Ch 3: The Fur Trade (new)

Who found a safe, practical route to the Pacific?

What year was HBC created?

When only one group is allowed to sell or trade goods in an area

Name of an employee of the NWC.

The British encouraged their employees to marry FN women.

Who was known for his map making skills?

The HBC was British owned

Who set up Fort Rouge and Fort la Reine?

Simon McTavish was the main shareholder in the HBC.

The unnamed explorers were the Indigenous ppl who helped the explorers navigate

Home guard were the middlemen who settled near HBC forts

What is the name of the boat used by the fur trade?

Headquarters of HBC; headquarters of NWC

What is custom of the country?

What year was the NWC formed?

Europeans brought all but...

A Francophone descendent of the setters from France

Where did the French tend to build their forts?

Name of the Scottish workers

Diseases affected Indigenous communities a great deal

Economic system where the mother country took resources from the colony

What explorer was known for exploring northern SK and AB?

Indigenous women had very little to do with the fur trade

Most important fur of this time

Explorers sailed for the countries who would pay them the most

Name of the boat Groseillers sailed on.

Who tended to set up forts inland?

Rupert's Land was named after the explorer who found it.

What year did the NWC and HBC amalgamate?

Voyageurs were unlicensed fur traders

People of British and Indigenous descent

Baymen were: