Native Americans
What important food did Native people eat?
Salmon
Which region receives the most amount of rainfall each year?
Coastal Region
This person founded Microsoft and is a multi-billionaire.
Bill Gates
What decade was the Grand Coulee Dam buit?
1930's
The state capital is
Olympia
Name three (3) tribes in Washington State.
Colville, Cowlitz, Lummi, Makah, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Quinault, Spokane, Tulalip, and Yakama, etc.
Natural resources in Washington include... (name 3)
Fish, wildlife, timber, rocks, water, fossil fuels
Huge airplane company that started in Washington State.
Boeing
How many people died in the creation of the Dam?
87
The state bird
Goldfinch
What is tribal sovereignty?
The ability for tribes to make legal decisions about their own people on their own land.
Which region contains Seattle and Olympia?
The Puget Sound
Known around the world, this coffee company was founded in Seattle.
Starbucks
What river is primarily affected by the Grand Coulee?
The Columbia River
Washington shares a southern border with this country.
Mexico
This is the name of the tribe that massacred the Whitman Missionaries.
Cayuse
Name two mountain ranges in Washington State.
Cascades, Blue, Okanogan/Rocky, Olympic
This railroad company that runs through Washington State is still in business today.
The Northern Pacific
How many states are affected by the dam's hydroelectric power?
13
Washington became a state in what year?
1889
Many treaties were made during the mid 1800's with the Natives. What were these treaties called?
The Stevens Treaties
What are the three major rivers in Washington State?
Columbia, Snake, Yakima
Based in Kent, this company is the country's primary outdoor recreation distributor.
REI
The dam was built under which president's term?
Herbert Hoover
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
To keep Chinese workers from entering the country.