Chapter 5 The Fur Trade | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 20 Public

Minnesota fur trade

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True or False: The American Indians only gave Europeans trade goods.

False

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True or False: Europeans valued expensive beaver pelt hats as a symbol of social status.

True

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True or False: In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the “rendezvous” to exchange furs and goods.

True

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True or False: Most furs were transported by horses along the trade route.

False

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True or False: The traders only came from Europe.

False

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True or False: American Indians never traded before the Europeans arrived.

False

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An American Indian hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar lands was a...

Guide

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People who provided clothing and food the traders needed to survive the winter were...

Suppliers

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Dakota or Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valuable pelts for trade were...

Pelt preparers

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People who could read and write and were in charge of trading posts were...

Traders

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A workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe was a...

Voyageur

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Men who hunted and trapped animals for meat and furs to trade were...

Hunters

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People who helped traders talk and negotiate with the Ojibwe and Dakota peoples were...

Interpreters

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Transporting trade goods to fur trading posts happened in which season?

Autumn

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Hunting for deer, bear, muskrats and beaver happened in which season?

Winter

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Gift-giving to Native Americans to be able to keep trading with them happened in which season?

Spring

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