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Chapter 4 Fur Trade

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    Chapter 4 Fur trade Alberta Curriculum Social Studies 7
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  • People of mixed cultural background such as French and FirstNations or Scottish _____________.
    Metis
    Paysans
    Tenants
    Coureurs de Bois
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  • As the fur trade developed, which of the following groups benefited the least?
    Acadians
    French
    British
    First Nations
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  • When did the First Nations first have contact with the Europeans?
    When Columbus visited Nova Scotia
    When Cartier visited Donnacona's camp.
    When they traded with Europeans fishing off the east coast.
    None of the above.
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  • In economic competition, "winning" means...
    control of ports
    control of wealth
    having allies
    getting furs first
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  • For the First Nations peoples, trading meant ________________.
    peace
    Aal of the above
    friendship
    new tools
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  • Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding First Nations and Christianity?
    converted to Christianity for military and trade alliances
    they became missionaries themselves
    those who converted completely abandoned their FN belief
    they accepted Christian teachings easily
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  • Which of the following is NOT a reason for the expansion into the west?
    declining furs in the east
    scarcity of beavers
    Britains hunger for land
    unrest between FN and the middlemen
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  • The Metis people settled in an area called ______________.
    Quebec City
    Trois Riviere
    Montreal
    Red River
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  • Metis women were perceived as ______________.
    skilled interpreters
    trading and business partners
    all of the above
    companions
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  • The best reason for Britain selling Rupert's Land to Canada was because it...
    wanted money to go to Britain
    had little interest in the fur trade
    Britain was in need of money
    was afraid of an American invasion
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  • People who acted as go-betweens between two groups during trade are called?
    seignuers
    Coureurs de Bois
    voyaguers
    middlemen
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  • This food was prepared for longer trips because it would not spoil for long period of time. 
    dried fish
    moose meat
    bread
    pemmican
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  • At some points of the fur trade people were given full control of a resource. This is called...
    a charter
    a monoploy
    an exemption
    a commission
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  • Which of the following was NOT an effect on Europeans in the fur trade.
    lost some of their languages
    learned to wage war the way the First Nations did
    claimed huge parts of Canada
    made a lot of money
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  • Who accessed the fur trade by building forts along the coast of the Hudson's Bay?
    British
    French
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  • Which of the following was one of the roles of First Nations women in the fur trade?
    worked "on the road"
    worked in the forts
    all of the above
    preparing furs
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