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HMS-SS Unit5,6,7
Review for unit test-MN history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a person sent to convert others to a new religion | missionary |
| the place where boats or goods are carried over land from one stretch of water to another | portage |
| fixed allowance of supplies | ration |
| a large, compressed bundle of something | bale |
| an annual summer meeting of traders, clerks, voyageurs, and Indians | rendezvous |
| the process of discussing a question or conflict in order to settle it | negotiation |
| a written agreement between two or more nations | treaty |
| to end a meeting for a period of time | adjourn |
| one or more persons chosen to represent others | delegation |
| somebody who encourages others to join a group | recruiter |
| to bring a person from the primitive and bring manners into their lives | civilize |
| a person who comes into a country to live there | immigrant |
| land set aside, or reserved, by the United States government specifically for Indians | reservation |
| I was an interpreter, a fur trader and spoke three languages. | George Bonga |
| I was a young U.S. Army officer who purchased the very first pieces of land from the Dakota. | Zebulon Pike |
| I was the Indian agent at Fort Snelling | Lawrence Taliaferro |
| I was a member of the territorial legislature from Pembina. I "stole the bill to make St. Peter the capital city. | Joseph Rolette |
| I was selected to represent the Minnesota Territory in Washington, D.C at a meeting in Stillwater. | Henry H. Sibley |
| I opened Minnesota Territory's first public school in an abandoned blacksmith's shop. | Harriet Bishop |
| I was the first territorial governor. | Alexander Ramsey |
| this is the year Minnesota became a territory | 1849 |
| this is the year Minnesota became the 32nd state | 1858 |
| How many counties did the Minnesota Territory have? | 9 |
| What was the western boundary of the Minnesota Territory? | The Missouri River |
| When did the fur trade start? | the early 1600's |
| What did the Indian women trade furs for? | glass beads, metal kettles, and cloth |
| How many different types of canoes were used during the fur trade? | 3 |
| Who managed the day-to-day business at the trading post? | Clerk |
| Only a few of these could read and write and they carried 90 pound bales on their backs during the fur trade? | voyageurs |
| During the fur trade, these people were usually from wealthy families and were in charge of the trading posts. | traders |
| These people hunted and trapped animals for furs to trade. | Indian Men |
| These people often repaired canoes and collected sugar to trade. | Indian Women |
| What fur was most commonly traded during the fur trade? | beaver |