WHICH THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE USUALLY LIVED IN THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE OF THEIR OCCUPATION?
1. Innkeeper
4. Intendant
2. Censitaire
5. Miller
3. Governor
6. Seigneur
A) 1, 2,
3
C) 2, 5,
6
B) 1, 4,
5
D) 3, 4,
6
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
2. WHICH TWO STATEMENTS DESCRIBE THE NOBILITY OF NEW FRANCE ?
1. The intendant and his officials were
in charge of economic development in the colony.
2. Priests were close to their parishioners
and had considerable influence over them.
3. Skilled in the life of the wilderness,
the coureurs des bois were the backbone of the fur trade.
4. The bishop who was both French
and an aristocrat answered to the pope.
5. The censitaire lived in a frame house
with a straw-thatched, peaked, wooden roof.
A) 1 and
2
C) 2 and
4
B) 1 and
4
D) 3 and
5
| ANSWER | A | B | C | D |
3. The social structure of New France was quite simple. It consisted of the following social groups:
MATCH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS WITH ONE OF THESE SOCIAL GROUPS.a) Nobility
b) Bourgeoisie
c) Common people
1. I run a large import-export business in Quebec City.A) 1a, 2b, 3c, 4b C) 1b, 2c, 3a, 4a
2. At the request of the King, I have come to New France to become governor.
3. I am a peasant; my two sons have left home. One of them is a coureur de bois.
4. As bishop, I am head of the Catholic Church in New France.
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS DESCRIBE DAILY LIFE IN NEW FRANCE ?
1. The farmers' way of life was different from that of the people in the towns.A) 1, 2, and 5 C) 2, 3, and 4
2. The women of the colony worked in the fields, planting and harvesting the crops.
3. For many years travel was mainly by water.
4. Settlers passed the evenings playing cards, visiting neighbours and dancing.
5. Most of the foodstuffs and clothing needed by the settlers was imported from France.
| ANSWER | A | B | C | D |
TO COMPLETE YOUR SELF-EVALUATION OF MODULE 2 TRY THE FOLLOWING SYNTHESIS TYPE QUESTIONS.