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- 1. Multiple Choice
In April 1823, a group of Newfoundland fur trappers encountered three Beothuk women at Badger Bay – a mother, and her two daughters. The mother and one daughter died. What was the name of the surviving daughter?
Donnacona
Shanawdithit
Doodebewshet
Pocahontas
- 2. Multiple Choice
What disease did many of the Beothuk die from?
scurvy
tuberculosis
chicken pox
the plague
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is L’Anse aux Meadows?
a tasty French food
the city of the Acadians
the first French town in North America
the site of the Viking settlement
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the Viking explorer who went to North America?
Christopher Columbus
Leif Erikson
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
- 5. Multiple Choice
How was the newest Viking settlement discovered?
artifacts washed up on the beach
satellite imagery
discovered during construction
a house was spotted
- 6. Multiple Choice
What do archeologists look for when looking for a Viking settlement in Newfoundland?
weapons
fire pits
bog iron
boats
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did John Cabot's ship discover?
beaver
gold
fish
timber
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was John Cabot looking for?
more land
gold and jewels
a water route to China
beaver pelts
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the fishing grounds off Newfoundland?
Cod Corner
Grand Banks
Labrador
Atlantic Ocean
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the capital city of Newfoundland?
Halifax
St John's
Ottawa
Charlottetown
- 11. Multiple Choice
What might you see in Gros Morne national park?
- 12. Multiple Choice
Where did the name Newfoundland come from?
John Cabot called it the new found land
European explorers called the land Terra Nova which is Latin for new land
The British defeated the French and then renamed the Acadian lands a more English sounding name
The Beothuk people had called it that for centuries
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who were the first people to inhabit Newfoundland
the English
the Beothuk
the Vikings
the Dorset
- 14. Multiple Choice
Early European settlers did not have a government in Newfoundland. Who ruled them?
the monarchs in Europe
the first nation chiefs
the highest ranking fisherman
the intendent of New France
- 15. Multiple Choice
What did the Treaty of Utrecht do?
gave fishing rights to Canadians
banned Beothuk from Newfoundland
gave Newfoundland to the English
removed Acadians from Newfoundland
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