In 1670 the first major fur trade company was established. What was it called?
What is the Hudson's Bay Company
100
What did voyageurs travel in?
What is a canoe
100
What was the most common use for pelts in the fashion industry?
What are hats and coats?
100
This animals' disappearance led to the destruction of the First Nations and Metis traditional way of life.
What is the buffalo
200
What was the first major competition for the Hudson's Bay Company?
What is the NorthWest Company?
200
What was the consequence for the fashion craze of beaver hats?
What is beaver population decrease?
200
What are some goods First Nations wanted to trade Europeans for?
What is pots, knives, axes, guns, copper wire.
200
Who were the Metis?
What is children of French Traders and First Nations
300
The furtrade was a partnership between what three groups?
What is European traders, First Nations and Voyageurs
300
What is a voyageur?
What is someone that transports furs to distant trading posts?
300
What was the most commonly used pelt for clothing?
What is the beaver pelt?
300
What jobs did First Nations women take up in the fur trade
What is preparing more pelts, and preparing more food to sell to fur traders.
300
What was the main source of transportation for the traders?
What are boats.
400
The exchange of goods is called?
What is a trading
400
What was in a voyageurs diet?
What is pemmican, biscuits, meat or fish
400
What did the beaver hat represent?
What is wealth and high social standing?
400
How did First Nations react to shrinking animal populations?
What is expanding their trapping areas.
400
What is the name of the even that took place where three nations banded together to fight the Haudenosanne and took six decades to sign a peace treaty.
What is "Great Peace of Montreal"
500
Where were the trading posts located?
What is near water (rivers and coastlines)
500
Who were the voyageurs?
What is french canadians
500
What type of animal furs did the First Nations and Europeans trade?
What is fox, marten, otter, bear, lynx, muskrat, wolf, bear
500
What are 3 ways the First Nations helped the Europeans survive the wilderness?
What are: 1. how to find food, 2. medicine, 3. how to dress for the cold, 4. transportation, 5. Knowledge of the land, 6. Translate, 7. negotiate, 8. Work force.