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Fur Trade
Question | Answer |
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resource | a source or supply of a useful material (such as fur, wood, or oil) |
fur trader | European or American involved in the fur trade often a person in charge of a trading post |
pelt | an animal skin with the fur on it |
hunter | a person, usually a man, who spent most of his time hunting or trapping animals for food and for pelts |
guide | a person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their way through unfamiliar lands |
interpreter | a person who translates for people who speak different languages |
clerk | a man who managed the day-to-day business at a fur trading post |
voyageur | a workman who performed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe |
missionaries | people who traveled to Minnesota hoping to get the native people to give up their religions in favor of Christianity |
Explorers | People who traveled to Minnesota in search of fame and adventure |
To get things they needed | Reason American Indians traded with Europeans |
To make a profit | Reason Europeans traded with American Indians |
beaver, mink and otter | Resources Europeans were seeking in North America |
blankets, jewelry, knives, kettles, guns, needles, fabric, beads, dyes, axes | Goods the Dakota and Ojibwe wanted from the Europeans |
canoes, clothing and food | Goods besides furs that the Europeans wanted |
guides, interpreters and suppliers | Services besides furs that the Europeans wanted |
Reasons why Europeans wanted beaver furs | Beaver hats were popular, but beavers were almost extinct in Europe, hats were a sign of social status and a lot of money |
How Europeans supported business by using the native people's beliefs in generosity | European traders gave presents to strengthen relationships with their native trading partners |
How Europeans supported business by using the native people's beliefs in kinship | Traders married Ojibwe and Dakota women |
Main activity in the fur trade during autumn | voyageurs paddle canoes bringing goods to be traded and traders built bonds with the Native Americans |
Main activity in the fur trade during winter | Native Americans hunted the beavers |
Main activity in the fur trade during spring | Counted pelts and prepared to transport them to large trade center |
Main activity in the fur trade during the summer | rendezvous - counted and repacked the pelts and sent the pelts back to Europe |
What the trader did for the fur trade | In charge one or more trading posts |
What the clerk did for the fur trade | Worked under the trader and managed the day-to-day business at the post |
What the voyageur did for the fur trade | The ordinary workman of the fur trade, paddled and portaged the canoes |
What the hunter did for the fur trade | Dakota or Ojibwe men who gathered the valuable beaver, muskrat and otter to trade |
What the pelt preparers did for the fur trade | Dakota and Ojibwe women readied the furs for trade |
What the interpreters did for the fur trade | Helped the traders talk and negotiate with the many Ojibwe and Dakota |
What happened if someone involved in the fur trade didn't increase his or her human capital | Might weaken his status in his or her community or might decrease his or her ability to make a profit |
New ways of life for the Dakota and Ojibwe that replaced traditional ways by 1800s | steel axes, traps, spent time hunting and trading instead of making items |
Who did the native Americans trade with before the Europeans? | Other Native Americans |
What is a rendezvous (ron-day-voo) and when did they have them? | A gathering/celebration of people to trade goods and furs and they happened in the summer |
What is a portage? | The voyagers would portage [carry] their supplies over land |
Why did the fur trade come to an end? | Fashion trend changed to silk rather than fur |
What is a rendezvous (ron-day-voo)? |