The Fur Trade Chapter 5

1. True or False: American Indians had never traded before Europeans arrived.

• True
• False

2. True or False: In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the "rendezvous" to exchange goods and furs

• True
• False

3. True or False: American Indian women were an important part in the fur trade.

• True
• False

4. True or False: Most furs were transported by horse.

• True
• False

5. True or False: Europeans valued expensive beaver hats as a symbol of social status.

• True
• False

6. Dakota or Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valuable pelts for trade were called this.

• Guides
• Clerks
• Pelt preparers
• Traders

7. They carried and canoed the furs from the interior posts to the trade centers.

• Interpreters
• Guides
• Voyageurs
• Clerks

8. They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help traders negotiate.

• Suppliers
• Interpreters
• Clerks
• Traders

9. They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts. They were the wealthy and had special privileges.

• Traders
• Hunters
• Guides
• Voyageurs

10. Dakota and Ojibwe who helped Europeans find their way through the woods and waterways.

• Clerk
• Trader
• Guide
• Voyageurs