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WorksheetsThe Fur Trade
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False. The fur trade introduced the American Indians to trading.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Voyageurs is a French word that means _________.
a)
friend
b)
hunter
c)
canoe
d)
traveler
3.
Who was the wealthiest person involved in the fur trade?
a)
Clerk
b)
Trader
c)
Voyageur
d)
Native Americans
4.
Which of these was not a trading company competing for trade business with the Native Americans?
a)
XY Company
b)
Hudson Bay Company
c)
St. Lawrence Company
d)
North West Company
5.
A character who teased Pierre the most and made his life miserable was
a)
La Londe
b)
Beloit
c)
Charbonneau
d)
Emile
6.
The character who lost his life during Pierre's journey was
a)
Charbonneau
b)
La Londe
c)
Mukwa
d)
Bellegarde
7.
What was the name for the event at Grand Portage where traders, clerks, and voyageurs met with Native Americans to trade?
a)
Rendezvous
b)
Renaissance
c)
Reformation
d)
Resolve
8.
Which of these did Native American women NOT do to help with the fur trade?
a)
clean and prepare pelts
b)
translate
c)
trade goods
d)
carry canoes at portages
9.
Dakota and Ojibwe women who readied the furs for trade.
a)
guides
b)
hunters
c)
suppliers
d)
pelt preparers
10.
Sometimes they were put in charge of an entire trading post and they often dreamed of being a partner.
a)
trader
b)
hunter
c)
clerk
d)
guide
11.
His high social position gave him privileges that no one else at the trading post had.
a)
trader
b)
clerk
c)
voyageur
d)
interpreter
12.
They helped the traders talk and negotiate with many Ojibwe and Dakota they met along the way.
a)
guides
b)
suppliers
c)
interpreters
d)
clerks
13.
They carried and canoed the furs from one place to another.
a)
voyageur
b)
clerk
c)
hunters
d)
guides
14.
Which of the following is NOT a way Europeans benefitted from the fur trade?
a)
received valuable animal furs
b)
received food like wild rice
c)
received clothing and other items needed to survive winter
d)
received trade goods that made life simpler
15.
They managed the day to day business at the trading post.
a)
clerk
b)
Fur Trader
c)
Guide
d)
Voyageur
16.
They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts.
a)
Guides
b)
Suppliers
c)
Clerks
d)
Fur Traders
17.
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
18.
How much did voyageurs typically have to carry on their backs?
a)
2 packs of fur weighing about 20 lbs. each
b)
2 packs of fur weighing about 40 lbs. each
c)
2 packs of fur weighing about 90 lbs. each
d)
They didn't carry fur on their backs
19.
Beavers had been hunted so much in Europe that they were almost extinct.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Sometimes European traders married Ojibwe and Dakota women to create kinship ties.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
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.
22.
Children who were half Indian and half white were called
a)
voyageurs
b)
hivernants
c)
pork eater
d)
metis
23.
What time period did the Fur Trade take place?
a)
1400s-1500s
b)
1500s-1650s
c)
1600-1850s
d)
1700s-1900s
24.
What is pemmican?
a)
dried buffalo meat and fat
b)
prepared beaver pelts
c)
boiled corn and salt pork
d)
Indian word for portage
25.
Which season was the best for Indians to hunt for the fur trade?
a)
Autumn
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Summer
26.
Which of the following is associated with the fur trade in autumn?
a)
transporting trade goods to fur trading posts
b)
trapping beavers
c)
leaving Montreal for Grand Portage
d)
collecting maple sap for sugar
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