What vocabulary word means "a person who digs materials from the earth"?
miner
100
The Ute Indians found _______ _____________ _______ in Glenwood Canyon.
hot water springs
100
__________ Washington is a water community.
Seattle
100
_______________, Indiana is a crossroads community.
Indianapolis
100
What vocabulary word means "people who make and carry out a state's law"?
state government
200
What vocabulary word means "a place where ships can load and unload things"?
port
200
In 1887 the ______________ came through the Rocky Mountains to Glenwood Springs.
railroad
200
Before the city of Seattle grew, a group of settlers built the town near _________ _______.
Puget Sound
200
In 1820 people picked Indianapolis to be the ________ ___________.
state capital
200
What vocabulary word means "a place where many different roads meet one another"?
crossroads
300
What vocabulary word means "kinds of businesses"?
industries
300
The railroad gave miners a way to send out ______.
coal
300
Puget Sound is connected to the ____________ ocean.
Pacific
300
In the 1830s the first ___________ in the United States came through Indianapolis. It was called the ______________ ___________.
highway
National Road
300
Besides logging, name two other industries that Seattle is known for?
airplane making
computer companies
400
What vocabulary word means "wood that is cut into boards for building"?
lumber
400
Living in the mountains was difficult. It was hard to grow food. Why?
There was very little flat land.
400
_________________ became an important business in Seattle.
Logging
400
Indianapolis is known was the "____________ __ ___________".
Crossroads of America
400
People told tall tales about how Puget Sound was formed. One of these stories is about a giant man named Paul Bunyan. What was the name of his blue ox?
Babe
500
What vocabulary words means "a city where a state government is located"?
state capital
500
_________________ Springs is a mountain community.
Glenwood
500
The settlers named their town Seattle after ________ _________ who was a Native American Indian leader.
Chief Sealth
500
Indianapolis was an important stop for many railroad lines. It was also a stop for the _____________ ______________, which was not a real railroad.
Underground Railroad
500
The Underground Railroad was a way for ____________ to get to freedom in the North.