Bead Hill - Quiz

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

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

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

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

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) Aboriginal remains
C) Logs forming a wooden palisade
D) Rude weapons and implements of native industry

4. How deep were the graves at Bead Hill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where were the graves containing aboriginal remains discovered?

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

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

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

11. Who identified various Haudenosaunee villages along Lake Ontario?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. What event led to Ganatsekwyagon being abandoned?

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

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