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Metis
Fur Trading Companies
First Nations and the Fur Trade
Early Exploration of Canada and the Beginning of the Fur Trade
Misc
100
What is a famous traditional Metis dish?
What is Bannock
100
HBC stands for?
What is Hudson Bay Company
100
Who were the original inhabitants of North America?
What are Aboriginal or First Nations people
100
The Fur Trade was established mainly because of this large Canadian rodent?
What is the Beaver
100
Why did the Fur Trade end?
What is the expansion of Canada into the Northwest which led to settlers, railroads, and a new way of life.
200
What language do the Metis people speak?
What is Michif
200
Who were the greatest competitors of the HBC?
What is The Northwest Company
200
Did the First Nation people need to trade? Why or why not?
What is answers will vary please discuss
200
Early fur traders were often called Coureur des Bois, which translates to ____________________?
What is Runners of the Woods
200
During the Fur Trade wars the Iroquois formed an alliance with the __________ and the Huron formed and alliance with the ____________.
What is the English (Iroquois) and the French (Huron)
300
What colour was the sash that the Metis people wore?
What is red
300
There were _______main trading posts from 1608-1803.
What is 8
300
Why did the First Nations people trade?
What is trade items made life for the First Nations people more convenient. It made hunting, cooking, building, easier and faster. Luxury items held value and gave status.
300
The Coureur des Bois spent most of their time with?
What is Aboriginal men and women
300
A path on land to carry your canoe to water is also referred to as...?
What is Portage
400
The Metis are famous for their bead work designs. What is a popular design that Metis women use to decorate their clothing?
What is a flower
400
What is a Fort?
What is a larger trading post
400
What role did First Nation women have in the Fur Trade?
They helped the Europeans adapt to life in the wilderness. They also made clothing and moccasins that helped to supply the fur trading posts. They helped prepare food and furs for trade. They also formed a link between the two cultures often marrying European traders and forming kinship between the two groups.
400
The main reason the Fur Trade began was to make fashionable European fur ______________.
What is Hats
400
A made beaver is?
What is a beaver that has been fully prepared to sell and used as currency.
500
The Metis are a mix of which two cultures?
What is a mix of French and First Nations people.
500
Name at least 2 of the many requirements needed to be a voyageur with the Northwest Company?
What is bravery, strength, survival skills, the ability to row for long hours, ability to speak First Nation languages, navigation skills, hardiness, ect
500
What are 3 items that the First Nations taught the Coureurs des Bois to make?
What is a canoe, snowshoes, traps
500
Who was the first French explorer to come to Canada?
Who is Jacques Cartier
500
Who was Henry Kelsey?
What is the first European to observe Aboriginals hunting Buffalo on the plains.