The Fur Trade

The fur trade in North America began when this explorer exchanged metal goods with fur in Eastern Canada.

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

Whose job was it to clean and prepare the furs?

• the coureurs de bois

• the voyageurs

• First Nations women

• First Nations men

The fashion trend that drove the fur trade was .....

• dresses

• moccasins

• hats

• tunics

The coureurs de bois traded with......for beaver pelts.

• the First Nations people

• the English

• Champlain

• the Vikings

................... started the fur trade in North America.

• The English

• The French

• The Portuguese

• The Spanish

The First Nations men helped in the fur trade by.....

• making clothing with the furs

• sharing their knowledge of trapping and waterways with French

• preparing and providing food for the French

Rupert's Land had a lot of trading posts set up by the ......

• explorers

• the French

• the English

• the Portuguese

Rupert's Land was .........

• Montreal

• Quebec City

• near the St. Lawrence river

• near Hudson's Bay

Because of the fur trade ..........

• a lot of French and English people moved to North America

• the beaver was over hunted

• the First Nations people lost a lot of their land

• all of the above

The fur trade led to the opening of .........

• Sear's Department Store

• The Hudson's Bay Company

• Walmart