Explorers
This explorer was the first to make contact with what is now Canada
Cabot
Which animal was most important to the fur trade?
Beaver
This company started because of a royal charter in England
Hudson's Bay Company
The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word Kanata, what does this word mean?
Village
Indigenous People often traded furs for goods such as
Blankets, Pots and Pans, Guns etc.
This explorer made three major trips to what is now Canada. He kidnapped Donnacona and his sons.
Cartier
What were beaver pelts used to create?
This company was started by Scottish merchants in Montreal
Northwest Company
What was the name of the token given to Indigenous people to purchase goods when they traded furs to the HBC
Made Beaver Token
How did Indigenous people help Champlain and his men survive their Winters
By giving them medicine and proper clothing
This explorer established Quebec City and made alliances with First Nations Groups
Champlain
New France
This company established trading forts and had Indigenous groups come to them to trade their furs
Hudson's Bay Company
Voyageurs
How did First Nations and Metis women help during the fur trade
They would fish, grow vegetables, pick berries and make items to sell
Champlain made an alliance with this group.
Huron-Wendat
This river was very important during the fur trade
St. Lawrence River
This company went to First Nations groups directly in order to conduct trades
Northwest Company
The Fur Trade started initially around the Great Lakes name all five (Hint: HOMES)
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
The Indigenous people helped Europeans build these items so they could travel (list at least two)
Canoes, Toboggans and Snowshoes
Champlain and his allies fought against this group
Haudenosaunee or Iroquois
This country won a war against the French to gain control of New France
Great Britain or England
These two French relatives betrayed France and encouraged the King of England to create the Hudson's Bay Company when First Nations groups helped them discover better quality furs near Hudson's Bay
Radisson and des Groseilliers
When building a fur trading post you need to keep these five things in mind
1. Near Forests
2. Near Indigenous groups
3. Near waterways
4. Near meadows
5. On flat ground
What negatives did the fur trade have on Indigenous people and their way of life?
Many acceptable answers
Such as: fights and wars between groups, reliance on European goods, exposure to illness and diseases, loss of land or territory, etc.