Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
100

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100

These are the names of the 2 companies who participated in the fur trade.

What are the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company?

100

As part of their mother's tradition, Metis hunted this animal on their land.

What is the buffalo?

100

This is characterized as being surrounded by walls.

What is a fort?

100

This capital city of Alberta was the result of one of the province's first forts.

What is Edmonton?

100

This is often mistaken for Canada's national symbol, when it is actually the beaver. 

What is the maple leaf?

200

5

200

This special coin was used during the fur trade.

What is a beaver token?

200

This sweet, salty, and dry treat was a main food source during the fur trade.

What is pemmican?

200

Rise in popularity of this material was the main reason that the fur trade ended.

What is silk?

200

This is the new nation of people that the fur trade created between the French and the Indigenous.

Who are the Metis?

200

This animal was hunted for on the Pacific coast

What is salmon?

300

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300

In the fur trading game, these 2 items were the most valuable.

What are the gun and the beaver?

300

These are the 2 main religions that the Metis followed from their European fathers.

What is Roman Catholic and Christian (Protestant)?

300

This style of boat was an important invention of the Metis.

What is York?

300

This is the most northern fort on the Alberta map.

What is Fort Chipewyan?

300

The Metis were best known for inventing the red river cart which has this special feature.


What is being made out of wood?

400

200

Hint: double is not in game 1,2 and 4

400

After much competition, HBC became this, meaning to have control over an industry.

What is a monopoly?

400

This is where the Metis would move to during the winter season.

What is the parkland?

400

400 BONUS POINTS!

Pick again.

400

This is someone who speaks French as their first language.

What is a Francophone?

400

This was the piece of paper given to the Metis in an unfair exchange for their land.

What is a script?

500

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500

These were known as the "highways" of the fur trade.

What are rivers?

500

These coats worn by the Metis were made out of wool and had hoods.

What are capotes?

500

The Metis often laid this on the ground and used it to create dance steps in the shape of an X.

What is the sash?

500

Just like a tree, Alberta has these that developed through the fur trade and migration of Metis over time.

What are roots?

500

The Metis chose the infinity sign as their symbol because it means this.

What is never-ending

600

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600

These are 2 roles that women played during the fur trade.

What are

-made pemmican                -interpretters

-gardeners                         -made clothing

-made snowshoes               -set up the homes

600

These are the two main types of homes that the Metis lived in.

What are log cabins and tipis?

600

As the fur trade expanded, Europeans from both companies began to set up forts across the land headed in this direction.

What is West?

600

These 3 rivers were the main ways of travel for the fur traders through Alberta.

What are the North Saskatchewan River, Peace River, and Athabasca Rivers?

600

It is the symbol of this fur trading company.


What is the North West Company?

700

Lose all

700

This means to exit the water and carry the canoes and supplies over land.

What is portage?

700

Other than as a sash, these were 3 of the ways that the red sash was used by the Metis.

What are:

 -rope        -mat         -pouch

-thread     -towel       -scarf      -bandage

700

Michif is a mix of French and this language.

What is Cree?

700

Alberta is home to 8 of these special areas where the people can govern their own land.

What are Metis settlements?

700

This historical spotlight character was the first European to see the prairies during the fur trade.

Who is Henry Kelsey?

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