Social Studies Fur Trade

Question 0

what did each group get out of the fur trade

Answer 0

American Indians: things they didn’t have

Europeans: money and a profit

Question 1

Why did American Indians want trade goods and why did Europeans want furs. Worth 5 points.

Answer 1

The American Indians wanted things they didn’t have like cloth and mateirial, brass tin and kettels,and dyes. The cloth and material was a lot easier to sew than leather was. Brass tins and kettles made cooking easier and the red dyes were good for decorating their clothing. They also wanted tools like guns and axes because they made their lives simpler. Europeans wanted ( mostly beaver pelts) furs because they made them into hats and that was a symbol of the rich and powerful and people were willing to pay a lot of money for them. They wanted money and a profit.

Question 2

How was the Indian lifestyle changed by the fur trade

Answer 2

they were losing traditions of ways to do things

started reling on trade goods more and more

made axes from stone less than from steel

Question 3

two important activities in each season and who did it.

Answer 3

SUMMER- had rendezvous and workers counted and repacked and loaded the pelts for the trip through the great lakes to Montreal
AUTUM- canoes came with trade goods and voyageurs caught fish and cut fire wood for the coming winter
WINTER- hunted for deer, bears, muskrats, and beavers to feed their families and chopped wood and built sleds
SPRING-netted fish and hunted ducks and took canoes out of storage and repaired them

Question 4

pelt preparer

Answer 4

dakota and ojibwe women redeid the furs for trade by cutting off animal skin and turning it inside out

Question 5

fur trader

Answer 5

a European or American involved in the fur trade often referring to a person in charge of a trading post

Question 6

pelt

Answer 6

an animal skin with fur on it

Question 7

hunter

Answer 7

someone who spent most of their time hunting or trapping for food or pelts

Question 8

guide

Answer 8

a person hired to help voyageurs and traders find their through unfamilier lands

Question 9

interpreters

Answer 9

a person who translates for people who speak different languages

Question 10

Clerk

Answer 10

The man who managed the day to day business at the trading post

Question 11

Voyageur

Answer 11

Someone who did the physical labor of the fur trade including transporting furs and goods by canoe

Question 12

Supplier

Answer 12

Ojibwe and Dakota who provided goods the Europeans needed to survive the winter

Question 13

True or false, The American Indians did not trade before the Europeans came

Answer 13

False

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Indians trading

Answer 14

Do you get items they didn’t have

Question 15

What was the purpose of the Europeans trading

Answer 15

To make money or earn a profit

Question 16

What were the three reasons for exploration

Answer 16

1. Resources
2. Fame and fortune
3. Teach Christianity to Indians

Question 17

What did some of the trade goods include

Answer 17

Clothing made of fabric, blankets, jewelry, knives

, kettles, guns, Glass beads, red dyes,and needles

Question 18

Why did the Indians want clothing made of fabric, glass beads, brass and tin kettles, red dice, and axes and guns

Answer 18

Clothing was less work than sewing leather and it was comfortable glass beads were a new way to decorate moccasins and bags brass tin and kettles made cooking easier and were more durable and red dyes to decorate clothing axes and guns made life simpler

Question 19

What kind of pelts were the most popular

Answer 19

Beaver pelts

Question 20

Why did the Europeans want beaver pelts

Answer 20

Because the hats were symbol of rich and powerful, people were willing to pay a lot for them, and they hunted the near extinction in Europe.

Question 21

True or false, people wanted food labor and tools also not just furs

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What did the Europeans get for transportation

Answer 22

Canoes from the native people, guides to help them navigate and unfamiliar land, interpreters needed it so traders could communicate with the Dakota and Ojibwe

Question 23

What was the biggest trading company

Answer 23

The North West Company

Question 24

Where was the North West Company

Answer 24

At grand portage

Question 25

True or false they set up a new post on snake river and it is called Grand Pine trading company

Answer 25

False

Question 26

How did the Europeans get used to the American Indian customs?

Answer 26

They gave presents to strengthen ties, married Dakota and Ojibway woman to create kinship, and did simple exchanges of items

Question 27

How did the Indians become more efficient at gathering furs

Answer 27

They used steel traps and spearheads, and chisels and axes to cut into muskrat lodges

Question 28

Two or false, the American Indians started to rely on European goods and their life started came to change

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or false, in the 1700s the American Indians mostly trade with the British

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

Who did the American Indians trade with in the 1700s

Answer 30

The French

Question 31

Who do the American Indians trade with in the late 1700s

Answer 31

British because they won the war

Question 32

What did the Indian women do in the fur trade

Answer 32

Cleaned Pelts, provided resources, learn French and English to interpret, and married traders Etc.

Question 33

What is the mixed-race of European and Indian

Answer 33

The Metis

Question 34

How did the Dakota and Ojibway start relying too much on trade goods

Answer 34

They lost to traditional ways of making and doing things

Question 35

By what year did the American fur company in control

Answer 35

1825

Question 36

By 1825 what company was in control

Answer 36

The American fur company

Question 37

What was the new fur trading company on snake river

Answer 37

pine Country