Chapter 5 (Fur Trade) Vocabulary

A man who managed the day-to-day business at the fur trading post

• profit

• resource

• interpreter

• guide

• clerk

A person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar lands

• profit

• interpreter

• resource

• clerk

• guide

The money gained from the sale of a good or service after all the costs needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received

• profit

• interpreter

• resource

• clerk

• guide

A person who translates for people who speak different languages

• profit

• interpreter

• resource

• clerk

• guide

A source or supply of a useful material

• profit

• interpreter

• resource

• clerk

• guide

An animal skin with fur on it

• pelt

• hunter

• fur trader

• voyageur

A workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade

• pelt

• hunter

• fur trader

• voyageur

A term used for a European or American involved in the fur trade

• pelt

• hunter

• fur trader

• voyageur

A person, usually a man, who spent most of his time hunting or trapping animals for food and pelts

• pelt

• hunter

• fur trader

• voyageur