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Canada Explored Trivia Quiz

What do you know about the men in the Age of Discovery who explored the Great White North?

A multiple-choice quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
reedy

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
117,017

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. This man was a French navigator and explorer who mapped much of northeastern North America. He also founded Quebec City. Hint

Pierre de la Verendrye

Louis de Montcalm

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain

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Question 2 of 10

2. This Captain's name can be found on two bodies of water, which he discovered in his journeys. He was last seen in 1611 after a mutiny.

Answer: (First and Last Name)

3. On his second voyage in 1535, lulled by false tales of gold and other riches told by the Huron Indians, this explorer kidnapped Chief Donnaconna and his sons and brought them back to his king in Europe. Hint

John Cabot

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain

Francis Drake

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Question 4 of 10

4. Although this explorer sailed for the British Empire, he was born in Genoa, Italy. Whose Italian name was Giovanni Caboto?

Answer: (First and Last Name)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Born circa 1533, this explorer was originally a pirate who plagued the Spanish seas. Hint

Gaspar Corte Real

Hernando Cortes

Martin Frobisher

Vasco da Gama

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Question 6 of 10

6. Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), after whom Canada's longest river is named, originally named it 'Disappointment River.'

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. This explorer, after whom a university in British Columbia is named, was born in New York.

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname )

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Question 8 of 10

8. This man (and his crew) was probably the first European man to see land from what would one day become the nation of Canada. Hint

Ivar Bardarsson

Erik the Red

Leif Eriksson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Question 9 of 10

9. In addition to his Canadian explorations, this sailor commanded three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, and sailed around the world twice. Hint

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

James Cook

John Franklin

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Question 10 of 10

10. This man was the Hudson Bay Company's first inland explorer. Hint

Henry Kelsey

Samuel Hearne

Alexander Mackenzie

James Knight

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This man was a French navigator and explorer who mapped much of northeastern North America. He also founded Quebec City.

Answer: Samuel de Champlain

His name is also remembered in Lake Champlain, which he explored in 1609.

2. This Captain's name can be found on two bodies of water, which he discovered in his journeys. He was last seen in 1611 after a mutiny.

Answer: Henry Hudson

Not much is known of Hudson's life before his first Captaincy in 1607, but after that time he made a mark on history. His obsession with finding the Northwest Passage led to a mutiny aboard his ship in 1611. He and his son, with a few other men, were cast adrift in a small boat and never seen again. Hudson's name is immortalized in a couple of discoveries, namely the Hudson River and Hudson's Bay.

Answer: Jacques Cartier

Cartier was born in France in 1491. In the course of his exploring career he made three expeditions, each of them further along the St. Lawrence River. In 1535, he founded a settlement at what is now Montr�al. He lived to the age of 66.

4. Although this explorer sailed for the British Empire, he was born in Genoa, Italy. Whose Italian name was Giovanni Caboto?

Answer: John Cabot

John Cabot sailed for King Henry VII in 1497. He landed on the North American Coast on the 24th of June. The actual location has been hotly contested over the years, with claims being made for Cape Breton Island (where you can drive the Cabot Trail today), to Newfoundland, to Labrador, and to Maine.

5. Born circa 1533, this explorer was originally a pirate who plagued the Spanish seas.

Answer: Martin Frobisher

Martin Frobisher began sailing at the age of 19, and became an excellent pirate. As his piracy was done mainly against the Spanish, Frobisher eventually caught the attention of Queen Elizabeth I, who, in essence, drafted him into the Royal Navy. Frobisher made three attempts to find a water-route Northwest Passage, and was unsuccessful each time.

His efforts are remembered with the naming of Frobisher Strait, which he named in 1576. He lived c. 1533-1594.

6. Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), after whom Canada's longest river is named, originally named it 'Disappointment River.'

Answer: True

MacKenzie worked for the North West Company and was one of the explorers given the task of finding a passage to the Pacific Ocean. He explored the river heading west of Great Slave Lake, and eventually made his way to the Arctic Ocean. Because he was unsuccessful in his goal, he named the river 'Disappointment River.'

7. This explorer, after whom a university in British Columbia is named, was born in New York.

Answer: Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser was born in 1776 in New York. His father, Simon Fraser, Sr., had been a Loyalist during the War of Independence, and subsequently, his family fled to Canada in 1784, after receiving much persecution. Employed by the North West Company, Fraser, Jr. was also given the task of discovering a trading route to the Pacific.

He explored what he thought was the Columbia River to the ocean, only to find that it wasn't the Columbia River at all. That river today bears his name.

8. This man (and his crew) was probably the first European man to see land from what would one day become the nation of Canada.

Answer: Leif Eriksson

Leifur Er�ksson (the Lucky) was a son of Erik the Red, who discovered Greenland. Leif continued his father's tradition of exploration, discovering Baffin Island, Newfoundland and Labrador in approximately A.D 1000.

9. In addition to his Canadian explorations, this sailor commanded three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, and sailed around the world twice.

Answer: James Cook

Cook was born in England in 1728. Although he surveyed the St. Lawrence River, and the islands of Newfoundland and St. Pierre et Miquelon on Canada's east coast, he is more famous for having discovered Australia in 1770. He died in Hawaii in 1779.

10. This man was the Hudson Bay Company's first inland explorer.

Answer: Henry Kelsey

Henry Kelsey joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670. He explored Manitoba along the Churchill River and in the area around the north coast of Lake Winnipeg, making contact with many native tribes. Due to his explorations, trade increased greatly for the Company.

Source: Author reedy

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