Chapter 5 Fur Trade

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American Indians had never traded before the Europeans arrived?

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False

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In the summer, traders, clerks, voyageurs, and some American Indians met at the "Rendezvous" to exchange goods and celebrate.

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True

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Did American Indian women play an important role in the fur trade?

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True

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Most furs were transported by horses. True or False?

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False

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Europeans wanted beaver pelts to make hats that were a social status symbol.

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True

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Ojibwe women who turned the animal hides into valuable pelts for trade.

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pelt preparers

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They carried and canoed the furs from the interior posts to the trade centers. Who were they?

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voyageurs

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They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help traders negotiate.

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interpreters

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They could read and write and were in charge of one or more trading posts.

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Fur Traders

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Dakota and Ojibwe who helped Europeans find their way through woods and waterways.

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