Prehistoric Times
Columbus
Europeans
Native Americans
Misc.
100
What was the landscape of the Badlands in prehistoric times?
Swampy and wet
100
Christopher Columbus went looking for the East Indies which were near what country?
China
100
What was the name of the first Europeans in South Dakota?
The Verendrye Brothers
100
What 3 tribes came to South Dakota from Wisconsin?
Dakota, Lakota, Nakota
100
When the US was formed, how did the creation of a new government affect the Native Americans in SD?
it didn't affect them at all
200
What kind of animal bones have been discovered by Spearfish telling archaeologists they once roamed here?
Mammoths
200
What name did Columbus give to the people he found on the island he landed on?
Indians
200
What did the first French-Canadian people bury here to claim the land for France?
A lead tablet or plate
200
All 3 Sioux tribes had different cultures, but had to learn to do what 2 things?
Hunt buffalo and ride horses
200
How many years is a century?
100
300
Name two other ancient animals that once roamed South Dakota, but now don't exist.
American camels, small horses, Columbian mammoths,
300
What job did the Indian men and women have during this time period?
Men were hunters and women were farmers.
300
By what town did the first white people in SD bury something claiming this land for France?
Fort Pierre
300
What animal did Europeans bring to North America that made life easier for the Indians?
horses
300
What is the time called when the climate changed in AD 1300 and winters grew long and cold?
the Little Ice Age
400
What is the first written records of life in South Dakota found on cave walls?
Petroglyphs
400
What were two reasons the 13 colonies gave for wanting independence from Great Britian?
Didn't want to pay taxes and didn't want to be told what to do
400
The first Europeans came to this area looking for what animal so they could trade the pelts?
Beaver
400
What did the Native Americans draw a winter count on?
cave wall, buffalo hide
400
What kind of houses did the Middle Missouri people build by Mitchell?
Wattle and daub houses
500
Describe the climate of prehistoric times in South Dakota.
Rainy, cool summers and mild winters
500
What island did he actually land on that was off the coast of Florida?
San Salvador
500
The first white settler, Pierre Dorian, who permanently settled in SD, lived near what town?
Yankton
500
What did they put on the winter count?
One picture of a main event from the year.
500
Which 3 European countries claimed territory in North America?
France, Great Britain, Spain
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