Utah Geography
What is the largest lake in Utah?
Great Salt Lake?
What was the predator in Utah Dino history that had feathers and hunted in packs?
UtahRaptor
Who led the Mormon pioneers to Utah?
Brigham Young
How many main Native tribes are recognized in Utah?
5
What was the name of the tragic 1857 event where settlers killed emigrants?
Mountain Meadows Massacre
What is Utah’s capital city?
Salt Lake City
What is a fossil?
Dinosaur Bones
What year did the Mormon pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley?
1847
Which tribe lived mostly in the desert regions of western Utah?
Goshute
What was the name of the massacre where over 450 Shoshone people died in Cache Valley?
Bear River Massacre
What is the name of the desert in western Utah?
Great Basin Desert?
What does “paleontologist” mean?
a scientist who studies fossils?
What was the name of the trail Mormons followed to Utah?
Mormon Trail
What tribe was the largest in Utah?
Utes
What was the name of the conflict between Mormons and the U.S. government in 1857?
Utah War
What was Utah's first established Capital?
Fillmore
Dinosaurs lived during this era.
Mesozoic Era
Why did Mormons come to Utah?
escape religious persecution
Which Native Tribe was known for building pit houses?
Fremont
What was the war called when Mormons fought against Utes?
Walker War
Which River gets its water from the Uinta Mountains?
Bear River
This massive meat-eating dinosaur, discovered in Utah’s Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, is one of the most complete fossil finds of its kind and may have hunted in packs.
Allosaurus
What was the name of the Mormon Army that helped the US in the US/Mexico War?
Mormon Battalion
What do we call the ancient people who lived in cliff dwellings in Utah?
Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)
Why were there so many conflicts between settlers and Native tribes in early Utah?
competition over land, resources, and cultural differences