Bead Hill - Quiz

1. Who was one of the first individuals to describe Bead Hill?

A) C. Blackett Robinson
B) Percy James Robinson
C) Early French voyageurs
D) William Brown

2. In what year did William Brown first describe Bead Hill?

A) 1885
B) 1776
C) 1849
D) 1660s

3. What items were found at Bead Hill according to William Brown's description?

A) Broken pottery, broken guns, and flint heads of tobacco pipes
B) Logs forming a wooden palisade
C) Rude weapons and implements of native industry
D) Aboriginal remains

4. How deep were the graves at Bead Hill?

A) Three feet
B) Six feet
C) About two feet from the surface
D) Five feet

5. What did William Brown compare the arrangement of graves to?

A) Layers in a cake
B) Steps from top to bottom
C) A staircase
D) Rows in a field

6. Which publication described artifacts found near the Rouge River?

A) A History of Toronto and County of York
B) Haudenosaunee Chronicles
C) Lake Ontario Villages
D) The Journal of William Brown

7. Who published the account describing artifacts near the Rouge River?

A) Early French voyageurs
B) William Brown
C) Percy James Robinson
D) C. Blackett Robinson

8. What materials were among the artifacts found at Bead Hill?

A) Silver and gold ornaments
B) Stone, copper, iron, and glass beads
C) Leather and bone tools
D) Wood and clay pots

9. Where were the graves containing aboriginal remains discovered?

A) At the top of Bead Hill
B) Near the Rouge River's source
C) A few yards from the site of the village
D) In the center of the village

10. Which Haudenosaunee village was located at the mouth of the Rouge River?

A) Teiaiagon
B) Quinaouatoua
C) Ganatsekwyagon
D) Kente

11. Who identified various Haudenosaunee villages along Lake Ontario?

A) William Brown
B) Early French voyageurs
C) C. Blackett Robinson
D) Percy James Robinson

12. What was the purpose of the wooden palisade found near the Rouge River?

A) Marking burial sites
B) Surrounding their habitations
C) Creating a trade post
D) Defending against wildlife

13. What did glass beads at Bead Hill probably come from?

A) Interactions with early French voyageurs and traders
B) Trade with Native American tribes in the south
C) Local production by the Haudenosaunee
D) Shipwrecks along the lake

14. How many acres were used as a place of sepulture at Bead Hill?

A) 10 acres
B) 25 acres
C) About 40 acres
D) 100 acres

15. When was Bead Hill designated a National Historic Site?

A) 1991
B) 2005
C) 1989
D) 2019

16. What is the primary historical significance of Bead Hill?

A) It was an agricultural site.
B) It was a permanent settlement.
C) It was a fur trading outlet.
D) It served as a military base.

17. Which confederacy originally occupied the north shores of Lake Ontario before moving to Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe?

A) The Iroquois Confederacy
B) The Wendat Confederacy
C) The Algonquin Confederacy
D) The Haudenosaunee Confederacy

18. Which French figure spent the winter of 1669 in Ganatsekwyagon?

A) The Comte de Frontenac
B) François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon
C) Marquis de Denonville
D) Louis XIV

19. What was the name 'Ganatsekwyagon' likely to mean?

A) Place of trade
B) By the lake
C) Home of the warriors
D) Among the birches

20. What event led to Ganatsekwyagon being abandoned?

A) A natural disaster
B) Economic decline
C) An epidemic outbreak
D) The campaign by Marquis de Denonville in 1687 against the Senecas.

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