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Quiz about New France
Quiz about New France

New France Trivia Quiz


These are some basic questions about the things in New France and the history of New France.

A multiple-choice quiz by challenger105. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
210,568
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Last 3 plays: Guest 207 (5/10), Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 23 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What were the farms in New France called? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of these was an owner of a farm NOT required to provide for the workers on their farms? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What was a worker on a farm called? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Workers brought their families to New France.


Question 5 of 10
5. What were "coureurs des bois"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who is known as the "father of New France"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In New France children were given presents on Christmas Eve.


Question 8 of 10
8. What year did New France fight the Battle of the Plains of Abraham aginst the British? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The treaty that made the British the official owners of New France was the Treaty of Paris.


Question 10 of 10
10. What is New France known as today? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What were the farms in New France called?

Answer: seigneuries

Seigneurs ran the seigneuries. A roture was one of the many strips of land that made up a seigneury. Each roture was farmed by a different family.
2. Which of these was an owner of a farm NOT required to provide for the workers on their farms?

Answer: a store

A seigneur was not required to provide a worker with a store because the worker would have brought his own tools from France and the workers would be growing their own food.
3. What was a worker on a farm called?

Answer: habitant

Habitants were families who worked on their roture. An habitant had to pay annual rent ("cents et rents") to the seigneur.
4. Workers brought their families to New France.

Answer: True

A whole family would work on one roture. The women would cook and make clothes. The men would work in the field.
5. What were "coureurs des bois"?

Answer: fur traders

"Coureurs de bois" were usually young men who wanted adventure. They would leave the seigneury and set out into the wilderness to trade with the Natives. They were often not the most pleasant of people. They were often drunk and had wild parties. They were also not very kind to the Natives.

They would trade a dollar of goods for a pelt that they could sell for ten dollars. They often had heart attacks because of the heavy packs they carried on their backs. The government didn't like the "coureurs des bois" because they thought that their way of life went against their religious beliefs.

The government made the "coureurs des bois" buy licences to trade and fined them heavily if they were caught trading without a licence. Most traders disregarded this regulation and continued to trade without licences.
6. Who is known as the "father of New France"?

Answer: Samuel de Champlain

Cartier was the first explorer of New France and went on three voyages down the St. Lawrence. He tried to start a settlement upstream from Stadacona (Quebec City) but it failed when after a harsh winter and scurvy killed most of the men and rest decided to leave. If only Cook had been there.

He could have shown them the way to cure scurvy. Columbus wasn't even French. He discovered America.
7. In New France children were given presents on Christmas Eve.

Answer: False

Children were usually given presents on New Year's Eve.
8. What year did New France fight the Battle of the Plains of Abraham aginst the British?

Answer: 1759

New France had been battling against the British for quite some time. New France lost the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and it was one of their most signifigant losses. 1760 was the year Montreal was defeated. 1763 was the year New France surrendered to the British.
9. The treaty that made the British the official owners of New France was the Treaty of Paris.

Answer: True

This treaty was made in 1763. Even after the British took over, people were allowed to preserve their heritage.
10. What is New France known as today?

Answer: all of these

The area of New France was huge. It covered what are now four provinces. In Quebec, people still speak French. In Newfoundland and PEI people have adapted to the British way and speak English.
Source: Author challenger105

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