Hint: France and England set up colonies in North America.

  2. Question 2

    Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River for which country?

    • Norway
    • England
    • France
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    France

    Hint: Cartier made voyages in 1534–1536 on behalf of the king of France.

  3. Question 3

    Which was an early settlement attempt by the Norse?

    • Port-Royal
    • Québec
    • L'Anse aux Meadows
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    L'Anse aux Meadows

    Hint: It is in northern Newfoundland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  4. Question 4

    Put these events in order from earliest to latest.

    • 🌊Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence (1534)
    • 🏘️Champlain founds Québec (1608)
    • 🧭John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (1497)
    • ⛵Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (about 1000)
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    Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (about 1000) → John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (1497) → Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence (1534) → Champlain founds Québec (1608)

    Hint: Norse about 1000, Cabot in 1497, Cartier in 1534 and Champlain at Québec in 1608.

  5. Question 5

    Which country sent Henry Hudson on his voyage to the bay later named after him?

    • Norway only
    • Spain only
    • England (and Dutch traders also hired him earlier)
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    England (and Dutch traders also hired him earlier)

    Hint: Hudson sailed in 1610 on an English ship.

  6. Question 6

    Which explorer is linked to the early French settlement of Québec?

    • Henry Hudson
    • Samuel de Champlain
    • Jacques Cartier
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    Samuel de Champlain

    Hint: Champlain founded Québec in 1608.

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