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Fur Trade Questions Expansion of the French Fur Trade 1. France dominated the fur trade from about 1603 to _____________ 2. Samuel de Champlain built l Habitation de Qubec in ____________ 3. The fur trade was not a very important part of New France s economy (True/False)

4. King __________ of France gave him permission to bring more French settlers to Canada 5. What is a monopoly?

6. What group of First Nations people served as middlemen for the French fur trade?

7. The British allied with the __________ First Nations tribe against the French. 8. What lead to a near-halt of the French fur trade?

9. What was the name of the second group to become middlemen in the fur trade?

10. What was a typical meal for the coureurs de bois?

11. The coureurs de bois often travelled alone (True/False)

Fur Trade Questions Expansion of the French Fur Trade 12. What is portage?

13. The coureurs de bois also went by another name, which was the ______________ 14. What were some of the roles women played in the fur trade?

15. The terms country wife and winter wife were insulting (True/False)

16. What does the word Metis mean?