Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
100
10
100
These are the names of the 2 companies who participated in the fur trade.
What are the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company?
100
As part of their mother's tradition, Metis hunted this animal on their land.
What is the buffalo?
100
This is characterized as being surrounded by walls.
What is a fort?
100
This capital city of Alberta was the result of one of the province's first forts.
What is Edmonton?
100
This is often mistaken for Canada's national symbol, when it is actually the beaver.
What is the maple leaf?
200
5
200
This special coin was used during the fur trade.
What is a beaver token?
200
This sweet, salty, and dry treat was a main food source during the fur trade.
What is pemmican?
200
Rise in popularity of this material was the main reason that the fur trade ended.
What is silk?
200
This is the new nation of people that the fur trade created between the French and the Indigenous.
Who are the Metis?
200
This animal was hunted for on the Pacific coast
What is salmon?
300
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300
In the fur trading game, these 2 items were the most valuable.
What are the gun and the beaver?
300
These are the 2 main religions that the Metis followed from their European fathers.
What is Roman Catholic and Christian (Protestant)?
300
This style of boat was an important invention of the Metis.
What is York?
300
This is the most northern fort on the Alberta map.
What is Fort Chipewyan?
300
The Metis were best known for inventing the red river cart which has this special feature.
What is being made out of wood?
400
200
Hint: double is not in game 1,2 and 4
400
After much competition, HBC became this, meaning to have control over an industry.
What is a monopoly?
400
This is where the Metis would move to during the winter season.
What is the parkland?
400
400 BONUS POINTS!
Pick again.
400
This is someone who speaks French as their first language.
What is a Francophone?
400
This was the piece of paper given to the Metis in an unfair exchange for their land.
What is a script?
500
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500
These were known as the "highways" of the fur trade.
What are rivers?
500
These coats worn by the Metis were made out of wool and had hoods.
What are capotes?
500
The Metis often laid this on the ground and used it to create dance steps in the shape of an X.
What is the sash?
500
Just like a tree, Alberta has these that developed through the fur trade and migration of Metis over time.
What are roots?
500
The Metis chose the infinity sign as their symbol because it means this.
What is never-ending
600
50
600
These are 2 roles that women played during the fur trade.
What are
-made pemmican -interpretters
-gardeners -made clothing
-made snowshoes -set up the homes
600
These are the two main types of homes that the Metis lived in.
What are log cabins and tipis?
600
As the fur trade expanded, Europeans from both companies began to set up forts across the land headed in this direction.
What is West?
600
These 3 rivers were the main ways of travel for the fur traders through Alberta.
What are the North Saskatchewan River, Peace River, and Athabasca Rivers?
600
It is the symbol of this fur trading company.
What is the North West Company?
700
Lose all
700
This means to exit the water and carry the canoes and supplies over land.
What is portage?
700
Other than as a sash, these were 3 of the ways that the red sash was used by the Metis.
What are:
-rope -mat -pouch
-thread -towel -scarf -bandage
700
Michif is a mix of French and this language.
What is Cree?
700
Alberta is home to 8 of these special areas where the people can govern their own land.
What are Metis settlements?
700
This historical spotlight character was the first European to see the prairies during the fur trade.
Who is Henry Kelsey?