1. WHICH  STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE SEIGNEURIAL SYSTEM IN NEW 
    FRANCE?

A) It was intended to help the chartered companies carry on the fur trade.
B) It was intended to help develop trade between the seigneurs and the Natives.
C) It was intended to help establish powerful seigneurs who controlled the colonists.
D) It was intended to help the settlement of colonists by determining in advance the rights 
     and duties of the seigneurs and the censitaires.
 
ANSWER: A B C D

2. WHICH SET CORRECTLY DESCRIBES THE ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC AND 
    SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE SEIGNEURIAL SYSTEM IN NEW FRANCE ?

Under the seigneurial system,
        1. the farms were rectangular in shape and perpendicular to the river;
        2. the people put their efforts into developing agriculture;
        3. the corvées (free labour) promoted the exchange of services.
 

                ECONOMIC           GEOGRAPHIC              SOCIAL

A)                     1                                             2                                       3
B)                     2                                             1                                       3
C)                     3                                             1                                       2
D)                     3                                             2                                       1
 
ANSWER: A B C D

3. CHOOSE A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SEIGNEURIAL SYSTEM FROM 
    EACH OF THE FOLOWING THREE CATEGORIES. 

PURPOSE
1. To promote the fur trade.
2. To promote settlement.

LAND DIVISION
3. Long, narrow strips of land perpendicular to the river.
4. Square plots of land, some of which were reserved for the clergy.

DUTY
5. Farmers who lived on and farmed the land had to pay an annual rent, the cens et rentes.
6. Farmers who farmed the land had to give part of their harvest to the governor.

A) 1,     3,     5          B) 1,     4,     6         C) 2,     3,     5         D) 2,    4,     6
 
ANSWER: A B C D

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