Northern Lights Chapter 5

The money gained by the sale of a good or service after all the cost needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received.

• Profit

• fur trade

• voyageur

• guide

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

• profit

• pelt

• resource

• fur trader

The person "in charge" of the fur trading post.

• resource

• pelt

• fur trader

• profit

An animal skin with the fur on it.

• resource

• pelt

• fur trader

• profit

A Dakota or Ojibwe man who spent the winters hunting and trapping animals for food and pelts

• fur trader

• pelt preparer

• hunter

• interpreter

A person hired to help fur traders and voyageurs find their way through the woods and water.

• hunter

• pelt preparer

• fur trader

• guide

A person who translates for people who speak different languages

• guide

• interpreter

• pelt preparer

• fur trader

A man who managed the day to day business at the fur trading post but NOT in charge

• clerk

• fur trader

• voyageur

• guide

The group of men that paddled from Montreal to Grand Portage and back transporting goods and pelts.

• fur traders

• clerks

• pelt preparers

• voyageurs

The symbol of social status in Europe that kept the fur trade going for over 200 years.

• beaver fur pants

• beaver fur coats

• beaver fur hats

• beaver fur shirts