Key Terms
What is a fossil fuel?
Oil made from underground fossil deposits.
What state is to the east of Washington State?
Idaho
How many Stevens Treaties were there?
10
What year did Washington become a state?
1889
Green
What is a treaty?
An agreement between two parties
Name one natural boundary of Washington.
The Pacific Ocean, Cascade mountains, Columbia river
What is a reservation?
A dedicated space for Native Americans to live
What is urbanization?
The growth of towns to cities
This website is used for online shopping and is named after a famous rainforest.
Amazon
What is an amendment?
A change or revision
Name all five regions
Coastal
Puget Sound
Okanogan Highlands
Columbia Plateau
Cascade
Name three tribes
Makah, Colville, Spokane, Yakama, Coeur D'Alene, etc.
Name three nationalities that immigrated to Washington in the late 1800's.
Hawaiians, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, Scandanavians
This popular coffee chain had its start in Seattle.
Starbucks
What does the word rival mean?
A competitor or opponent
Name three natural resources in Washington.
Wood, fish, animals, water, soil, minerals, etc.
What is tribal sovereignty?
The right of Native Americans to govern themselves
What two railroads run through Washington?
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
This volcano erupted in 1980 and was the largest volcanic eruption in US history.
Mt. St. Helens
What does transcontinental mean?
To extend across a continent
Name two of the three mountain ranges in Washington.
Olympic, Cascade, Rocky
What happened during the Nez Perce War?
Gold miners disrupted their land, then the government tried to renegotiate the treaty that gave a smaller section of land. They fought for a while, then surrendered and now live on the Colville Reservation.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the US.
The name of Washington State's song
Washington, My Home