SOCIAL STUDIES 9 – UNIT EIGHT

STUDY GUIDE NO.8 – Explorers & Conflict!

CROSSROADS TEXTBOOK p.215-279

- Hey Kids…Welcome back! Who’s ready to learn, I know I am!

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INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer each of the following questions to the best of your ability. Use your own words, and NOT those of the textbook or your classmates! Duplicate answers will receive a ‘0’.

1. EARLY EXPLORATION

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (8)

Colonize
Imperialism
Vikings
Lief Erikson

2. Why did the great European powers begin exploring and colonizing North America? (4)

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Three famous explorers – John Cabot, Chuck Norris, and Jacques Cartier.

3. EXPLORATION

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (10)

Trade
Monopoly
John Cabot
Fishery
Jacques
Cartier
Hudson’s
Bay
Company

4 . CREATION OF NEW FRANCE

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (10)

Samuel
De
Champlain
Fur Trade
New
France
Hurons
Acadia

Maps of New France…

5. LIFE IN NEW FRANCE

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (8)

Coureurs
De bois
Seigneuries
Jesuits
Filles de Roi

Chuck Norris,

his cat,

and his work…

6. How did King Louis XIV make New France successful? (4)

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7. What was life like in New France? (4)

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8. CONFLICT

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (14)

King
William’s
War
Queen
Anne’s War
Seven Years
War
Wolfe
Montcalm
Plains
Of
Abraham
Treaty of
Paris 1763

9. THE WEST COAST

- Please explain the significance of each of the following terms. (10)

Nootka
Spanish
Exploration
Captain Cook
Cook’s
Expeditions
Captain
Vancouver

10. What was the result of the wars between the English and French in North America? (4)

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Mr.T FACT: Asteroids do not hit the Earth because

Mr. T swings a redwood tree to bat them back

into outer space. The one that killed the dinosaurs

was high and to the outside, and Mr. T wisely

checked his swing.