social

Question 1

what’s the role of the F/N in the fur trade?

Answer 1

First nations : they provided furs for the fur trade. some acted as middlemen to establish positive trade. many former alliances with the british or french to improve trade

Question 2

what was the role for the french in the fur trade

Answer 2

french: many people had different roles. some were voyagers, cour de bois or merchants involved in the fur trade

Question 3

what was the british’s role in the fur trade?

Answer 3

were part of the hudson’s bay company and competed for control of the fur trade with independent traders and later competed with the northwest company

Question 4

what was the métis role in the fur trade

Answer 4

provided pemmican for the voyagers and were middlemen. were translators and guides. established a permanent settlement at red river

Question 5

how did the fur trade change over time

Answer 5

• populations of first nations migrated further west expanding their territory
• more fur trading post opened
• more settlements developed in the west
• it moved further west eventually extending from coast to coast
• different f/n became involved in the fur trade as it moved west

Question 6

what were the consequences of the economic competition on the fur trade on nature and environment?

Answer 6

-the beaver and bison become reduced in numbers from over-hunting for furs

Question 7

what were the consequences of the economic competition on the fur trade on the haudenosaunee

Answer 7

• become involved in wars against the french and their allies
• their population decreases causing them to “adopt” their captives

Question 8

what were the consequences of the economic competition on the fur trade on the europeans

Answer 8

established many positive relationships with F/N and at times were in conflict with them. many move west as the fur trade moves west

Question 9

what were the consequences of the economic competition on the fur trade on the cree

Answer 9

they move with the fur trade and even came into conflict with the blackfoot confederacy as they move west

Question 10

what were the consequences of the economic competition on the fur trade in the settlement

Answer 10

major settlements are created along the st Lawrence river including montreal and quebec

Question 11

how might competition in the fur trade have changed the following for the F/N? (The environment)

Answer 11

increased competition would lead to more beavers and other animals being hunted and trapped. F/N depended on animals for food

Question 12

how might competition in the fur trade have changed the following for the F/N? (the need for new technology)

Answer 12

competition would create the need for more efficient ways of hunting and trapping with technologies such as guns and traps that F/N did not make themselves

Question 13

how might competition in the fur trade have changed the following for the F/N? (the way F/N used the land)

Answer 13

competition would focus F/N on trapping for trade, instead of just using the land to support their needs for food, clothing and shelter

Question 14

how might competition in the fur trade have changed the following for the F/N? (family life)

Answer 14

by focusing F/N on trapping and trading, competition would change the way people supported their families

Question 15

we have learned that many people played a key role in the development of the fur trade. what was the role of F/N WOMEN in the fur trade?

Answer 15

• fur trade depended on their contributions
• many of these woman married french and Scottish trappers
• their marriages allowed for trading alliances with F/N
• were interpreters and business partners for their husbands
• performed many day-to-day tasks essential to the fur trade such as preparing hides, making snowshoes, and clothing

Question 16

how did the fur trade shape the multicultural nature of canada today?

Answer 16

-was the beginning of the movement of people into the new world -from the first days, everyone had to learn to accept each other and try to get along - as a result, different peoples had to share their ideas, tech, religions, attitudes and values -from those events, we have learned to develop an open and respectful perspective of other peoples values and beliefs -our multicultural nation today had grown out of those early experiences (now diverse -the fur trade contributed to our understanding of different world views and how we fit into this diversity

Question 17

_____________ competition shaped the fur trade

Answer 17

economic

Question 18

first nations peoples first contact with europeans, which led to the fur trade, occurred when they…

Answer 18

traded with explorers fishing for cod off the east coast

Question 19

during the beginning of the fur trade when Europeans and first Nations traded, who benefited, first nations or European or both?

Answer 19

europeans and F/N both benefitted from their early interactions and trade but as the Fur trade developed, it became less beneficial to the F/N

Question 20

which river became a seaway for developing the fur trade

Answer 20

st Lawrence river

Question 21

the role of missionaries and missions was to.…

Answer 21

convert the mi’kmaq and other F/N to christians

Question 22

_____________ were used in the expansion of the fur trade into the territory west of new france

Answer 22

middlemen

Question 23

people of mixed cultural background such as french and F/N or Scottish and F/N’s are called

Answer 23

métis

Question 24

the hudson’s bay company had a __________ in the fur trade because they owned most of the fur trading land

Answer 24

monopoly

Question 25

in economic competition, “winning” means

Answer 25

control of wealth

Question 26

for F/N peoples, trading meant

Answer 26

peace, new tools, and friendships

Question 27

during the 1600s the french were allies with the

Answer 27

quendat

Question 28

the location of quebec as a trading centre for the french was

Answer 28

on the st lawrence river and enabled better trade

Question 29

which of the following is not a reason for the expansion into the west; A: the lack of pelt supplies in the east. B: the unrest between f/n and the middlemen. C: the treaty of paris D: britain’s hunger for land

Answer 29

B

Question 30

the métis people settled in an area called

Answer 30

red river

Question 31

the main push for expanding west and the migration of many people westward was the:

Answer 31

fur trade

Question 32

the best reason for britain selling rupert’s land to canada was because it

Answer 32

was afraid of an American invasion

Question 33

after the fur trade declined in the 1800s, trading forts became

Answer 33

permanent settlements

Question 34

the voyageurs had to portage often. this meant they had to

Answer 34

carry their goods over rapids, including the canoes and pelts

Question 35

in the 1800s the crew moved westward because

Answer 35

buffalo were disappearing in the east

Question 36

which two cities were the two main french fur trading and shipping centres during the 1600s

Answer 36

quebec city and montreal

Question 37

the two main fur trading companies were the

Answer 37

hudson’s bay company and the northwest company

Question 38

after years of the competition and fighting, in 1821, the two companies in questions 21 merged into one company called the

Answer 38

the hudson’s bay company

Question 39

this movement of large numbers of people in one direction is known as

Answer 39

migration

Question 40

define economic competition

Answer 40

competition for control of wealth

Question 41

define métis

Answer 41

People with French or Scottish and first Nations origins

Question 42

define flakes

Answer 42

stations used by the British to dry their fish

Question 43

define pemmican

Answer 43

staple food provided by the first nations to the Europeans

Question 44

define the middlemen

Answer 44

people who acted as go-betweens between two groups during trade

Question 45

define monopoly

Answer 45

having control of all resources in an area

Question 46

define canadien

Answer 46

descendants of settlers of new France