Arkansas Regions
Arkansas Symbols
Native Time Periods & Tribes
Explorers & Invaders
The Land Called Arkansas
The Road to Statehood
Nelson Hackett
100
What is name of the region 4?
West Gulf Coastal Plain
100
What is the state gem?
Diamond
100
What does Paleo mean?
Ancient
100
What is the term for "one who conquers"?
Conquistador
100
Which explorers were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Hunter & Dunbar
100
Who was the first territorial governor of Arkansas?
James Miller
100
Nelson Hackett was a slave who escaped from what Arkansas city?
Fayetteville
200
Who were the earliest Native Americans that inhabited the Ozark Region?
Bluff Dwellers
200
What is the state rock?
Bauxite
200
The Ice Ages was during which time period?
Paleo
200
What did Quapaw tribe give to Marquette as a sign of friendship and to protect them as they traveled, also called a Calumet?
Pipe
200
What causes the Mississippi River to change course?
Earthquake
200
What did William Woodruff bring to Arkansas?
Printing Press
200
What country did Nelson Hackett escape to?
Canada
300
What are the main contributors to the Ouachita Mountain Region?
Timber & Tourism
300
What is the state dance?
Square Dance
300
The Plum Bayou Culture was known for building what structure for rituals and burials?
Mounds
300
What was the result of England and France fighting over new lands in North America?
French & Indian War
300
What became the first capital of the territory of Arkansas?
Arkansas Post
300
Arkansas was admitted as which number state?
25th
300
Which governor of Arkansas wrote a letter to the Colonial governor of Canada and asked that Hackett be returned?
Archibald Yell
400
What region has the only national park in Arkansas?
Ouachita Mountains
400
What is the state beverage?
Milk
400
Name an example of a toll used during the Paleo time period? (I will take two options.)
Dalton Point
Clovis Point
400
Which explorer told the native tribes that he was the "son of the sun"?
Hernando de Soto
400
What document established that were would be an equal number of Free and Slave states within the United States?
Missouri Compromise
400
What other state was admitted to the Union at the same time as Arkansas?
Michigan
400
What is Mrs. Gattin's favorite TV show?
The Office
500
What region is home to the haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs?
Ozark Mountains
500
What is the state instrument?
Fiddle
500
What does nomadic mean?
Traveling and having no set home
500
When European explorers arrived in Arkansas, what caused native tribes the most devestation?
Introduction of diseases
500
How did the government encourage people to move to Arkansas?
Offering them free land
500
When did Arkansas officially become a state?
June 15, 1836
500
Nelson Hackett's name replaced Archibald Yell's name on what?
A street