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Chapter 9 Practice Quiz: Canada Moves West

1. Which of the following events occurred first?

a. Scottish and American fur traders arrive.

b. Perez sails the coast of British Columbia.

c. Alexander Mackenzie arrives at Bella Coola.

d. Selkirk founds the Red River Colony.

2. Which of the following events occurred first?

a. Cook lands at Nootka.

b. Simon Fraser travels the Fraser River to the coast.

c. The Pemmican War breaks out.

d. The Hudson's Bay Company is chartered.

3. Which of the following events occurred last?

a. The Hudson's Bay Company is chartered.

b. Scottish and American fur traders arrive.

c. Cook lands at Nootka.

d. The North West Company is founded.

4. Fur traders were not interested in

a. finding new areas with fur resources.

b. changing the Native peoples way of life.

c. treating the Native peoples as equals.

d. providing Native peoples with trade goods.

5. The fur traders can best be described as

a. colonizers.

b. mercantilists.

c. economic imperialists.

d. poor businessmen.

6. In 1670, the British founded a fur-trading company and named it the

a. Hudson's Bay Company.

b. Company of a Hundred Associates.

c. North West Company.

d. Royal Fur-Trading Company.

7. The fur-trading company established by Britain established a policy to

a. travel inland to trade for furs in Native villages.

b. have Native traders travel to company trading posts.

c. trade only with the Cree.

d. trade using French middlemen.

8. After receiving thick pelts of fur, King Charles II claimed a territory which he named Rupert's Land. It consisted of all

a. land on the shoreline of Hudson Bay.

b. lands drained by rivers flowing into James Bay.

c. lands drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay.

d. land north of the 50th parallel of latitude.

9. The basis of all economic transactions of the British fur-trading company was the

a. Hudson Bay blanket.

b. beaver pelt.

c. caribou hide.

d. bearskin.

10. Life at an HBC trading post can best be described as

a. exciting.

b. dull and boring.

c. changeable.

d. intellectually stimulating.

11. The big event at an HBC trading each year was

a. the company's anniversary.

b. Christmas.

c. the summer arrival of the fur brigades.

d. the fur brigades departure in the fall.

12. Trading at an HBC post was

a. done in the European manner.

b. done quickly, as prices were set.

c. respectful of Native traditions.

d. done without ceremony.

13. The North West Company was

a. a splinter group from the HBC.

b. the inheritor of the old French fur trade.

c. a partnership of Irish and British capitalists.

d. a fur-trade company run by Native peoples.

14. The trading methods of the North West Company were

a. different from the HBC.

b. respectful of the HBC's trade routes.

c. not accommodating to Native traders.

d. all of these

15. The people who manned the NWC canoes were called

a. hivernants.

b. coureurs de bois.

c. voyageurs.

d. paddlers.

16. The main inland NWC trading centre was

a. Fort Churchill.

b. York Factory.

c. Fort William.

d. Cumberland House.

17. The larger freight canoes used by the NWC were called

a. canots du nord.

b. canoes of the woods

c. York boats.

d. canots de maitre.

18. The smaller canoes used by the NWC were called

a. canots du nord-ouest.

b. canots du nord.

c. canots de maitre.

d. canots du riviere.

19. Traders who worked for the NWC in the Northwest were known as

a. equity partners.

b. junior partners.

c. wintering partners.

d. overland partners.

20. Both the HBC and NWC sent out explorers primarily to find

a. gold.

b. new fur-trading territory.

c. the Northwest Passage

d. timber reserves.

21. In his voyage of 1789, Alexander Mackenzie found

a. the Northwest Passage.

b. a river route to the Pacific Ocean.

c. new tribes to trade with.

d. a river route to the Arctic Ocean.

22. In 1793, Alexander Mackenzie discovered

a. the Northwest Passage.

b. a river route to the Pacific Ocean.

c. new tribes to trade with.

d. a river route to the Arctic Ocean.

23. When Simon Fraser travelled down the Fraser River in 1808, he believed he

a. was on the Columbia River.

b. had found the Northwest Passage.

c. was on an undiscovered river.

d. was on the Fraser River.

24. The Northwest explorer who has been recognized as one of the best map-makers in history is

a. Alexander Mackenzie.

b. Simon Fraser.

c. Peter Pond.

d. David Thompson.

25. The organization that employed Fraser, Mackenzie, and Thompson was the

a. British navy.

b. HBC.

c. NWC.

d. Canadian government.

26. European sea explorers who arrived on the Northwest Coast found that Native peoples were

a. powerful and dangerous.

b. not interested in trading.

c. weak and unorganized.

d. eager to follow European ways.

27. In 1774, Spanish explorer Juan Perez was unable to do any mapping because his

a. skills at map-making were weak.

b. time was too limited.

c. charts had been made by Juan de Fuca.

d. ship was too large to approach shore.

28. Vitus Bering was an explorer employed by the

a. Queen of Spain.

b. Tsar of Russia.

c. King of Portugal

d. King of England.

29. The fur that formed the basis of the maritime fur trade came from the

a. beaver.

b. walrus.

c. mink.

d. sea otter.

30. These greatest demand for the furs from the Northwest Coast came from

a. Europe.

b. the United States.

c. Japan.

d. China.

31. Captain James Cook prevented which disease by giving his crews sauerkraut?

a. malaria

b. smallpox

c. scurvy

d. scrofula

32. The navigator responsible for mapping the southern coast of British Columbia was

a. Thompson.

b. Cook.

c. Vancouver.

d. Bering.

33. The British negotiated for control of the Northwest Coast with

a. Portugal.

b. the United States.

c. Russia.

d. Spain.

34. Women of the fur trade did not normally

a. paddle canoes.

b. provide knowledge of Native customs.

c. provide food.

d. dress furs.

35. The women of the fur trade were

a. useful guides.

b. links to Native culture.

c. essential for the success of the fur trade.

d. all of these

36. Women of the fur trade were

a. always respected by the fur traders.

b. often made partners in the NWC.

c. sometimes abandoned by their fur-trader husbands.

d. paid high wages.

37. Lord Selkirk's purpose in creating the Red River Colony was to

a. take control of the NWC.

b. establish a settlement for poor Scottish farmers.

c. monopolize the pemmican trade.

d. undermine HBC activities.

38. The name that Selkirk gave to his colony was

a. Manitoba.

b. New Scotland.

c. Assiniboia.

d. Winnipeg.

39. The farmers that Selkirk sent to his colony

a. were experienced wheat farmers.

b. immediately established a self-sufficient colony.

c. were well prepared for life in the colony.

d. survived only with the help of the NWC and the M›tis.

40. The Red River Colony was troubled by a conflict over

a. gold.

b. furs.

c. wheat.

d. pemmican.

41. Conflict in the Red River Colony arose because the

a. Selkirk settlers wanted part of the fur trade's profits.

b. governor forbade the export of pemmican from the area.

c. Selkirk settlers refused to grow wheat.

d. M›tis tried to sell gold to the HBC and the NWC.

42. The NWC viewed the Selkirk colony as a

a. business opportunity.

b. minor development.

c. threat to their company's survival.

d. way to banish the M›tis.

43. In order to remove the Red River colonists, the NWC offered to resettle them in

a. the Oregon Territories.

b. the Northwest.

c. Upper Canada.

d. Scotland.

44. The Battle of Seven Oaks was fought between the

a. M›tis and the NWC.

b. M›tis and the Selkirk settlers.

c. HBC and the Selkirk settlers.

d. governor and the Selkirk settlers.

45. The Battle of Seven Oaks was a victory for the

a. Selkirk settlers.

b. the NWC.

c. the HBC.

d. M›tis.

46. In response to Battle of Seven Oaks, Lord Selkirk

a. abandoned his colony.

b. captured Fort William.

c. captured Fort Churchill.

d. purchased the NWC.

47. In 1821, the HBC and the NWC merged because of suggestions from the

a. Americans.

b. HBC directors.

c. NWC partners.

d. British government.

48. After the NWC and HBC merged, all furs were shipped via

a. the Great Lakes.

b. Hudson Bay.

c. the Red River to the USA.

d. the Arctic Ocean.

49. After the Battle of Seven Oaks, the new governor of Rupert's Land was

a. Lord Selkirk.

b. James Cook.

c. George Simpson.

d. David Thompson.

50. The governor of Rupert's Land who was appointed after the Battle of Seven Oaks was known as the

a. "great conservationist."

b. "little emperor."

c. "governor with a heart."

d. "worker's best friend."

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