Chapter 5 Fur Trade

American Indians had never traded before the Europeans arrived?

• True
• False

In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the "Rendezvous" to exchange goods and celebrate.

• True
• False

American Indian women played an important role in the fur trade. 

• True
• False

Most furs were transported by horses.

• True
• False

Europeans wanted beaver pelts to make hats that were a social status symbol. 

• True
• False

Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valueable pelts for trade.

• pelt preparers
• hunters
• interpreters
• suppliers

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

• pelt preparers
• hunters
• voyageurs
• guides

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

• hunters
• interpreters
• traders
• clerks

They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts. 

• Guides
• Suppliers
• Clerks
• Fur Traders

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

• Guides
• Voyageurs
• Interpreters
• Clerks