European groups
what group of Europeans came to the New World for the precious Fur Trade?
French
We live in what Oklahoma region?
Gypsum Hills
What is the oldest prehistoric Indians
Big Game Hunter
The first European to reach the Americas thinking it was India?
Columbus
Where is the capital of Oklahoma
Okc
What European group came to America for the land?
Great Britain
What region is the panhandle of Oklahoma?
High plains
What Indians lived in dirt mounds?
Caddo Indian’s
What French explorer, traveled up and down the Mississippi River claiming territory for France?
La Salle
what year did Oklahoma get its statehood
1907
What group of Europeans that came to American looking for gold and Catholic converts?
Spain
What region has Oklahomas oldest mountains?
Arbuckle Mountains
Descendants of the BGH
Foragers
what explorer was a Catholic Priest and part of Coronado’s expedition and later was killed by the Kaw Indians?
Juan de Padilla
what year did the Oklahoma land run happen
1889
What group did Inexpensive and plentiful land bring to America?
Dutch
What is the largest land region in Oklahoma runs from the Kansas border and goes south through the center of the state?
Red Beds Plains
Foragers in Oklahoma starting to farm are known as?
Early Farmers
What Spanish Explorer was set out into North America to find gold and didn’t, but gave the Indians many new diseases?
Hernando de Soto
What is the nickname for Oklahoma
The Sooner State
What group came to America to primarily explore, trade, and establish colonies, with economic motives and a desire to spread Christianity
Portuguese
what region lies west and south of the Ozark Plateau, and produces most of Oklahoma’s coal and oil
Prairie Plains
what prehistoric group lasted for 600 years from 800 CE to 1400 CE?
plains Village farmers
What French explorer Established trading posts along the Red River, and Made alliances with many tribes to trade with?
La Harpe
Something you use when you are shopping was invented in Oklahoma
shopping cart