Which Side are You On?
(Regions of WA)
(Regions of WA)
This effect causes western Washington to receive more precipitation than much of eastern Washington.
The rainshadow effect
This plant was so useful to Coastal peoples that it was known as the “tree of life.”
cedar
Explorers searched for this water route that they hoped would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Northwest Passage
This governor negotiated treaties with Native nations across Washington Territory.
Isaac Stevens
Native children were separated from their families, required to speak English, and taught to follow American customs in boarding schools. This policy is an example of what?
assimilation
This is Washington’s wettest region and home to temperate rainforests.
Coastal Region
These images carved into rock provide evidence of Washington’s early peoples.
petroglyphs
This idea allowed Europeans to claim lands already inhabited by Native peoples because they were not Christian.
Doctrine of Discovery
Other than land for settlers, name one reason the U.S. wanted control of Native land in Washington Territory.
Gold/mining, railroads, natural resources, or access to waterways.
This Yakama leader helped organize resistance against U.S. forces during the Yakama War.
Kamiakin
This region’s protected waterways and natural harbors helped cities and trade grow.
The Puget Sound Lowlands
Name a geological feature of Washington State created by the Missoula Floods
Grand Coulee, Dry Falls, or the Channeled Scablands?
How did Fort Vancouver help strengthen Britain’s claim to Oregon Country?
It gave Britain an economic presence in the region through the fur trade
Treaties become part of the “supreme Law of the Land” after this step.
approval by the U.S. Senate
Besides providing food, why was losing access to the Nisqually River a major problem for the Nisqually?
It cut them off from an important transportation and trade route.
This resource helped connect Washington’s regions through trade.
The Columbia River
Historians pieced together details of this event using oral traditions, written records, and environmental evidence.
The Cascadia Earthquake
Put these countries in order based on how their actions pushed another country to strengthen its claims in the PNW:
Britain • Russia • Spain • United States
Russia → Spain → Britain → United States
Treaties often gave Native nations reserved rights to fish, hunt, and gather in their “usual and accustomed places.” Why was that phrase important?
Those rights continued outside reservation boundaries
Under the Dawes Act, reservation land is divided into individual allotments. Some families sell their allotments to non-Native buyers. What happens to the reservation over time?
It becomes fragmented / broken into disconnected pieces
This brought water to dry farmland, making the Columbia Plateau one of the most productive agricultural areas in the country
A resource from one cultural region is found at an archaeological site in another. This activity best explains how it got there.
trade
A country claims land in the PNW and takes valuable resources from it. Under mercantilism, what would it still need to do to benefit its economy?
Sell/trade the resources for profit
The Washington Department of Parks and Recreation builds part of a public hiking trail on the Tulalip Reservation without consulting the Tulalip Tribes. What principle has Washington failed to respect?
Tribal sovereignty
Some Native leaders, including Chief Seattle, chose cooperation rather than armed resistance as settlers and the U.S. government gained power in the region. Why might cooperation have seemed like the better option?
To protect their people and preserve as much land, resources, or rights as possible.