MT History Flashcards
MT history
1
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Monopoly
A
Exclusive control
2
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Rendezvous
A
A French word that means a meeting place
3
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Brucellosis
A
An infectious animal disease
4
Q
Capitalism
A
A system that trades fur profit
5
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Post-and-brigade system
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A system in which teams of trappers went out and explored
6
Q
Free trapper
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One who relied on his gun, horses, Indian, and wife to help him
7
Q
Manuel Lisa
A
A Spanish American born in Cuba who built a fur post in present day Montana
8
Q
William Ashley
A
The person who started the Rocky Mountain Trade system witch was where tons of men went out and made a community
9
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John Jacob Astor
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A 20 year old German who came to America to sell musical instraments, but swapped to sell furs
10
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Alexander Cullbertson
A
A 24 year old trapper
11
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Pierre-Jean de Smet
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A young jusuit priest
