Fur Trade Test Review

Front

What fur trade job is shown in the picture?

Back

Pelt preparer

Front

The man holding the pelt in this picture is probably the ..

Back

Trader

Front

The most valuable type of animal fur during the fur trade was the ______ fur.

Back

beaver

Front

Which season of the fur trade did Porkeaters paddle and portage trade goods from Montreal to Grand Portage?

Back

Spring

Front

Which season of the fur trade did Winterers paddle and portage trade goods from Grand Portage to the trading posts?

Back

Summer

Front

The fur trade lasted about ___ years in Minnesota?

Back

200

Front

A group of canoes traveling together is called a...

Back

brigade

Front

Clerks and Voyageurs could usually read and write.

Back

False

Answer explanation

Voyageurs usually did not know how to read and write. Clerks and Fur Traders usually knew how to read and write.

Front

The Métis were descendants of people with one Native American parent and one European parent.

Back

True

Front

Traders never married Native American women because they had wives in Europe.

Back

False