Jacques Cartier was a French explorer. He is best known for exploring the St. Lawrence River. He is believed to have made several trips to the Americas. He was the first French Explorer to explore the New World.
NAME: …………………………………………
Date: …………………………….
Questions:
1. Jacques Cartier was born on…………………………………………….., in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France.2. Cartier sailed for his first voyage on……………………………………….., with two ships and 61 men.
3. The first voyage of Jacques Cartier lasted ……………………….days and then he returned to France.
4. Cartier set sail for a second voyage on May 19 of the following year with 3 ships and …………………….. men.
5. He departed on his third voyage in ………………………………………………………..
6. Jacques Cartier led total ………………………………..expeditions to Canada.
7. Cartier married Catherine des Granches in …………………………………………………….
8. He returned to Canada again in ………………………………………with plans to build a colony.
9. Jacques Cartier lived in…………………………………………in his last days.
10. He died in ………………………………………….from an epidemic in France.
Answers:
1. December 31, 14912. April 20, 1534
3. 137
4. 110
5. May 1541
6. Three
7. 1520
8. 1540
9. Saint-Malo, France
10. 1557