| A | B |
|---|
| What is Acculturation? | The effect that two cultures have on each other when they meet. Also called cultural exchange. |
| When two nations or two groups of people make an agreement that benefits both groups it is called an … | Alliance |
| What is a brigade? | A group of canoes, carts, or dogsleds carrying trade good and supplies to and from inland posts |
| What is a charter? | Written permission given by someone in authority to grants privileges. |
| What motivated the Europeans to explore and colonize North America during the period from 1450 – 1600? | Europeans were motivated by the theory of mercantilism. Colonies were sources of raw materials and markets for finished goods. |
| Why was Champlain called the “Father of New France”? | He helped found the settlements of Port Royal and Quebec City. He made accurate maps even by today’s standards. |
| What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church in New France? | Attempted to convert Native peoples to Christianity. They also established a college, hospitals, and convents. |
| Why was Acadia so important to the French? | Acadia was located on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The country, which controlled Acadia, could control the rich fish resource and prevent other countries from gaining access to the inland. |
| What is mercantilism? | A country accumulates wealth by developing colonies as sources of raw materials and markets for finished goods. |
| What was the purpose of settlements in the new land? | Settlements developed the region’s resources and supplied raw materials to the mother country. |
| What were the differences between the Europeans and the Natives? | · Europeans accumulated wealth—natives used only what they needed.· Europeans had a class system—Natives were all equal.· Europeans had government and ruler to make the decisions – Natives all participants equal. |
| How did the mother countries attempt to control the land? | Through colonization |
| Prior to 1600’s why did France not attempt to colonize the “New World”? | France was too busy with European Wars. Funding for colonization cam directly from the aristocracy so it was slow.Merchants were not really interested in colonization. |
| Who acted as a go-between between the Native tribes and the Europeans in the fur trade? | Hurons |
| What did the Europeans bring to the Native people that destroyed many native villages? | Disease |
| What was essential to control the new land? | Colonization |
| What was the goal of the Europeans? | Accumulate wealth and exploration and discover new sources of natural resources. |
| What are four important facts about the Hudson’s Bay Company | Formed by a group of investorsHeld a monopoly over the trade in all the territory whose rivers drained into the Hudson BayErected forts at the mouths of the main rivers flowing into the Hudson BayTraded European goods for furs, which Native people brought to the forts. |
| Why was the control of Acadia important to the British and the French? | Rich sources of fur and fish. |
