Fur Trade Vocab
Me'tis
Mixed Blood
What is Placer Mining
is when you separate loose gold and nuggets from dirt, sand, and gravel in a creek bed.
In 1881 what railroad was built
The Northern railroad
How did the fur trade affect the history of Montana environmentally
we will lose all of the beavers.
how many native American tribes are there
7
Rendezvous
A french word that means meeting in advance
What railroad was built in 1907
The Chicago Milwaukee
How did it affect the history of Montana economically
Everyone wanted to have beaver fur and they had to buy it or trade things for it. this got very expensive at times.
Which reservation is north of the Flathead reservation
Blackfeet
Capitalism
An economic system in which privately owned business carry on trade for profit.
Who are prospectors
People who search for gold
What railroad was built in 1887
The Great Northern Railway
how did the fur trade have on Montana and its people
people used beaver fur as hats, and this made the beavers almost go extinct.
what reservation is east of the crow reservation
Northern cheyenne
Mountain Men
An explorer who lives in the wilderness
What are freight trains
strings of freight wagons pulled by teams of oxen or mules.
which railroad was built in 1883
The Northern Pacific
how did the beavers almost go extinct
people were using their fur as hats and clothes
what reservation is north of crow reservation
Fort Belknap
Free Trapper
A uniquely American innovation in the fur trade and were know as the "Aristocrats" of the trade
Why is Grasshopper Creek named Grasshopper Creek
Because of the thick grasshoppers there.
The Great Northern Railway
What are two reasons why people were killing off the beavers
people wanted the fur and they wanted to make clothes out of the fur
what are all of the Montana tribes
Blackfeet, Rocky boy, for Belknap, fort peck, flathead, crow, northern Cheyenne.