Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 7
The Fur Trade and the Red River Métis
Trade, routes and the Métis
What your child practises
The fur trade, the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies, the people who made it work, and the origins and rise of the Red River Métis. Needs review with Métis partners.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 5-KI-009, 5-KL-020, 5-KL-021, 5-KH-030, 5-KH-031, 5-KH-032, 5-KH-034, 5-KH-035, 5-KH-036, 5-KG-044, 5-KP-049, 5-KE-052, 5-KE-053, 5-VI-003, 5-VL-007 · the fur trade, its people and routes, and the Red River Métis
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which fur was in highest demand in Europe?
- rabbit
- moose
- beaver
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beaver
Hint: Beaver pelts were made into felt hats.
Question 2
Why did trading posts get built near rivers?
- it was fun
- boats and canoes were the best way to travel
- roads were everywhere
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boats and canoes were the best way to travel
Hint: Waterways were highways.
Question 3
The fur trade could not work without…
- telephones
- First Nations and Red River Métis workers
- airplanes
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First Nations and Red River Métis workers
Hint: They provided knowledge, furs and labour.
Question 4
The Red River Métis helped the fur trade by…
- making cars
- building railways
- supplying pemmican, hauling goods and guiding
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supplying pemmican, hauling goods and guiding
Hint: They were skilled hunters and freighters.
Question 5
The Hudson's Bay Company mostly used which route to ship goods to Europe?
- the Gulf of Mexico
- the Pacific Ocean
- Hudson Bay
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Hudson Bay
Hint: Ships came to posts on the bay.
Question 6
How did the land affect the fur trade?
- posts were built in deserts
- posts were built where furs and waterways were
- land did not matter
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posts were built where furs and waterways were
Hint: Geography shaped where trading was done.