Social 8: Fur Trade MEGA QUIZ

Fill in the blanks: The beaver is the [blank_start]national[blank_end] animal of Canada. It represents [blank_start]perseverance[blank_end] and [blank_start]industry[blank_end]. [blank_start]Millions[blank_end] of years ago, [blank_start]glaciers[blank_end] covered all of [blank_start]Canada[blank_end]. Beaver dams are made from [blank_start]mud[blank_end] and [blank_start]sticks[blank_end], and it serves as the beaver's [blank_start]home[blank_end]. For [blank_start]thousands[blank_end] of years, fur had been used for clothing. It was a symbol of [blank_start]wealth[blank_end] and [blank_start]power[blank_end]. [blank_start]Explorers[blank_end] came to [blank_start]North America[blank_end] because they were running [blank_start]low[blank_end] on sources of fur. Beaver fur is very [blank_start]dense[blank_end] and [blank_start]fine[blank_end]. It was used to make a fabric called [blank_start]felt[blank_end]. Hats made from this were popular in [blank_start]Europe[blank_end] during the [blank_start]17th[blank_end] century.

List EIGHT animals that were hunted and trapped for the Fur Trade

Marten, minks, and muskrats are all bred in captivity.

The most valuable fox color to hunt is:

Check FIVE things that the bison provided the natives with.

Fill in the blanks: For [blank_start]centuries[blank_end] Europeans had known about North America. Ancient [blank_start]Celtic[blank_end] legends had told of crossing the [blank_start]Atlantic[blank_end] ocean in search of "[blank_start]The Land of Promise[blank_end]". European [blank_start]fishermen[blank_end] made voyages to the "[blank_start]Grand Banks[blank_end]" to fish. They would come ashore to [blank_start]dry[blank_end] and [blank_start]salt[blank_end] their fish before going back to [blank_start]Europe[blank_end].

Europeans introduced hunting and trapping to the First Nations.

Why was it easier to hunt beaver in the winter?

It was the best to use one method of hunting for all animals.

Which native group did the merchants rely on to supply them with furs?

Some steel traps made animals suffer in pain

What did "coureurs de bois" mean?

It was best to use a single hunter for buffalo

Name THREE reasons that the "coureurs de bois" were successful.

What is a portage?

One of the longest portages was 20 kilometers

What is a cache?

Some of the coureur de bois set up large trading companies, such as the Company of 99 Associates

Fill in the Blanks: The [blank_start]British[blank_end] were also interested in the Fur Trade. The [blank_start]Hudson[blank_end]'s Bay Company was formed in [blank_start]1760[blank_end]. King [blank_start]Charles[blank_end] the [blank_start]II[blank_end] of [blank_start]England[blank_end] gave the company control of all land from northern [blank_start]Quebec[blank_end] to the [blank_start]prairies[blank_end]. They called this region [blank_start]Rupert's Land[blank_end], which was named after the King's [blank_start]cousin[blank_end]. The idea of the company came from two [blank_start]French[blank_end] traders. They sold the idea of building a company to the [blank_start]British[blank_end]. The British traders did not go out into the [blank_start]wilderness[blank_end] themselves. They instead use the [blank_start]Natives[blank_end] to bring the furs directly into the shores of Hudson's Bay. Then [blank_start]larger[blank_end] ships would take the furs to [blank_start]Europe[blank_end].

Life in the fur trade was very exciting.

What year did the British take control of New France?

What was the goal of the British?

When did the rivalry between the Northwest Company and the Hudson Bay Company end?

Fill in the blanks: As the fur trade travelled further [blank_start]west[blank_end], the contact between Europeans and the Natives [blank_start]increased[blank_end]. That meant that [blank_start]Europeans[blank_end] began marrying into Native [blank_start]families[blank_end]. The [blank_start]Metis[blank_end] was a blend of North American Indian and European [blank_start]ancestry[blank_end]. Most [blank_start]Metis[blank_end] people spoke either [blank_start]French[blank_end] or [blank_start]English[blank_end] and at least one [blank_start]Native[blank_end] language. [blank_start]French[blank_end] were Roman [blank_start]Catholic[blank_end], while those from an [blank_start]English[blank_end] or Scottish background were [blank_start]Protestant[blank_end]. The [blank_start]Metis[blank_end] were very important as they were sometimes worked as [blank_start]guides[blank_end], [blank_start]trappers[blank_end], and company [blank_start]clerks[blank_end].

One of the most famous Metis was ________.