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La Salle's favorite ship was discovered in ______.

What was life like at the fort?

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1
What was life like at the fort?
people celebrated holidays, tradition, sang and danced
The forts were like small towns and many languages were spoken in the forts
Traders thought of them as their real homes
all of the above
2
La Salle's favorite ship was discovered in ______.
1834
1996
3
Robert La Salle did what?
eventually returned to France, where he was honored for his exploration
left his religious studies to become an explorer
claimed all the land west of the Rocky Mountains for France
became friends with the Iroquois Indians and set up a trading post
4
What responsibilities did children of French trappers have who lived in the forts?
all of the above
Boys helped their fathers bundle furs and ship them in canoes
Girls helped their mothers sew cloth and skins into clothing
Children helped their parents by tending crops
5
French traders brought _____ back to America for the European market.
scouts
voyageurs
navigators
gringos
6
La Salle sailed down a river and named the spot _______.
South Bend
Lafayette
7
La Salle's favorite ship was ______.
Lafayette
Belle
8
Early forts were important to fur traders because _____
kept out the enemies and gave settlers a chance to make friends with tribes
all of the above
allowed them to do trading for almost 40 years
protected the traders and their families
9
The first explorer claimed Indiana as a part of France
True
False
10
Mink and otter skins were the furs of choice.
False
True
11
The french were interested in doing missionary work and trapping for fur.
True
False