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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Explorers
Fur Traders
Missionaries
100
a rapidly spreading disease
What is a epidemic
100
A fence or dam used to catch fish.
What is a weir
100
I discovered a strait that was the opening to Puget Sound.
Who was Juan de Fuca
100
I was the main economic activity along the Pacific Coast in 1800s.
What is fur trading
100
I was sent as a missionary to the Nez Perce tribe to teach them about Christianity.
Who is Jason Lee
200
the ability to resist or survive a disease
What is immunity
200
A disturbance or interruption
What is an intrusion
200
I discovered the Hawaiian Islands and traded with the Indians for sea otter pelts which started trade in China for the pelts.
Who is Captain Cook
200
I founded the American Fur Company.
Who was John Astor
200
I was the reason that I wanted missionaries to teach my people about Christianity.
What is help them learn about the white people's ways and their powerful God.
300
a rectangle dwelling of cedar shared by coastal Native American family
What is a longhouse
300
A grassy plant that grows in marshes or swamps used to make mats and houses.
What is tule
300
I was an American explorer who discovered a harbor and the mouth of the Columbia River
Who is Robert Gray
300
My company controlled the fur trade in Canada and the Oregon Country.
What is the Hudson Bay Company.
300
We were part of the first to travel my wagon over the Oregon Trail.
Who were the Whitmans and Spaldings
400
Native American feast and ceremony where gifts are exchanged as a show of wealth
What is a potlatch
400
The movement of animals or humans from one place to another.
What is migration
400
I was a British sailor who sailed up the Pacific Coast and explored the region naming an island after myself and other landforms after my friends.
Who is George Vancouver
400
I was built near the Mouth of the Willamette River as a trading post by the Hudson's Bay Company.
What is Fort Vancouver.
400
We attacked the Whitman Missionary causing what was known as the Whitman Massacre killing 13 people.
What was the Cayuse Indian Tribe
500
The total loss or destruction of an animal or plant
What is extinction
500
Goods or property taken by the winners of a war or conflict.
What is spoils
500
We were U.S. explorers who found a water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Who were Lewis and Clark
500
I built a fort near the mouth of the Willamette River.
Who is Dr. John McLoughlin
500
I was an unexpected negative impact on the Indians brought by explorers, fur trappers and missionaries.
What is disease