| A | B |
|---|
| first Europeans to reach the Americas | Vikings |
| name Leif Ericson gave present-day Newfoundland | "Vinland" |
| reason Europeans explored the Americas | to find an all water route to Asia |
| all water route through the Americas | Northwest Passage |
| made initial English claim to lands in Canada | John Cabot |
| this explorers claim to the St. Lawrence River led to expanded land claim for France | Jacques Cartier |
| Jacques Cartier original name for Montreal | Mont Real |
| rich fishing area off the coast of Canada | The Grand Banks |
| a territory under the control of another country | a colony |
| founded France's first colony in Canada | Samuel de Champlain |
| reason the French settled in Canada | establish a fur trade |
| major purpose of trading posts | exchange pelts with Indian trappers |
| Europeans who transported furs between trading posts | vayageurs |
| purpose of the missionaries | to spread Christianity |
| main cause of the French and Indian War | rivalry between England and France |
| British allies during French and Indian War | the Iroquois |
| main reason for French losing war | being outnumbered by British |
| British leader who lead the attack on Quebec | James Wolfe |
| group forced by the British to leave Canada | The Acadians |
| result of Loyalists entering Canada | division of Canada into two sections |
| occupations of Samuel de Champlain | a map maker, explorer, and soldier |
| first French colony in Canada | New France |
| first French settlement in Canada | Quebec |
| European trappers who lived in the forests with the Indians | coureurs de bois |
| company that established trading posts all along Hudson Bay | Hudson's Bay Company |
| a land route from one body of water to another | portage |
| a diagram that shows when and the order events took place | timelines |
| a period of ten years | decade |
| a period of one hundred years | century |
| period of time before the birth of Jesus Christ | B.C. |
| period of time after the birth of Jesus Christ | A.D. |
| French leader that defended Quebec from attack | Louis de Montcalm |
| guaranteed the French rights in Canada | Quebec Act |
| division of Canada that was home to many French speaking settlers | Lower Canada |
| division of Canada that was home to British speaking settlers | Upper Canada |
| area where French and Indian War broke out | Ohio River Valley |
| major result of the French and Indian War | French lost all claims to land in Canada |
| natural boundary making it difficult to capture Quebec | steep cliffs |
| two main rival Indian tribes in Canada | Iroquios and Huron |
| tales that originated in Iceland | sagas |
| first Frenchman to establish land claims in Canada | Giovanni de Verrazano |
| Huron word for village | kanata |
| reason explorers were trying to find easier route to Asia | Asia was a storehouse of treasures |
| island Eric the Red landed on | Greenland |
