Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Miscellaneous
100
Go sledding.
What is a fun Winter activity?
100
Workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, usually transporting furs and goods by canoe.
What is a voyageur?
100
Trading post was very busy collecting furs and preparing canoes for travel.
What happened in the spring?
100
Catholic priest who traveled up the Mississippi and lived with the Dakota.
Who is Father Louis Hennepin?
100
A 1500's European fashion craze.
What are beaver felt hats?
200
A useful material such as fur, wood, or oil.
What is a resource?
200
guide
What is a person who is hired to help fur traders and voyageurs find their way through the woods and waterways?
200
Hunting and trapping stopped to allow animals to repopulate.
What is summer?
200
Radisson and Groseilliers
Which French explorers and fur traders were some of the first Europeans to come to Minnesota.
200
50,000
How many paddle strokes were made by a voyageur each day?
300
***DAILY DOUBLE*** profit
What is money gained from the sale of a good or service?
300
clerk
Who was in charge of the day to day activities at the fur trading post?
300
The two main activities during winter.
What are hunting and pelt preparing?
300
***DAILY DOUBLE*** Duluth, Mn
What town is named after Daniel Greysolon? What town is named after Sieur du Luht?
300
Metal tools, guns, cloth, dyes, etc.
What are European trade good?
400
Metis (may-TEE)
What is a name given to a mixed race family?
400
Native person who supplied clothing and food to the voyageurs and fur traders so they could survive winter.
What is a supplier?
400
The season that marked the end of the trading year.
What is summer?
400
Belgium
Where was Father Louis Hennepin from?
400
French word meaning "to carry".
What is portage?
500
A gathering of traders, clerks, voyageurs, and natives that marked the end of the trading season.
What is a rendezvous?
500
Pelt preparer, supplier, guide and interpreter.
What are fur trade job for woman?
500
Fall, Winter, and Spring.
During what months did the fur traders hunt and trap?
500
Early Minnesotan who's name inspired a hotel chain which began in Minneapolis, in 1909.
Who is Pierre Radisson?
500
Name given to the large, 36 foot canoes, used to transport huge loads in the fur trade. (Named after the starting point in the fur trade)
What is a Montreal canoe?
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