Chapter 5 - The Fur Trade
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- Q 1/46Score 0A source or supply of a useful material29ServiceResourceThingsGood
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- Q1A source or supply of a useful materialServiceResourceThingsGood30s
- Q2Which of these objects was NOT being traded at the fur trading forts?FoodMetal GoodsBlanketsLand30s
- Q3Why were the forts located near a river?So that the people could go fishingSo the post could send out boats for defenceSo the fur traders could go swimmingSo boats could be sent out and would transport furs/goods30s
- Q4What was a women's main role in the fur trade?Paddling on boatsWorking at the postPreparing hidesPreparing food for the fur traders30s
- Q5Why were the British expanding west?To get more land and resourcesTo meet the American IndiansLook for riversTo escape danger in the west30s
- Q6Who were the 2 groups that mainly traded furs?Canadians, American IndiansMétis, American IndiansFrench, BritishEuropeans, American Indians30s
- Q7Which of these groups was NOT involved in the fur trade during the early 1600's?The FrenchThe BritishThe OjibweThe Americans30s
- Q8When did the fur trade begin?1500s1800s1700s1600s30s
- Q9The workmen of the fur trade, transported goods using canoes. Few could read and write.VoyageursPelt PreparersHuntersTraders30s
- Q10Which of the following would have been an item Indians received from Europeans in the trade?GunFur HatAutomobileCanoe30s
- Q11Who trapped and killed animals for food and furs to trade?VoyageursTradersClerksOjibwe and Dakota Men30s
- Q12What was the benefit of the fur trade for Native Americans?They could make fancy hatsGot items that made doing things easierIt preserved their traditionsIt made them rich30s
- Q13Who managed the day-to-day business at the trading posts but were not the owners?InterpretersTradersClerksGuides30s
- Q14Which of the following items would have been received by Europeans from the Indians?GunsPeltsHatsGlass Beads30s
- Q15Why did early explorers come to Minnesota?To trade fursTo change the Indians' religionFor fame and adventureThey were lost30s
