A _______ is land that is controlled by another country/nation. When a country has many of these, it becomes an empire.

___________ were Christians who came to convert people (change religion). Religion was an important motivation for Europeans to establish colonies.

From 1665-1673, 900 single young women and girls were sent to New France by the king in order to grow the colonies. These women were called ___ ____ __ ___.

The _________ were legal traders of the fur trade. They were hired and worked closely with the Mohawk and Anishinabe. They were the first Europeans to settle on the prairies.

The farmers of New France were called _________. They worked on land given by the king called __________. The landowners were called ___________, and had to find farmers to work the land.

A system of countries extending their control over other nations is called _______

France's colonies in North America from ~1534-1763 were collectively known as _______

Hundreds of thousands of First Nations and Inuit died because of ____________ brought over by Europeans. (Examples: smallpox, measles, influenza, whooping cough)

_______ is an economic policy where a nation gets rich by selling resources taken from its colonies.

A person who had a First Nations mother and European Father is

A ________ is permission to be the only merchants involved in a trade. Kings granted these in the fur trade to help pay for the colonies.

The _____ ______ was the main economic activity of colonies in Canada. It created competition between the French and British. At first, it also created many partnership with the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada.