Fur Trade
Fur Trade Continued
Metis
100
What animal was the most important to the fur trade? Why?
Beaver for making beaver pelt hats
100
Give two examples of things that the Indigenous people could get in exchange for furs.
guns, knives, blankets, beads, metal tools, etc.
100
Which people were and are considered Metis?
When a First Nations person and a European person had a baby, their baby would be Metis.
200
What were the two main European countries that participated in the Fur Trade?
England and France
200
What is it called when voyageurs had to carry their canoes and goods on their backs because they could not paddle?
Portage
200
What did the Metis flag look like? Draw a picture and label the correct colours.
300
Which trading companies were rivals during the fur trade?
Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company.
300
What was the role of the European people during the fur trade?
The European people were mainly traders. They worked at the trading posts and traded metal goods, blankets, and other things in exchange for furs that the Indigenous people brought.
300
Name two ways that the Metis used their sashes
to carry belongings, as scarves, washcloths, towels, saddle blankets, ropes, thread, used in games, to pull things out of the mud,
400
Who were the Voyageurs?
Francophone men who travelled across Canada in canoes during the fur trade.
400
The fur trade had positive and negative impacts on the Indigenous people. What was one negative impact?
Indigenous people became very reliant on European goods.
The Fur Trade brought disease and sickness.
There was overhunting, making it harder for Indigenous people to continue to hunt like they had before.
The Indigenous people lost their traditional ways.
400
How did the Metis help the fur trade?
As translators!
Paddling the boats carrying furs and trade goods along the rivers
Providing goods to the traders