Explorers
Voyageurs
Fur Trade
Vocab
THE WAR
100
The European country that sent exporers to Wisconsin.
What is France
100
Food voyageurs ate
What is corn and peas in lard (animal fat)
100
The place where the French and Indians traded.
What are trading posts.
100
a person who travels
who is a voyageur
100
The country that helped the French fight the war
What is Spain
200
The first explorer to arrive in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Who is Jean Nicolet
200
where did voyageurs sleep
What is on the ground or under canoes
200
The items Native Americans received at the Trading Posts
What are cooking pots, metal knives, woolen fabric, guns and other tools.
200
a skin from a beaver, mink, otter, or other creature
What is a pelt
200
What was the name of the war faught to gain control over the river highway?
What is The French and Indian War
300
The reason Nicolet was sent on his voyage.
What is to find the Northwest Passage to China.
300
How long did voyageurs work each day
What is 15 to 18 hours
300
Another country interested in the Fur Trade, besides the French.
What is England
300
A person who teaches religion
Who is a missionary
300
Who won the war
who is the British
400
The Great River
What is the Mississippi River
400
Men would carry______________ packs when portaging
What is 90 pounds
400
The animal the French were most interested in
What is a beaver
400
Carrying supplies and canoes from one river to another unconnected river.
What is portage.
400
After the war, who clamed the most land? French Spanish British
Who are the Britsh
500
The thing the French found in Wisconsin.
What are animal pelts.
500
The speed canoes would travel down the rivers
What is 4 to 6 miles per hour
500
the five major animals of the Fur Trade
What are beaver, muskrat, otter, mink, raccoon
500
A winter Voyageur
What is hivernant.
500
What did the British gain for winning the war. (name EVERYTHING!)
What is the river highway, the fur trade and all land east of the Mississippi River. (They even gained parts of Canada)
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