Fur Trade Vocabulary Flashcards
(12 cards)
The money gained from the sale of a good or service after all the costs needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received
Profit
A source or supply of a useful material (such as fur, wood, or oil)
Resource
A term used far a European or American involved in the fur trade. Often it refers to a person in charge of a trading post.
Fur trader
An animal skin with fur on it
Pelt
A person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders find their food way through unfamiliar lands
Guide
A person who translates for people who speak different languages
Interpreter
A man who managed the day-to-day business at a fur trading post
Clerk
A workman who preformed the physical labor of the fur trade, including transporting beaver pelts and trade goods by canoe
Voyageuer
A bundle of paper, hay, cotton, etc. tightly wrapped with bounds with cords or hoops
Bale
Food allowance, the amount allowed for the day
Ration
One sent to spread religious faith
Missionary
A heavy material made by rolling and pressing fibers together
Felt
