Fur Trade Review

animal’s skin / fur

• ecosystem

• pelt

• motivation

• Columbian exchange

True of False: Europeans hunted beavers almost into extinction

• True

• False

The _____ for beaver hats was high, but supply was low.

• supply

• lucrative

• demand

• enemy

Who were the trappers in the fur trade?

• Kids

• mice

• Native Americans

True or False : Europeans came to America to meet the demand for beaver hats

• False

• True

How did the fur trade impact the animal populations?

• It caused animal populations to increase

• It caused animal populations to decrease

• It neither helped nor hurt the animal population

• None of the above