Geography
What natural boundary is to the west of Washington?
The Pacific Ocean
What is the difference between renewable resources and non-renewable resources?
Bonus: give one example of each (must be in Washington)
Renewable- humans can grow them over and over (trees, plants, animals)
Non-renewable- can only be used once (cola, minerals, metals)
The Salish, Chinook, and Makah, are three of the main (coastal/plateau) tribes in Washington.
Coastal
The Hudson Bay Company was the biggest trading post on the West Coast. What was the main item for trade?
Fur- trappers traveled along streams to kill animals for their fur (pelt). Natives also brought furs to trade for glass beads, muskets, and metal objects.
Congress passed the Organic Act, which is a law that allowed what?
Allowed the creation of Washington Territory in 1853.
What river forms a boundary between Washington and Oregon?
The Columbia River
What is Washington's most valuable natural resource?
Water
Rivers, oceans, reservoirs, and lakes need workers, help support agriculture, and can be used to grow good. We can't live without it.
What are two reasons many Native American groups settle along the coast and near large rivers?
Pacific Ocean provided food, the land had plenty of plant life, trees for shelter, and the marine climate was less harsh than other places.
What was the biggest impact Missionaries, fur traders, and early pioneers had on Native people?
They brought diseases such as small pox, measles, cholera, the flu, and malaria. The tribal people did not have immunity to these diseases and many tribes were wiped out by death.
What is one difference between a territory and a state?
In which region will you find 5 famous Washington mountains?
Bonus: Name all 5 mountains
Cascade Range
Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, Baker, Glacier Peak
Electricity
Washington states dams create more electricity than almost any other state.
Besides fish, the Columbia River provided what other benefit to tribes?
Trade and transportation routes.
What caused the American settlers to demand protection from the US Army?
The Whitman Massacre- A violent conflict between the Cayuse and the missionaries because the Cayuse believed the Whitman's brought diseases on purpose. In response, the Cayuse killed the Whitmans and 11 other settlers.
Name three industries that replaced fur trading in the PNW.
Logging, fishing and canneries, mining, coal mining, gold and silver mining, agriculture.
Which of Washington's regions has the least amount of rainfall?
Columbia Plateau
When early settlers came to Washington, people thought resources here were so plentiful, and they would last forever. How did this wasteful attitude effect Washington's resources?
Loggers cut down too many trees.
Hunters shot too many wild animals.
Fisherman caught too many salmon.
What is one way Native people were negatively impacted by early settlers?
Sickness and disease, loss of land and resources, war
Why did homesteaders move west?
The Homestead Act of 1862- the government gave pioneers land as an incentive to move west. These people became known has homesteaders.
What impact did gold and silver mining have on Native tribes?
Many of the mines were on Native land.
Why dd early settlers view Washington's environment as an obstacle?
Lots of rivers, steep mountains, rocky cliffs
How do natural resources keep our economy strong?
Food for us and other places, industry, trade, electricity, recreation, agriculture, etc.
They could now travel farther and hunt faster.
What are some positive effects of settlement to the development of Washington?
Brought more people, more supplies, growing economy, etc.
Who was Washington's first governor, and what was one of the first things he helped organize?
Isaac Stevens, and he worked to organize the first legislature (law-making body of government, and created schools).