The location of the cabin that Matthew's family was heading towards.
What is Maine?
100
Give the definition of Portage
What is a location on a river or lake where things are carried from one shore to the other
100
In what year did the French and Indian War begin and end?
What is 1756-1763
100
3 items the Fur traders exchanged with the Indians
What is blankets, brass, cooking its, metal axes, woolen fabric and glass beads
100
3 Native Tribes who lived in WI at the 'close of the old time'
What is Menominee, Ho-Chunk & Obijwe
200
The name of the individual who originally laid metal traps and stole Matthew's father's gun from the cabin
What is Loomis?
200
Give the definition of French & Indian War
What is the seven year long battle between the french and the British for control of the trading forts and water-highways in Wisconsin, the Midwest and Canada
200
What year is it believed Father Jacques Marquette first explored the upper Mississippi River in Wisconsin
What is 1673
200
Name the 3 forts operated by the US military in WI
What is Fort Washington, Fort Crawford & Fort Howard
200
French explorers who came to teach the Indians christianity were called
What is Missionaries
300
Two skills the young Indian boy taught Matthew in order for him to survive.
What is bow and arrow/snare traps for animals
300
Give the word that matches the following definition: "the first european explorer generally believed to have landed in Wisconsin."
Who is Jean Nicolet
300
Important historical event that occurred in 1812
What is the War of 1812
300
Give the order of who controlled the fur trade in WI
1)Americans
2)French
3)English/British
What is French, British, American
300
The name for type of people who were half Indian, half European
What is Metis
400
The purpose of Matthew teaching the Indian boy to read English was
What is in order to prevent the Natives from signing away land in more treaties
400
Give the word that matches the definition "a yellow metal made from copper and zinc"
What is brass
400
Year the Americans took full control of the fur trade in WI
What is 1815
400
What facility did all the forts have that would be helpful to the general population
What is a hospital
400
Name Elizabeth Therese Fisher's husband and his occupation (job)
What is Henry Baird, lawyer
500
The first gift that the Indian Grandfather gave to Matthew after saving him from the river
What is a crutch
500
Give the word that matches the definition "the process of exchanging European trade goods for Indian goods, such as pelts or wild rice"
What is Fur Trade
500
Give the correct order of following events
1)French Indian War
2)Praire du Chien fort built
3)War of 1812 begins
4)Elizabeth Therese Fisher was born
What is French & Indian War, ETF born, War of 1812, Prairie du Chien Fort
500
What gifts did Matthew and the Indian boy exchange at the end of the movie before parting ways
What is a book (Robinson Crusoe) & a dog
500
A 28 year old explorer who helped chart the Mississippi River