Definitions
Impacts of the Fur Trade
The British Fur Trade
The French Fur Trade
Wild Questions!
100

What is exploitation?

Taking advantage of and gaining from others work.

100
What could First Nations people trade furs for at Fort Whoop Up?
Whiskey.
100

What was the British fur trading company called?

Hudson's Bay Company.

100
Who were the adventurous men who met with First Nations to trade furs?
Coureur de Bois.
100
Who was Peter Pond?
He established the first fur trading post in what is now Alberta, called Fort Chipewyan now. He was an American.
200

Who were the Fille de roi?

Young women sent from Europe to marry and grow New France.

200

What impacts did the decreasing beaver population have on First Nations groups?

They had to move from their traditional territories and ended up in conflicts with teach other over land.

200

Why was Hudson Bay a good location for fur trading factories?

It had rivers flowing to it-easy transportation for First Nations. It was on a big bay-easy shipping back to England. It was in the north-furs were thick and abundant.

200
What eventually happened to the Northwest Company?
It merged with HBC and was then called HBC.
300
What is a Voyageur?
A fur trader with the Northwest Company. They were like coureur de bois in the French Fur Trade (adventurous men who met First Nations to trade goods for furs).
300

Why did French and English being used as the main language of the Fur Trade negatively impact the First Nations?

It caused the First Nations to begin to lose their languages.

300
What was the treaty between the First Nations groups and French called?
The Great Peace of Montreal.
300
What is sometimes called the "greatest disaster" of the Fur Trade?
2/3 of First Nations dying of European diseases.
400
What was the Northwest Company?
A company formed by merchants in Montreal who used to work with the French Fur trade. The NWC competed with the HBC.
400
What happened to the Buffalo?
They were over-hunted.
400
What was a British fur trading post called?
A factory.
400
What were the terms of The Great Peace of Montreal?
New France would not attack Haudenosaunee villages. The First Nations would not attack the French or each other. Trappers and traders could travel safely.
400
Why was Fort William an important location?
The Norwesters used it as a middle point in their Fur Trade so Voyageurs didn't have to travel all the way back to Montreal to deliver furs and get more goods to trade.
500

What was the invisible enemy in the fur trade?

Diseases like influenza (the flu), smallpox, measles, etc.

500

First Nations who were involved in the Fur Trade began to _________ only goods that Europeans could provide.

Use.

500

What is the "interior"?

The middle part of North America (not the coast). Refers to things north and west of the St. Lawrence river and south of Hudson Bay.

500
What form of transportation did most Coureur de Bois use.
Rivers on Canoes!
500
Who are the Metis?
Children of First Nations women and fur traders (usually French, Scottish or English).
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