Vocab
The State's 100 year birthday
What is Centennial?
The name Oklahoma is derived from these two Choctaw words meaning red people
What is Okla and Humma?
Identify 2 festivals that emphasize special crops grown in Oklahoma
What is the Porter Peach Festival and the McCloud Blackberry Festival?
Name 3 ways that Oklahoma's Centennial was celebrated
What is The Oklahoma Land Run monument in OKC, the Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa, and the Standing Bear Park project in Ponca City?
This was the first governor of Oklahoma
Who is Charles Haskell?
A celebration of Native American heritage
What is a Powwow?
This groups members would see action in the Civil War as Buffalo Soliders
What is African Americans?
The Cabin Creek battle of the Civil War is celebrated near what town
What is Adair?
This famous highway that crosses Oklahoma is known as the "Mother Road"
This was the first Capitol of Oklahoma
What is Guthrie?
The way of life for a group of people
What is Culture?
Name two early Irish settlements in Oklahoma
What is Hennessey and Deer Creek?
The Will Rogers memorial is located in this town
What is Claremore?
Rodeos became a part of our culture because of
What is competitions held at the end of cattle drives that were later influenced by Spanish Vaqueros?
This was the only US city to be bombed during World War 2
What is Boise City?
Early Spanish influence helps set the stage for this modern version
What is Rodeo?
Italian heritage is still celebrated in this Oklahoma town
What is Krebs?
The Jim Thorpe house is located in what town
What is Yale?
This Oklahoma town hosts a deer festival
What is Antlers?
This was the first town in Oklahoma to run on electric power
What is Vinita?
A group of people who share common traditions, beliefs, and patterns of living that can include language, religion, customs, characteristics, history, and food
What is an Ethnic Group?
The largest number of foreign-born immigrants in Oklahoma were from this ethnic group
What is Germans?
This is the largest museum in the state dedicated to the cowboy and the west
What is the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum?
Oklahoma provide funds to promote our culture because
What is to celebrate it and make sure it doesn't die off?
This is the Oklahoma state motto
What is labor conquers all?