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The Fur Trade Chapter 4 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People who leave their country and settle in another are ________.

a)

federal

b)

colonists

c)

fur traders

d)

agents

2.

French ​ (a)   met the Indians at a ​ (b)   to trade furs.

Choose from the below words
fur traders
rendezvous
3.

A meeting place to exchange goods and celebrate is called a ________.

a)

dance hall

b)

mound builder

c)

rendezvous

d)

assimilation

4.

A location by a river where you carry your canoe or boat on land.

a)

rendezvous

b)

driftless area

c)

fur trade

d)

portage

5.

The French set up ​ (a)   near ​ (b)   to protect themselves.

Choose from the below words
forts
trading posts
portage
Father Marquette
6.

Buildings built strong enough to survive an attack are called _______.

a)

forts

b)

Indian reservations

c)

trilobite

d)

water highways

7.

The type of national government that has smaller states is __________.

a)

local

b)

district

c)

rendezvous

d)

federal

8.

An exchange system for the process of exchanging European goods for furs is _____.

a)

stealing

b)

The fur trade

c)

beaver pelts

d)

federal

9.

The United States government sent federal ​ (a)   to Wisconsin to work with the Indians.

Choose from the below words
agents
colonists
hats
Louis Jolliet
battles
10.

Indians showed the explorers how to​ (a)   between Wisconsin rivers.

Choose from the below words
portage
fur trade
water highways
rendezvous
11.

To interpret a language for others to understand is called _______.

a)

translate

b)

assimilation

c)

federal

d)

portage

12.

Who was believed to be the first European explorer near Green Bay,Wisconsin?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

The Old Time

c)

Louis Jolliet

d)

Jean Nicolet

13.

Who was the French missionary sent to find the Mississippi River?

a)

Indian Guide

b)

Louis Jolliet

c)

Father Marquette

d)

Christopher Columbus

14.

Who was the French explorer that traveled with Father Marquette to find the Mississippi River?

a)

historian

b)

The Archaic

c)

Jean Nicolet

d)

Louis Jolliet

15.

​ (a)   was an important Wisconsin city for forts, rendezvous and trading posts during the fur trade era.

Choose from the below words
Prairie du Chien
Bristol
Madison
Hayward
16.

Who helped early explorers find their way on Wisconsin river highways during the fur trade era?

a)

Indian Guides

b)

federal agents

c)

Father Marquette

d)

The British

17.

What do we call the time in Wisconsin before the Europeans arrived to explore?

a)

The War of 1812

b)

The Fur Trade

c)

The Old Time

d)

Traditional

18.

The battle between the French and British to control the ​ (a)   and the water ​ (b)   was the French and Indian War.

Choose from the below words
fur trade
highways
hats
pottery
19.

The War of 1812 is the war in which the United States fought the _______ for control over land claims in Wisconsin and North America.

a)

the British

b)

Indians

c)

fur traders

d)

explorers

20.

Reorder the following: What were the turning points of the Wisconsin Fur Trade?

a)

The Indians lived in Wisconsin, and traded with other Indian Nations.

b)

The French explorers arrived and traded their items with the Indians for the furs.

c)

In 1763, the French and Indian War resulted in the British taking over the Fur Trade in Wisconsin. Britain controlled the land.

d)

In 1815 the Americans took over the Fur Trade and the the Wisconsin land was under United States control.

1)
2)
3)
4)