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The earliest Europeans to trade with Indigenous groups were known as couerers de bois. They were mostly in the Northeast of the present day United States. Who were they typically?
a) Frenchmen
b) Americans
c) British
d) Staff at Colville School District

Traders moved west to trade as...
a) they wanted to watch a Seahawks game.
b) they wanted warmer weather.
c) fur supplies were dwindling.
d) native groups from the east drove them away

The term given to when European cultures moved into areas claimed by indigenous populations to establish homes, farms, cities, and towns, etc. is ...
a) moving
b) expansion
c) urbanization
d) colonization

Most furs that the British received from the indigenous peoples were used locally by the people who received the furs.
a) FALSE
b) TRUE
c)
d)

The Tlingit peoples were the first west coast tribe to come in contact with the Europeans. The lived...
a) in the area of the Columbia Plateau in Washington State
b) in the areas of Vancouver Island and Western British Columbia
c) in Colville City Park.
d) in the Northern California area

Why are we talking about the Tlingit people during the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest unit?
a) because the Tlingit became well known for their ability to capture furs to trade with the Europeans
b) becuase they started the first NFL franchise in the 1700's called the BC Fighting Tlingits.
c) because they didn't have a chief
d) Becuase they lived in California

What did the Tlingit get in return for their trades?
a) rocks
b) new players for their team
c) metal goods and other supplies
d) McDonald's Happy Meals

Why did the Inidgenous peoples like trading initially?
a) They wanted the Europeans to stay and build forts and towns on their land
b) They liked the diseases they were secretly catching
c) They really looked forward to the founders of Starbucks living with them
d) firearms gave them power over the other tribes

James Cook explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1700's for which country?
a) Great Britain (England)
b) France
c) Russia
d) Spain

Sir Francis Drake, from Great Britain, mainly sailed for what reason?
a) To mess up/pirate the Spanish ships and colonies
b) To find new lands to live in
c) To make maps of the places he sailed
d) He wasn't a sailor at all

Europeans continued to come to the Pacific Northwest for trading. The earliest forts also served as...
a) trading Posts
b) Taco Bell drive thrus
c) Hotels for the Natives to stay at
d) Coffee stands

What mostly led to the decline in Native populations?
a) Too many Big Macs led to high cholesterol and obeisity.
b) wars with the Europeans
c) Wars between tribes
d) diseases brought by the Europeans that Natives had no prior immunities to.

Most furs that the British received from the indigenous peoples were shipped to Europe for sale.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Some British traders took their furs from the PNW to ____________ where they would trade for silk, spices, and fine china to sell in Europe.
a) Great Britain
b) China
c) Alaska
d) Mexico

Which of these was NOT a factor that affected native cultures?
a) Contacts with Europeans led to epidemics
b) Animals were often over hunted
c) Amazon began selling furs and put everyone out of business
d) Indigenous groups began to fight over trapping grounds

The first American millionaire was who made his money selling fur and eventually real estate in Manhattan, New York was...
a) Elon Musk
b) John Jacob Astor
c) Saquan Barkley of the NY Giants
d) George Washington

The first fur trading company for the Americans was called...
a) Pacific Fur Company
b) Walmart
c) Trader Joe's
d) Hudson's Bay Company

The first fort built by the American Fur Company owned by John Jacob Astor was at the mouth of the Columbia River and was called...
a) Fort Walmart
b) Fort Colville
c) Fort Knox
d) Fort Astoria

The British fur trading company that competed with the American fur company was called...
a) American Eagle Company
b) Old Navy Company
c) Northwest Fur Company
d) Pacific Fur Company

Who was the first to map the entire Columbia River? (He also mapped the Pend O'Rielle River)
a) David Thompson
b) Merriweather Lewis
c) John Foulkes
d) Thomas Jefferson

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