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Canadian Exploration Trivia Quiz

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of Canadian exploration all the way from the Vikings to the settlement of New France. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by fraggle.. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
fraggle.

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,760

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1651

Last 3 plays: Guest 216 (7/10), Guest 208 (4/10), Guest 96 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What did Viking Leif Ericson name the piece of land that is now known as Baffin Island? Hint

Helluland

Vinland

Valhalla

Skraelings

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which explorer kinapped two of the Iroquois Chief Donnacona's sons and took them back to France? Hint

Cabot

Cartier

Columbus

Champlain

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which explorer is known as the 'Father of New France'? Hint

Cartier

Champlain

Frobisher

Hudson

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Question 4 of 10

4. The hockey team the 'Montreal Canadiens' is nicknamed 'The Habs' in honour of _____? Hint

The habs and hab nots

Les Habitants

The habituals

Hubert du Champlain

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which explorer was fated to a slow and lonely death when his crew set him adrift on a small boat and abandoned him? Hint

Humphrey Gilbert

Captain Highliner

John Guy

Henry Hudson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which present day city now occupies the land formerly known as Hochelaga? Hint

Montreal

Saint John

Quebec City

Halifax

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name did Cartier give to the rapids that he believed blocked his passage to China?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the meaning of the name 'Canada'? Hint

Nothing There

Our Village

Meeting Place

Land of the North

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who brought back a shipload of gold to England, only to have it discovered that the rock was not gold at all? Hint

De Beer

Frobisher

Gilbert

Guy

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the oldest city in Canada? Hint

St. John's

Halifax

Montreal

Quebec

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What did Viking Leif Ericson name the piece of land that is now known as Baffin Island?

Answer: Helluland

Leif and his sailors named this piece of land Helluland which, when translated, means 'Land of Flat Stones'.

2. Which explorer kinapped two of the Iroquois Chief Donnacona's sons and took them back to France?

Answer: Cartier

Cartier took Donnacona's two sons Dom Agaya and Taignoagny back to France, taught them French so that they could act as interpreters on later voyages and then brought them back to their village on his next expedition. He later took Chief Donnacona back to France with him where the chief died.

3. Which explorer is known as the 'Father of New France'?

Answer: Champlain

Champlain received this title because he was the first one able to establish and maintain a permanent French colony on mainland North America.

4. The hockey team the 'Montreal Canadiens' is nicknamed 'The Habs' in honour of _____?

Answer: Les Habitants

'The Habs' refer to the early French settlers called the "Habitants" - that is, Champlain's 1608 habitation at Quebec.

5. Which explorer was fated to a slow and lonely death when his crew set him adrift on a small boat and abandoned him?

Answer: Henry Hudson

The fate of Henry Hudson is not known, but it is known that the mutineers were attacked by Inuit Hunters, and by the time they reached Europe again, the leaders of the uprising were dead.

6. Which present day city now occupies the land formerly known as Hochelaga?

Answer: Montreal

Hochelaga was an impressive village of 50 longhouses, open fields and palisade walls when Cartier arrived there. He climbed to the top of a forested hill which he named Mont Royal, and it eventually became known as Montreal.

7. What was the name did Cartier give to the rapids that he believed blocked his passage to China?

Answer: Lachine Rapids

8. What is the meaning of the name 'Canada'?

Answer: Our Village

There have been many possible theories regarding the origin of Canada's name (including a theory that Portugese explorers who wrote 'acada nada' - 'nothing here' on their maps). The most widely accepted however, is that while guiding Cartier down the St. Lawrence river, Donnacona's two sons used the word 'Kanata', meaning 'Our Village'.

9. Who brought back a shipload of gold to England, only to have it discovered that the rock was not gold at all?

Answer: Frobisher

10. What is the oldest city in Canada?

Answer: St. John's

St John's was founded in 1583. Quebec, on the site of Stadacona, was founded in 1608.

Source: Author fraggle.

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