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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.
Came From Asia.
2.
The reason the Europeans
stumbled upon the Americas is because
they were trying to get to India.
_________________________________________
3.
The first 15th century explorer to
come to Canada was Christopher
Columbus.
The first explorer was John
Cabot.

True or False

True or False

True or False

4.
A large number of First Nations
people died of the flu after meeting the
Europeans.
Small pox; not the flu.
5.
The first cities that were built in
Canada were built close to the United
States because the people wanted to
become American.
It was the first part they
discovered.

True or False

True or False

6.
The European settlers would
never have survived in North America
without the assistance of the First
Nations People.
_________________________________________
7.
The Hudson Bay Company is the
oldest continuous company in the world.
_________________________________________

True or False

8.
People spent more time trying to
go around Canada than exploring it.
_________________________________________
9.
The term Cajun was originally a
Canadian term describing a French
Canadian farmer.
_________________________________________
10. The Americas were a largely
uninhabited paradise when the
Europeans arrived.
About 100 Million already
lived there.

True or False

True or False

True or False

True or False

MAKE A PREDICTION:
The most important reason that European nations were interested
in Canada was
Because it had never been fully discovered until
Christopher Columbus actually sailed accidentally to
it.

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