This week, we completed Chapter 4 (Competition for Trade) from the textbook. Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Friday, December 2. Be sure to complete all of the Review section while preparing for the test.
On Friday, December 2, we will have our Chapter 4 Test about Competition for Trade. The following items will be tested:
Vocabulary:
- Barter
- Ethnocentric
- Factory
- Merchant
- Metis
- Multiculturalism
- Nor’Wester
- Portage
- Stockade
Also, know the following people, concepts or places:
· Advantages of building forts along Hudson Bay
o Close to fur supplies
o Easy access for large ships
o Furs were better quality
o Many rivers flow into it—good transportation route
Benefits of a canoe
o Easy to portage
o Easy to travel on small rivers
o Lasted long journeys
o Lightweight
o Sturdy & durable
- Coureurs de Bois – also known as traders, voyageurs, runner of the woods, explorer
- European goods that the First Nations valued:
o axes
o blankets
o cloth
o copper wire
o guns
o knives
o pots
o thread
- First Nations helped the Europeans survive by:
o dress for the weather & learn about the land
o find food
o prepare cedar bark tea to prevent scurvy
- First Nations’ interactions with other First Nations tribes
- First Nations women contributed to the fur trade by:
o collecting supplies
o fish nets
o making clothes
o preparing furs
o teaching language & geographical skills
- Frontenac
- Hudson’s Bay Company
- La Verendrye
- North West Company
- The Great Peace of Montreal (La Grande Paix)
- Wendat
- Who was first to set up trading posts in the West?
- Worked together in the fur trade
- Competed against each other in the fur trade
Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 4 materials in the duotang for the test. However, students will still need to study and understand the material, in order for this to benefit them during the test. They will need to be able to use their knowledge and understanding to:
· show critical thinking
· apply historical and geographic skills to bring meaning to issues and events
· apply skills of metacognition, reflecting upon what they have learned
· communicate ideas and information in an informed, organized, and persuasive manner
