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

• Social Status

• Portage

What is a source or supply of a useful material like wood or oil called?

• Voyageur

• Guide

• Resource

• Rendezvous

Who performed the physical labor of the fur trade?

• Clerk

• Interpreter

• Voyageur

• Fur Trader

What term describes a person's position or rank in a society?

• Social Status

• Portage

• Resource

• Guide

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

• Guide

• Clerk

• Interpreter

• Voyageur

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

• Resource

• Guide

• Fur Trader

• Portage

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

• Interpreter

• Guide

• Clerk

• Rendezvous

What is the role of a person who translates for people who speak different languages?

• Clerk

• Interpreter

• Voyageur

• Fur Trader

What is the place called where boats or goods are carried overland from one stretch of water to another?

• Rendezvous

• Portage

• Resource

• Guide

What is an annual summer meeting of traders, clerks, voyageurs, and Native Americans called?

• Portage

• Rendezvous

• Social Status

• Resource