9th form Reading "From the History of Canada"

1. Canadians admire their ____ history.

2. We know about original inhabitants of the country - Indians and Inuits, but there are some interesting facts about ____ exploration.

3. Far not ____ knows that the first European visitors to Canada were the Vicings from Iceland and Greenland.

4. There is the evidence that they ____ in Canada around AD 100.

5. Time passed and nobody knows how long they stayed and what happened ____ them.

6. The French explorer Jacques Cartier ___ to Canada in1534 and claimed it for France.

7. There were about 60,000 French settlers and it formed a good percentage of ____ French Canadians.

8. But the British army also struggled for power in Canada and after many battles the balance ____.

9. Sir Arthur Mackenzie founded British Columbia ____ Quebec and its territories remained French.

10. As you see, ____ languages - French and English - appeared historically.