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10 Cards in this Set
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Compass - navigation device which showed sailors which direction was north
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Astrolabe - navigation device which showed sailors how far north or south of the equator they were. In other word their latitude
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Seigneur - land owners who received large tracts of land for farming communities.
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Habitant - farmers of New France
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Census - an official count of population
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Louis XIV - the "The Sun King"
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Timeline - recording events by years, decades, centuries
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Chronological - the order in which things / events happen
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"Filles du roi" - girls sent to New France to take husbands and raise families
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Bishop Laval - Roman Catholic official to supervise the spiritual needs of the community, hospitals and schools
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Intendant - administrative position in the French colony of New France. Eg. Talon
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Governor - eg. Frontenac. He was the viceroy of the King of France .
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Monopoly - when somebody has full control of something. Des Monts was first to receive one in New France.
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Port Royal - the first French settlement.
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Scurvy - the lack of vitamin C.
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L'Ordre de Bon Temps - club organized by Champlain to keep the morale high among the men
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Dry Method - lightly salted fish that was dried in the sun
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Wet method - fish were cleaned on board the and packed in thick salt
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Bartering - when you trade for something
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Culture - is the way of life of a group of people
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