Explorers
Which explorer was a missionary priest whose journal was not lost?
Father Jacques
MARQUETTE
The French & Indians were successful trading partners.
True
Who won the French & Indian War?
the British
animal skins with the fur or hair still on them
Pelts
A location on a river or lake where things are carried from one shore to another
Who wore a robe of
Chinese silk?
Jean NICOLET
How did traders get from one post to another?
rivers known as
water highways
Who won the American Revolution?
the colonists
a priest who teaches others to become Christians
Missionary
a change from one language to another
Translation
Father Marquette went with me to explore the Mississippi River…
Louis JOLLIET
Name 3 items the FRENCH had to trade…
blankets
brass pots
wool fabric
metal axes
glass beads
Who fought the War of 1812?
the British &
the colonists
people who left their country to come to a new place to settle
Colonists
French word for “gathering spot”
Entrepot
Who is thought to be the first European explorer to land in Wisconsin?
Jean NICOLET
Name 3 items the INDIANS had to trade…
pelts
wild rice
maple syrup
canoes
snowshoes
Which conflict was fought farthest from Wisconsin?
American Revolution
(Revolutionary War)
someone who provides an explanation from one language to another
Interpreter
term for a person of mixed blood or traditions (French & Indian)
Metis (May-tee)
Whose maps caused
a turning point in
Wisconsin history?
Louis JOLLIET
Name one of the three trading posts we learned about…
Fort La Pointe
Fort La Baye
Prairie du Chien
How long did the French & Indian War last?
7 years
an annual gathering event where trading and an exchange of languages, customs, & ideas took place
Rendezvous
The name given to people who came to find new places
Explorers