Spanish Exploration
What does Conquistador mean?
Spanish Conqueror
Why was there a demand for Beaver?
What caused the Mormons to come to Utah?
Religious Persecution
What is Mr. Leavy's favorite color?
Sky Blue
What is the rarest and most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron
Dominguez and Escalante were the first Non-Natives to explore the.....
Great Basin Region
Mountain Men and Native Americans meet together for weeks to trade, tell stories, and prepare for the next trapping season. What was this event called?
A Rendezvous
What was the name of the trail the Mormons used to get to the Salt Lake Valley?
Mormon Trail
Which element’s symbol is W due to its German name Wolfram?
Tungsten
Deglutition is the scientific term for what common bodily function that humans do hundreds of times a day?
Swallowing
1. Exploration
2. Convert the Native Americans to Christianity
What caused the beaver pelt trade to end?
Silk Hats became the Fashion.
1847
Who discovered that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which WR holds the single-season mark for most receiving yards with 1,964?
Calvin Johnson
What was the purpose of the Old Spanish Trail?
To connect Santa Fe to Los Angeles.
Who rediscovered South Pass on their way through the Rocky Mountains?
Jedidiah Smith
Name four of the modern day states that would have been included in the purposed State of Deseret?
Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California
How many bones are there in the average human skeleton?
206
Which NBA franchise has made the NBA Finals the greatest number of times without taking the crown?
Phoenix Suns
Who was the first person to complete the circuit on the Old Spanish Trail?
Antonio Armijo
Which Mountain Man came through Utah and almost died with his men in the Great Basin?
Jedidiah Smith
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Established the Utah Territory
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which country?
Tanzania
What man was the running mate of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964? This man's initials are famously H.H.H.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr