Vocabulary
What is trading goods without using money called?
What is bartering?
How did First Nations peoples view trade?
It built relationships and shared resources
Name one new item First Nations peoples gained
Metal tools / cloth / firearms
Why did explorers want to find routes to Asia?
For trade
What did groups compete over?
Land and resources
What system divided land into long strips in New France?
What is the seigneurial system?
How did Europeans mainly view trade?
As a way to make profit and gain wealth
What problem happened because people relied on European goods?
Dependence
What were explorers hoping to gain?
Wealth (gold, spices, furs)
What important paths caused conflict?
Trade routes
What are objects from the past that teach us about people?
What is a person who buys and sells goods called?
What is a merchant?
What deadly illness spread during contact?
Smallpox (disease spread)
Why did countries send explorers to new lands?
To claim land
What caused tension between First Nations groups?
Alliances with different Europeans
What are family connections that link people together?
Kinship
What is a settlement connected to a homeland called?
What is a colony?
What animal was hunted more due to demand?
Beaver
What religion did explorers want to spread?
Christianity
What kind of areas led to fighting?
Hunting areas
What are stories passed down by speaking?
Oral Traditions
What is a journey taken for a purpose like exploration?
What is an expedition?
What increased because of competition over fur?
conflicts
What personal reason drove exploration?
Curiosity and adventure
What competition caused clashes between Europeans?
Control of the fur trade