ANTICIPATORY SET: COLONIZATION OF

NORTH AMERICA
Answer the following questions true or false. If they are false, write the
correction in the space provided.

1. The first people to arrive in North

America came from Spain.
The first people to arrive in North
America came from Asia.
2. The reason the Europeans stumbled
upon the Americas is because they
were trying to get to India.
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True or False

3. The first 15th century explorer to come to

Canada was Christopher Columbus.
The first 15th century explorer to come to
Canada was John Cobot.

True or False

4. A large number of First Nations people

died of the flu after meeting the
Europeans.
A large number of First Nations people
died of small pocks after meeting the
Europeans.
5. The first cities that were built in Canada

True or False

True or False

True or False

were built close to the United States

because the people wanted to become
American.
Because it is near to the river.
6. The European settlers would never have
survived in North America without the
assistance of the First Nations People.
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7. The Hudson Bay Company is the oldest
continuous company in the world.
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8. People spent more time trying to go
around Canada than exploring it.
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9. The term Cajun was originally a
Canadian term describing a French
Canadian farmer.
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True or False

True or False

True or False

True or False

True or False

10. The Americas were a largely

uninhabited paradise when the
Europeans arrived.
They were numbers of First Nations when
the Europeans arrived.

MAKE A PREDICTION:
The most important reason that European nations were interested
in Canada has lots of resource could make lots of money through
the fur trade .