1.    Encouraging members of the military services to settle permanently in the colony
        2.    Encouraging the conversion of the Amerindians
        3.    Permitting fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
        4.    Encouraging the establishment of new trading posts
        5.    Granting family allowances to large families

        A)    1    and    2         B)    1    and    5         C)    2    and    4     D)    3    and    5
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

2.    WHICH TWO MEASURES WERE TAKEN BY JEAN TALON TO INCREASE
       POPULATION GROWTH ?

        1.    The opening up of new fur-trading territories
        2.    The adoption of policies that promoted a higher birth rate
        3.    The establishment of more fur-trading companies
        4.    The arrival of large numbers of French Protestants
        5.    The implementation of policies that promoted immigration

        A)    1    and    3         B)    2    and    4        C)    2    and    5     D)    3    and    5
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

3.    WHICH TWO STATEMENTS DESCRIBE THE POPULATION OF NEW FRANCE IN 1666?

        1.    The colony's population was made up of French colonists, British colonists and
               Amerindians.
        2.    The population was young and there were far more men than women.
        3.    Most of the population lived in and around the cities of Quebec, Montreal and
               Trois-Rivières.
        4.    The population was old; more than half were between the ages of 50 and 60.
        5.    The majority of the population lived in the northern parts of New France.

        A)    1    and    4        B)    2    and    3      C)    2    and    5      D)    3    and    4
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

GO ON TO Unit 2: Political Structure of New France (1663-1760)