The Fur Trade Chapter 5

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True or False: American Indians had never traded before Europeans arrived.

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False

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True or False: In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the "rendezvous" to exchange goods and furs

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True

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True or False: American Indian women were an important part in the fur trade.

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True

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True or False: Most furs were transported by horse.

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False

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True or False: Europeans valued expensive beaver hats as a symbol of social status.

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True

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Dakota or Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valuable pelts for trade were called this.

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Pelt preparers

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They carried and canoed the furs from the interior posts to the trade centers.

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Voyageurs

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They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help traders negotiate.

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Interpreters

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They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts. They were the wealthy and had special privileges.

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Traders

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Dakota and Ojibwe who helped Europeans find their way through the woods and waterways.

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