TRIBES
What was the name of the Tribal Chief in this region?
Chief Moses
Name the two explorers that led an expedition that followed the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1806.
Lewis & Clark
What is the name of the trail pioneers traveled to reach the PNW region?
The Oregon Trail
What was the basic food source for most of the Pacific Northwest's native tribes that early settlers found ways to preserve and export?
Salmon
Which region provides the best location, environment and natural resources for the FISHING industry?
Pacific Ocean, mouth of Columbia River
What was the name of the tribe that was indigenous to this region of WA state?
Columbia-Moses, Sinkiuse, Kowalchina
Name one reason that motivated pioneers to settle in the WA territory region.
Free Land, Escape unfair laws, Job opportunities
What city was greatly affected by gold rushes in Canada, Alaska, and Idaho?
Seattle
What two valuable minerals were mined in the WA territory?
Gold & Silver
Which region provides the best location, environment and natural resources for the LOGGING industry?
North Cascades Mountains, Olympic Peninsula
When forced to join a reservation, which tribal nation did the indigenous peoples of this region join?
The Confederated Tribes of Colville
What is one area where early settlers in Washington territory immigrated from (name 1 of the 4 majorities)?
Ireland, Maine, Asia, Hawaii
What is the name of the first fort pioneers built in the WA territory region?
Fort Vancouver
Which early farming industry is now the state's largest cash crop business?
Apples
Which region provides the best location, environment and natural resources for the MINING industry?
Cascades Mountain Range, Colville National Forest
In which year did the government start signing treaties with the tribes in WA state?
1855
In which year did WA territory officially become a state?
1889
What is the name of the first permanent American settlement in the WA territory region?
Tumwater
What was the name of the biggest fur trading company in WA state?
Hudson Bay Trading Company
Which region provides the best location, environment and natural resources for the FUR TRADING industry?
Southwest Washington, lower Columbia River border
How many federally recognized reservation lands currently exist in WA state?
29
The last name of the missionaries who started a mission among the Cayuse Indians on the Walla Walla River, and were later killed.
The Whitmans
Who was the first territorial governor of the WA region?
Issac Stevens
What is the name of the largest logging company in WA state (past and present)?
Weyerhauser
Which region provides the best location, environment and natural resources for the FARMING industry?
(Columbia Basin, Palouse)