Vocab
Without the help of _____, the fur trade might never have flourished.
What is Metis people?
British owned corporation operating in North America.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
Fur Companies liked the rendezvous system because
What is it required no permanent forts, which were often attacked?
Europeans wanted American Beaver fur for their hats because ________.
Thousands of Plains Indians Died from 1837-1840 because of ___.
What is smallpox?
______ was the disease that bison caught from settlers' cattle.
What is Brucellosis?
Trading center located at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers.
What is Fort Union?
The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company
a. Were force competitors for many years
b. Merged into one company in the early 1800s
c. Were both British trade companies operating in North America
d. All the above
What is d. all the above
The Metis were vital to the success of the fur trade because they
a. Were the most skilled at finding beaver homes
b. Could communicate with both Indians and non-Indians
c. Were the most knowledgeable about preparing hides
d. Came from many different tribes
What is b. could communicate with Both Indians and non Indians?
Fur companies used Whiskey to _______________.
Fur traders, mountain men, and Indians met at the summer ______.
What is rendezvous?
Builder of St. Mary's Mission.
Who is Pierre-Jean de Smet?
Indians participated in the bison trade because
The trade in the bison hide was different from the beaver trade because
a. Bison were killed by marksmen, not trappers
b. Traders used all parts of the Bison
c. There were more bison than beaver
d. Europeans wanted coats not hats
What is a. bison were killed by marksmen, not trappers
The long term effects of Montana's fur trade included
a. increased reliance on trade good by Indians
b. increased interaction between people from different regions
c. profiting from Montana's resources in far-off places
d. all the above
What is d. all the above?
People who did not directly work for fur company brigades were ________.
What is free tappers?
Founder of the American Fur Company.
Who is John Jacob Aster?
The American Fur Company gained a monopoly on the fur trade for all of the following EXCEPT that
a. They built Astoria, a shipping port in Oregon on the Pacific Ocean
b. The owner John Jacob Aster had his own transportation network
c. They employed only free trappers
d. The Blackfeet allowed them to build a fort in the heart of their territory
What is c. they only employed free trappers
Manuel Lisa’s fort at Three Forks failed because
what is the Blackfeet resisted the establishment of a fort in their territory
Many Christian missionaries who came to Montana failed because they
a. did not encourage Indian culture
b. could not speak the languages
c. did not know how to trap
d. could not survive the cold winter
What is a. did not encourage Indian Culture?
The American Fur Company had a _____ on the Upper Missouri fur trade.
What is monopoly?
Builder of the first trading fort in Montana.
Who is Manuel Lisa?
The St. Louis Missouri Fur Company was
a. An organization of free trappers
b. Part of the British fur training groups
c. Owned by John Jacob Astor
d. The first American owned fur company in the region
What is d. The first American owned fur company in the region
Free Trappers differed from the fur company brigades by
a. Being paid with pelts rather than money
b. Avoiding relationships with Indians
c. Trapping only one kind of animal for trading with the companies
d. Trapping and living in one area rather than traveling through the region
What is d. Trapping and living in one area rather than traveling through the region
The Salish asked priests to come to their country so they could_____________.
(It has nothing to do with the Blackfeet)
What is fulfill an ancient prophecy?