Explorers and Mountain Men Flashcards
1
Q
Rendezvous
A
trade gathering of mountain men, fur companies, and Indians
2
Q
Cache
A
a place to hid fur pelts
3
Q
Free Trapper
A
self-employed mountain man
4
Q
Mission
A
Spanish religious fort
5
Q
Cartographer
A
map maker
6
Q
Significant
A
very, very important
7
Q
Primary Source
A
eye witness account of an event
8
Q
Secondary Source
A
information that has been gathered about an event
9
Q
Pelt
A
beaver fur that Mountain Men used for “money”
10
Q
Hasting’s Cutoff
A
short cut to California
11
Q
Point Blanket
A
how prices were communicated at the Rendezvous
12
Q
John Wesley Powell
A
first to map and explore the “Great Unknown”
13
Q
Jacob Hamblin
A
Native American translator working with John Wesley Powell
