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Fur Trade
Test Description: Vocabulary: Northern Lights - MHS textbook, Chapter 5
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a voyageur?
A
The person who ran a fur-trading post.
B
The person who helped people unfamiliar to the territory find their way.
C
A hunter for the fur trade.
D
The person who did the heavy work mainly transporting and hauling the furs.
2) What was the job of the fur trader otherwise known as a wintering partner?
A
He usually oversaw several fur trading posts.
B
He interpreted languages so the Native Americans could trade at the fur trading post.
C
He was the man in charge of the voyageurs.
D
He prepared the furs to make them useable to trade.
3) What is a metis?
A
A name the Native Americans called white people.
B
Another name for a voyageur.
C
A British officer.
D
European men who married Anerican Indian women.
4) What was the role of the Native American women in the fur trade?
A
They cleaned the pelts, provided resources that kept the trade going, served as interpreters and sometimes married a trader.
B
They did not play a role. Nothing has been written about them.
C
They gave shelter to the voyageurs when there were storms.
D
They worked at the trading posts as camp cooks and cleaners,
5) Who was boss over a clerk?
A
The guides.
B
The Bowman
C
The Metis
D
The trading partner
6) Why did the French have less of a hand in the fur trade business in America after 1763?
A
They got involved in other trading businesses in South America.
B
They lost the French and Indian War.
C
The Native Americans didn't want to trade with then any longer.
D
They lost the American Revolution.
7) What war led to the end of all foreigners being involved in the fur trade in the United States?
A
War of 1812
B
French and Indian War.
C
The Seven Year War.
D
The Spanish-American War
8) What article of clothing was most popular during the fur trade?
A
Boots similar to our mukluks today.
B
Felt hats made from beaver pelts.
C
Gentleman's overcoats.
D
Capes
9) What kind of items did the Native Americans trade for in the fur trade?
A
Maple syrup.
B
Wild rice.
C
Pots and pans, knives and rifles.
D
Fur robes and blankets.
10) Who was Daniel Greysolon?
A
Sier du Luht, a French military officer, explorer and fur trader. He worked in the region from 1678 to 1687.
B
A Belgian priest
C
A fur trader who set up many posts in the area.
D
A british explorer who built several railroads in the area.
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