New France

4. Landowners who managed large estates under the seigneurial system.
7. Indigenous group that allied with the French in the fur trade; also called Huron.
9. French-Canadian men who transported furs by canoe across long distances.
10. Farmers who lived on seigneuries in New France.
13. Historic British trading company that controlled much of the fur trade in northern Canada.
15. Large inland sea in northern Canada, and was said to have an abundance of beaver fur.
16. Rival to the Hudson’s Bay Company in the fur trade.
18. Religion practiced by most settlers in New France.

1. Major river that connected New France to the Atlantic Ocean.
2. Animal skin traded for goods during the fur trade.
3. Economic activity that drove exploration and settlement in New France.
5. Founder of Quebec City and key figure in establishing New France.
6. Independent French fur traders who traveled deep into the wilderness.
8. A region in eastern Canada that was home to early French settlers, later taken by the British.
11. French explorer who claimed land for France along the St. Lawrence River.
12. First permanent French settlement in Canada, founded in 1608.
14. Items like pots and axes that Europeans traded to Indigenous peoples for furs.
17. Indigenous confederacy that often allied with the British against the French.