Draw a line from each name to what they are known for. Then answer the question about the word Canada.
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Donnacona
The Wendat
The Treaty of Paris
Handed New France to Britain in 1763
Champlain's allies and partners in the fur trade
Chief of Stadacona, where Quebec City stands today
Founded Quebec City in 1608
Sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534
Where does the name Canada come from?
Why did the French need First Nations allies?
For the grown-up
New France
Jacques Cartier — Sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534; Samuel de Champlain — Founded Quebec City in 1608; Donnacona — Chief of Stadacona, where Quebec City stands today; The Wendat — Champlain's allies and partners in the fur trade; The Treaty of Paris — Handed New France to Britain in 1763. Canada comes from kanata, an Iroquoian word for a village or settlement, which Cartier heard in 1535 and used for the whole region. The French were few, far from home, and new to the land: they needed allies for trade, food, travel routes and defence.
The name is the detail most worth keeping. The country's name is a First Nations word, first heard by Europeans a few kilometres from where Quebec City now stands.