BC FP 12 Fur Trade

What time period did the Fur Trade take place?

• 1400s-1500s
• 1500s-1650s
• 1600-1850s
• 1700s-1900s

BC Indigenous People had never traded before the Europeans arrived.

• True
• False

BC Indigenous women played an important role in the Fur Trade. 

• True
• False

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

• True
• False

Women and men served as translators during the Fur Trade.

• true

• false

They carried and canoed the furs and trade goods 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 owned one or more trading posts. 

• Guides
• Suppliers
• Clerks
• Fur Traders

They managed the day to day business at the trading post. 

• clerk
• Fur Trader
• Guide
• Voyageur

Both Europeans and First Nations People benefited from the fur trade.

• True
• False