Reviewed Ontario question bank
European Exploration and Settlement Motives
Ontario Grade 5 social studies worksheets for european exploration & settlement. Includes 80 reviewed questions, answers, and complete printable previews.
Curriculum connection
Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies
describe the main motives for Europeans’ exploration of Indigenous lands that were eventually claimed by Canada and for the establishment of permanent European settlements (e.g., with reference to Norse in Newfoundland and Labrador; the voyages of Cabot, Cartier, and/or Hudson; settlements by De Mons and/or Champlain in Quebec; exploration by Étienne Brûlé; motives such as colonization , the desire to gain control over Indigenous lands by imposing sovereignty and land ownership, missionary work to spread Christianity, the desire of European settlers to escape from oppressive European government structures, the exploitation of natural resources , including the establishment and expansion of the fur trade and the fishing industry)
- Strand
- A. Heritage and Identity: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans prior to 1713
- Expectations
- A3.3
- Student content
- 80 approved questions
- Teacher support
- Answer key included; reading-comprehension sets also include a grading rubric
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