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Fur Trade Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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