WorksheetsChapter 5 Fur Trade
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
American Indians had never traded before the Europeans arrived?
a)
True
b)
False
2.
In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the "Rendezvous" to exchange goods and celebrate.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
American Indian women played an important role in the fur trade.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Most furs were transported by horses.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Europeans wanted beaver pelts to make hats that were a social status symbol.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valueable pelts for trade.
a)
pelt preparers
b)
hunters
c)
interpreters
d)
suppliers
7.
They carried and canoed the furs from the interior posts to the trade centers.
a)
pelt preparers
b)
hunters
c)
voyageurs
d)
guides
8.
They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help traders negotiate.
a)
hunters
b)
interpreters
c)
traders
d)
clerks
9.
They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts.
a)
Guides
b)
Suppliers
c)
Clerks
d)
Fur Traders
10.
Dakota and Ojibwe who helped Europeans find their way through woods and waterways.
a)
Guides
b)
Voyageurs
c)
Interpreters
d)
Clerks
11.
They managed the day to day business at the trading post.
a)
clerk
b)
Fur Trader
c)
Guide
d)
Voyageur
12.
They hunted and trapped animals for meat and furs to trade.
a)
pelt preparers
b)
Ojibwe women
c)
suppliers
d)
hunters
13.
They provided clothing like moccasins and food like maple sugar and wild rice to the traders so they could survive the winter.
a)
clerks
b)
suppliers
c)
guides
d)
interpreters
14.
Both Europeans and American Indians benefited from the fur trade.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Europeans benefited from the fur trade by receiving..
a)
metal cooking utensils to make life easier
b)
beads and dyes to indicate status in the community
c)
metal beaver traps that made trapping easier
d)
pelts that could make a large profit in Europe.
16.
American Indians benefited in the fur trade by receiving...
a)
trade goods that made life more simple
b)
pelts
c)
wild rice and maple sugar
d)
moccasins
17.
What was Pierre's job in the fur trade?
a)
voyager
b)
fur trader
c)
hunter
d)
guide
18.
What three words best describe how Pierre felt about his fur trade experience?
a)
professional, confident, leader
b)
weak, sick, horrified
c)
unskilled, nervous, tired
d)
comfortable, easy, fun
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