Washington State Facts
The current governor of Washington State
Who is Bob Furguson?
These Native people traditionally lived all over Chelan County
Who are the Wenatchi
What animal almost started a war in Washington?
What is a pig!
This city, located in Eastern Washington, is known as the "Apple Capital of the World."
What is Wenatchee?
What is Washington's State bird?
What is the Willow Goldfinch?
This mountain is the tallest in Washington State.
What is Mt. Rainer
This period of conflict in the 1960s and 1970s started over disputes over fishing rights between Native American tribes and non-Native fishers
What is the Fish wars
Washington played a key role in this 1890s, in this gold rush serving as a departure point for prospectors.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
In Skamania County Washington it is illegal to hunt this creature.
What is Big Foot?
What is the exact date that Washington became a state?
November, 11th, 1889
This archipelago (group of islands) lies in the middle of the Salish Sea.
What are the San Juan Islands?
These schools were used to try and assimilate children into White culture.
What are Native Boarding Schools
By the 1820s who had claim on the Oregon Territory ( later called Washington, and Oregon State)?
What are Great Britain, and the United States?
What iconic Washington building was built during the 1962 World's Fair?
Washington’s state insect is this helpful creature.
What is the Green Darner Dragonfly?
Seattle is located on this large body of water.
What is the Puget Sound?
This tragic event occurred before the Cayuse War, when a measles outbreak among Native people led to the deaths of several missionaries.
What is the Whitman Massacre?
In the 1850s, Isaac Stevens signed multiple treaties with tribes while holding this political role.
What is Territorial Governor?
This 1990s movement in Seattle helped launch the city’s global reputation in music and culture.
What is Grunge?
This marine mammal, closely related to dolphins can be seen in pods around Washington's coasts.
What is an orca, or killer whale?
On what parallel is the northern boundary of Washington State?
What is 49th?
Native groups in Washington are often divided into these two cultural regions.
What are Coastal and Plateau?
This major U.S. purchase in 1803 helped open the Pacific Northwest to American exploration.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The deepest lake in Washington State, and the third deepest in the U.S., is this narrow, long body of water.
What is Lake Chelan?