Statistics for Canadian History Part 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What strait did the earliest human inhabitants use to enter Canada?	Bering	71%
What was the most valuable business (for Europeans) during the 17th century?	Fur Trade	71%
Who was the first French explorer of Canada?	Jacques Cartier	63%
Who founded Quebec City?	Samuel de Champlain	55%
What is the earliest company in Canada? (est.1670)	Hudson's Bay Company	52%
Kayaks were created by which First Nation group?	Inuit	44%
Who was the first European to explore Canada (post-Columbus)	John Cabot	37%
What language group did the First Nations of eastern Canada use?	Algonquian	34%
What religious order was dominant in New France?	Jesuits	33%
Who were the greatest allies of New France during the Beaver wars?	Huron	31%
What was the first royal colony in Canada?	New France	19%
What is the oldest settlement in Canada? (founded 1497)	St John's	19%
Under whose protection was ^?	Louis XIV	15%
What was the first European settlement in Canada?	L'Anse aux Meadows	14%
What Iroquois village existed where Quebec City is now?	Stadacona	10%
Which monarch did ^ serve?	Henry VII	9%
What settlement was massacred in 1689 by Mohawk warriors?	Lachine	5%