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Fur Trade
Voyageurs
Early Settlement
Homestead Life
Misc.
100
He was a mapmaker
What was David Thompsons famous for?
100
True
True or false - The North West Company hired Francophone voyageurs from Quebec and local Metis Voyageurs to transport goods ?
100
Free land, improve their lives, because of the goverment advertising, cities were overpopulated
What is one reason the early settlers wanted to come to Alberta ?
100
A soddie was a early settlers home made out of bricks of sod - on the prairie.
What is a soddie ?
100
1905
What year did Alberta become a province ?
200
Beaver, buffalo, fox, deer, lynx, rabbit
Name 3 fur bearing animals that were trading during this time ?
200
A proprietor was a man responsible for the entie brigade, usually five canoes
What is a proprietor ?
200
Europe, Eastern Canada, United States
Where are the 3 places the settlers came from ?
200
If you lived close to the forest, you would build a house out of logs.
What is a log house ?
300
Metis people
In the early years of the fur trade, some French, Scottish, and Irish traders married Native American women - There children were called ?
300
An interpreter must speak French, some English, and be able to communicate with various First Nations
What is an interpreter ?
300
Wagon, walking, train
What is one way the settlers traveled to the West ?
300
The had to grow their own food, or from farming animals
Where did the first settlers get their food ?
300
Tipi
What type of home did the early native americans live in ?
400
Trading forts was built by the Europeans, they were used as a place for trading.
What is a trading fort ?
400
upto 20
How many hours a day did the voyageurs have to row ?
400
Must be over 21 Must be a male Must build a home within 3 years Must cultivate/farm the land
What is one fact of the Homestead Act ?
400
wheat ?
What is the most common grain that the homesteaders grew ?
400
They were over hunted
Why did the Buffalo go extinct ?
500
Metal, knives, pots, wool blankets, cloth, beads, tea, sugar, flour
Name 5 trading goods of the Europeans other than (Tabacco, guns, or alcohol)
500
experienced voyageurs who can judge the water and who will be responsible for safety of canoes and goods
What is a guide ?
500
Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Poland
Name one other country that the settlers came from ?
500
A general store was a place that the settlers could go to sell there extra items or buy items that they needed.
What is a general store ?
500
drought, fire, hail, unemployment
What was one challenge that the homesteader faced ?