Also known as the yellow pike, yellow pickerel and the yellow perch pike.
The Minnesota record was caught in 1979, weighing 17 pounds, 8 ounces!!!
Walleye Pike
100
What very large animal once lived in Minnesota?
Mammoths, mastodons, and giant bison
100
An object made, used, or changed by humans
Artifact
100
The purposeful retelling of stories about the past events and legends of a group in order to teach about that group’s culture
Oral History / Oral Tradition
100
Name one European country involved in the Fur Trade
France, Great Britain (England)
200
Its name comes from the old English word "lumme," meaning
awkward person.
This bird became Minnesota's State Bird in 1961.
Common Loon
200
Name the glacial lake that once covered the northwestern part of our state
Lake Agassiz
200
A _______ source is an actual item that has survived the past
Primary
200
The knowledge or skills individuals have that enhance their ability to succeed in life
Human Capitol
200
Name 5 items that Native Americans wanted from the Europeans
Kettles, guns, traps, clothing, beads, cloth, iron tools, red dyes…….there are so many!!!!
300
Designated in 1953, the largest in the state is in Itasca State Park. It is more than 120 feet tall, and more than300 years old. The state tree is.....
Norway Pine
300
True or False: Oral History is used explain the meanings of artifacts, such as the petroglyphs
True
300
A ________source is created after the fact
Secondary
300
The Ojibwe live near water and harvest wild rice in which season?
...And, they lived in bark houses at sugar camp in which season?
harvest wild rice = fall/autumn................
lived in sugar camps = spring
300
Name 3 things that the Europeans needed to survive the Minnesota experience.
Food (wild rice, maple sugar, meat), guides, interpreters, canoes
400
Originally the idea of a group of fourth-graders from O.H. Anderson Elementary School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. Although numerous, this butterfly is not native to Minnesota
and winters in Mexico.
Monarch Butterfly
400
What evidence has been found to prove that early Minnesotans farmed?
Farming tools made from animal bone, food storage pits and pottery
400
The area of Social Studies that is studying the government
Civics
400
Dwellings: the Dakota lived in ___________most of the year?
....And the Ojibwe lived in____________
Tipi - Dakota - a cone shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles.......................................................................
Wigwam - Ojibwe -round, made out of poles and saplings; covered with sheets of birchbark or woven mats
400
Native Americans would “pay” for the European trade-goods by using what?
The Credit system - Native Americans "bought" trade-goods from the clerks with the promise to pay them back with furs they trapped later on
500
These stones were formed a billion years ago in iron-rich lava flows deep beneath the earth. These flows are now exposed along the north and south shores of Lake Superior. (Designate MN's state gemstone in 1969.)
Lake Superior Agate
500
Explain how the climate of Minnesota was different 12,000 years ago
It was colder and drier. There were glaciers in northern Minnesota
500
The area of Social Studies that studies how people make goods and money
Economics
500
The name of our state comes from the Dakota word “Mni Sota Makoce”. What does it mean?
Land were the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky
500
How did European traders use Native American traditions to support business?
Generosity – they gave gifts to strengthen relationships
Kinship – traders married Native American Women, becoming part of her family and gaining more customers