Fur Trade Quiz

What is the term for the money gained from the sale of a good or service after all costs are subtracted?

• Resource

• Profit

• Pelt

• Clerk

What is a source or supply of a useful material such as food, wood, or oil called?

• Guide

• Interpreter

• Resource

• Hunter

What term is used for a European or American involved in the fur trade?

• Fur trader

• Clerk

• Guide

• Voyager

What is an animal skin with the fur on it called?

• Pelt

• Profit

• Resource

• Interpreter

Who is a person that spent most of his time hunting or trapping animals for food and pelts?

• Clerk

• Hunter

• Guide

• Voyager

Who is hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar lands?

• Interpreter

• Clerk

• Guide

• Fur trader

Who managed the day-to-day business at a fur trading post?

• Hunter

• Clerk

• Voyager

• Resource

Who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts?

• Interpreter

• Guide

• Voyager

• Hunter

Who translates for people who speak different languages?

• Clerk

• Interpreter

• Fur trader

• Guide

What is the role of a person who helps voyageurs and fur traders navigate?

• Clerk

• Guide

• Hunter

• Interpreter