New France
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 saga | a Viking story of adventure |
| compass | a device invented in the late 1400's. It has a needle that always points north, and it enabled sailors to tell direction even when clouds covered the moon or the sun. |
| astrolabe | an invention that allowed sailors to steer by the stars |
| green method | cleaning fish and preserving them in layers of salt |
| fool's gold | iron pyrite |
| monopoly | control of a product or service by one company. In return for a trader bringing settlers to New France the king would grant him a monopoly of the fur trade. |
| Habitation | the name Champlain used for the settlement and fort built on what is now the site of Quebec City |
| arquebus | a type of gun used by the French settlers |
| primary source | First-hand accounts of history prepared by people who lived at the time. These include sources such as newspapers, diaries, letters, census records, old maps and sketches. |
| secondary source | Second-hand accounts of historical events. These can be from people who heard about events from an eye witness, or books and articles written about the past. |
| castor gras | means "greasy beaver" Pelts worn by the native people before they were sold to fur traders made the finest felt for European hats. |
| status symbol | an important sign of a person's high rank in society |
| coureur de bois | "runners of the woods". French traders who went west to collect furs from the natives. They brought the furs back to merchants in Montreal and Quebec. |
| voyageur | traders who had permits to trade issued by the Governor of New France. Only a limited number of permits were issued to try and keep settlers from leaving their farms and becoming courier de bois. |
| missionaries | Roman Catholic priests from France who went to work among the native people. They believed it was their duty to convert the natives to Catholicism. |
| Jesuits | Missionary priests who were part of a religious community known as the Society of Jesus. |
| donne | skilled craftsmen who volunteered their help to build settlements for the missionaries. |
| cure | priests who travelled among the tiny settlements of New France |
| biography | Books about people's lives |
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