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WorksheetsFinal Assessment of the Fur Trade
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 2mins
The fur trade in North America began when this explorer exchanged metal goods with fur in Eastern Canada.
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
The coureurs de bois traded with......for beaver pelts.
the First Nations people
the English
Champlain
the Vikings
................... started the fur trade in North America.
The English
The French
The Indigenous People
The Spanish
Because of the fur trade ..........
a lot of French and English people moved to North America
the beaver was over hunted
the First Nations people lost a lot of their land
all of the above
The fur trade led to the opening of .........
Sear's Department Store
The Hudson's Bay Company
Walmart
A voyageur does the same job as a coureurs de bois. The difference is.......
a voyageur is English
a voyageur has a licence to trade furs
a voyageur is a First Nations
The fur trade created a lot of ....... between the First Nations tribes.
fighting
competition
fighting and competition
The most wanted animal during the exploration of North America was ............
the arctic fox
the caribou
the red fox
the beaver
Which statement about the fur trade is true?
The fur trade was not very profitable for France or England.
Help from Native American tribes wasn’t necessary for the fur trade to be successful.
Controlling the hunting and trading territories was very important to France and England.
The French and English colonists trapped the fur-bearing animals and sold the furs to the Native Americans.
What was most of the fur that was traded for in the fur trade used to make?
Fancy hats
Boots
Blankets
Rugs
Whose job was it to clean and prepare the furs?
the coureurs de bois
the voyageurs
First Nations women
First Nations men
Rupert's Land had a lot of trading posts set up by the ......
explorers
the French
the English
the Portuguese
Rupert's Land was .........
Montreal
Quebec City
near the St. Lawrence river
near Hudson's Bay
As the fur trade developed, who started to benefit LESS?
France
Britain
Spain
First Nations
Which company had a monopoly in the fur trade?
Hudson Bay Company
Safeway
North West Company
New France
Who were the coureurs des bois?
French men
French men who had first contact with the First Nations
French men hired by the king of France
Who were the voyageurs?
French men who had first contact with the First Nations
French men
French men fired by the King of France
Which group of people were a mixture of French and Indigenous people?
Coast Salish
Metis
Mi'kmaq
First Nation
One of the most valuable resources that the French began to trade from the "New World" is what?
Gold
Fur
Silver
Spices
Which land was bought for England so they could build more trading posts across Canada?
Northwest Territory
Rupert's Land
The Maritimes
Alaska
The best beaver felts were found where?
In British Columbia
In Manitoba
In the Hudson Bay
In the St. Lawrence River
When was the fur trade?
1600-1700
1600 - 1750
1600 - 1850
Because of the fur trade ..........
a lot of French and English people moved to North America
the beaver was over hunted
the First Nations people lost a lot of their land
all of the above
Who mainly hunted and trapped animals for furs to trade?
Coureur des bois
The English
Voyageur
The First Nations
What was the name of the important river that New France expanded along?
The St. Lewis
The St. Lawrence
The Hudson River
The Fraser River
Which coast did the fur trade start on?
East
West
The French and English traded together.
True
False
The fur trade happened in the 1900s.
True
False
Which of these explorers was not a part of Canadian history?
Cabot
Cartier
Champlain
Columbus
