What is ethnocentric
When You thing you have the best idea and you find it hard to understand people
What is the barter system
trading system, to exchange goods
trading parties carried what four things
tobacco, furs, copper, corn
what is an example of ethnocentric
is when the Europeans and First Nations first met
What year did the vikings visit North America
in the 1000
who were the three key players of the fur trade
merchants, First Nations, and. the courier de bois
List 2 ways of how the europeans relied in the first nations
- advice on how to dress for the weather
2. teaches them how to make medicines to help diseases such as scurvy
what is pemmican
moose meat and buffalo meet, fat, and dried berries
what where the 4 roles of the First Nation women
- preparing furs
- they worked in forts
- they worked in the canoes
- they shared language and geography skills
how many beavers where worth 4 guns
14 beavers
how many beavers where worth 5 pounds
1 beaver
how many beavers where worth 1 ice chisel
1 beaver
how many beavers were worth a hatchet
1 beaver
how many beavers were worth 3 feet of cloth
3 beavers
how many. beavers were worth 1 pound of tobacco
2 beavers
how many beavers were worth 4 knives
1 beaver
1 kettle was worth how many beavers
1/2 beaver
what is the peace of Montreal
When First Nations and New France came together in 1701 to work hard to stop fighting and find peace
france controlled the fur trade around witch rivers and lakes
The St. Lawrence river and the Great Lakes
travelling into the interior of North America would of been impossible without
canoes
canoes made it easy to travel over a
a portage
what is a portage
is a over land root between to passage ways
in what year did the new traders form a north west company come, and what was it called
it was called nor’western it was established 1779
what is a stockade
is a wooden barrier of bright posts
trading posts served as wear houses for
trade goods, supplies and ammunition
who where the metis
they were half French and half first nation
A cause is something that makes
an event happen
an effect is the result
of this event
Many first First Nation women and Metis women knew more than one language, this made them valuable, as interpreters and negotiate
true
what were the negative impact in the fur trade for the first nations
The europeans eroded their society
and it let to loss of land
what did the First Nation men do in the fur trade
during the winter, First Nations men hunted and trapped animals
What did the First Nation women do in the fur trade
they skinned the animals and prepared the pelts
what did the First Nation women and men do together in the summer
Once the ice melted from the winter the both loaded the canoes with furs
List two thing the merchants did in the fur trade
1) Both the French and the English fur trade, merchants financed and organized the fur trade.
2) The Europeans shipped the goods to Canada and then they shipped it back to Europe and gave it to the hat maker
What did the courier de bois do in the fur trade
they traded pots and pans with the First Nations and they traveled from Montreal to the trading forts
The system of trade used in the fur trade was
barter system
at first the French fur trade was dependant on the ________ who explored North America and traded with native people
Coureurs de bois
The European ______ financed and organized the fur trade
Merchants
Initially the First Nations (specifically the Wendat) brought furs to the French for trading. Then, Governor Frontenac changed this and sent courier de bois out to collect furs from the First Nations peoples, rather than waiting for the furs to be delivered. Why did he make this change to their trade routine?
It had become to difficult for the Wendat to bring furs to the French traders because the haudenosaunee were interfering
The the wendat were no longer able to assist the French in the fur trade, This aboriginal group attempted to take their place
The Odawa
The Fur trade,within North America, replied mostly on _______ for transportation
Canoes
True or false: many First Nations women did more hunting of large animals than male their partners
False