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WorksheetsFur Trade
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country were the first explorers who came to Wisconsin FROM?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
2.
When the french explorers left France, what country in North America did they arrive in FIRST?
a)
America
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico
3.
Why did the French explorers come to Wisconsin?
a)
They wanted to move
b)
They heard the land was better
c)
They wanted beaver furs to make stylish hats
4.
What is a 2nd reason the french explorers came to Wisconsin?
a)
They wanted to become friends with the Native Americans
b)
They wanted to discover more land to become more powerful
c)
They hated their country
5.
Who was the French Explorer that arrived in Green Bay?
a)
Jean Nicolet
b)
Etienne Brule
c)
Christopher Columbus
6.
When Jean Nicolet arrived in Wisconsin, where did he think he was?
a)
Wisconsin
b)
Asia (China)
c)
Canada
7.
Jaques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were Jesuit Missionaries. Why did they want to come to America?
a)
To trade for beaver furs
b)
To teach the Native Americans about Jesus
c)
To discover new land
8.
How did the French Explorers get from Canada to Wisconsin?
a)
They walked
b)
They rode horses
c)
They used canoes to travel on the rivers. They had Native Americans from Canada come along as their tour guides
d)
They snowshoed
9.
When the French Explorers first arrived in Wisconsin, what was the very first difficulty they faced.
a)
The Native Americans were mean to them
b)
They couldn't communicate with the Native Americans
c)
They couldn't find any Native Americans
d)
The Native Americans ignored them.
10.
Why were the Native Americans so excited about the metal pots/knives/axes the explorers had?
a)
They lasted longer and were easier to use.
b)
They were pretty
c)
They were fancy
11.
What were trading posts for?
a)
A place where everyone could go to trade goods with each other
b)
A place where people went to show off what they had gotten in a trade
c)
Where the French and British went to fight over who got to control the fur trade
12.
Why were the Native Americans so excited about the pre-made cloth the explorers had?
a)
It saved them time when making clothes
b)
It was fancier
c)
It was warmer
13.
How did the Explorers learn to survive in the Wisconsin Wild?
a)
They figured it out on their own
b)
They traded metal goods to the Native Americans for information on travel routes, farming, hunting, building shelters
c)
They learned about it in France before they left.
14.
After spending some time in Wisconsin, why did trading become much easier between the explorers and the French?
a)
The explorers learned the Native American's language
b)
They came up with fair trade prices and didn't need to negotiate
c)
All of the above
15.
When the British Explorers showed up and joined the fur trade, how did the French feel?
a)
Angry
b)
Happy
c)
Surprised
16.
Why were the French explorers upset about the British showing up?
a)
They had better trading items and the Native Americans only wanted to trade with them now
b)
They didn't follow the rules of the fur trade
c)
They were mean to the French Explorers
17.
When the French and Indian War began, who did the Indians mostly side with?
a)
The British
b)
The French
c)
They didn't get involved
18.
After interacting with the British, why did the Native Americans start to die?
a)
The British took all of their food
b)
The British brought over diseases the Native Americans weren't used to and couldn't cure
19.
Who won the French and Indian war, and ultimately took control of the fur trade?
a)
The French
b)
The British
c)
The Native Americans
20.
After the British took control of the fur trade, what did they do to the Native Americans?
a)
They worked together to build a new community
b)
They had them sign contracts that the Native American's couldn't read. These contracts said the Native Americans had to move off of their land.
c)
They got on a boat and traveled to Europe.
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