Northern Lights Ch. 5 "The Fur Trade" Vocab Review

• 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

• Resource

• Profit

• Payment

• Credit

• A source or supply of a useful material (such as fur, wood, or oil)

• Resource

• Profit

• Supplies

• Sources

• The beaver was nearly extinct in Europe and

• resources were scarce. Where did Europeans look for more furs and resources?

• Asia

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• This person was a French fur trader and explorer

• who helped with the development of Hudson's Bay Company.

• Jacques Cartier

• Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luth

• Pierre Radisson

• John Sayer

• An animal skin with the fur on it

• Leather

• Skin

• Fur

• Pelt

• A European or American involved in the fur trade who was in charge of a trading post.

• Fur Trader

• Voyageur

• Clerk

• Hunter

• A workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe

• Fur Trader

• Voyageur

• Clerk

• Hunter

• A North Canoe was

  • 18-22 feet long and was manned by _________ voyageurs:

• 2-6

• 4-8

• 8-16

• 1-2

• A Montreal Canoe was

  • 30-40 feet long and was manned by __________ voyageurs:

• 2-6

• 4-8

• 8-16

• 1-2

A fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company.

• Ribnick Furs

• North Star Fur and Trading

• North West Company (NWCo)

• American Fur Company