Century the first European explorers came to the Pacific Northwest
What is 16th century (or 1500 hundreds)
100
He asked Lewis and Clark to lead their expedition through the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
100
to take as the owner
What is claim?
100
First animal to be almost hunted to extinction in the Pacific Northwest.
What are sea otters?
100
The most famous fur traders in US history were called.
What is mountain men?
200
First explorers encountered these people
Who are Native Americans?
200
The newly purchased U.S. land that Lewis and Clark were exploring on their expedition.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
A route of travel over water or land that is used by traders.
What is trade route?
200
The pelt of this animal was very popular with men and women in Europe and in the U.S. in the 1800s.
What is the beaver?
200
The fur trade was important to WA history for about ____ years.
What is 60?
300
Robert Gray, the first American ship captain to sail around the world, traded with Native Americans for fur in the Northwest and then went to China to trade fur for these 3 important items:
What are spices, silks, and tea?
300
The Indians were most helpful to Lewis and Clark's expedition because they gave them these things.
What are supplies and food?
300
To meet or interact with face to face.
What is encounter?
300
The biggest company of trappers and traders in the Northwest.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
300
Hudson's Bay Company had forts in many places, but its main fort was this one.
What is Fort Vancouver?
400
Exploration of the Pacific Northwest by sea was very difficult. Name at least 2 reasons.
What is 1. it was hard to find a safe place to land.
2. the weather was stormy and the coast foggy
3. Indians in the area were not always friendly to explorers.
400
A person who explains as someone is speaking a different language.
What is an interpreter?
400
Journey taken for a specific purpose.
What is an expedition?
400
The fur trade was such a big business because . . .
What is because 'furs were so popular in the U.S. and in Europe'?
400
The important body of water (strait) separating Washington's Olympic Peninsula and Canada's Vancouver Island was named after this early Spanish explorer who never even went ashore.
Who is Juan de Fuca?
500
Explorers came from many countries to the Pacific Northwest. Name 3 countries
What are Spain, England, and eventually, the brand new United States
500
After ____ months of traveling, the expedition finally arrived back in St. Louis, MO.
What is 28?
500
Tall fence made of thick logs surrounding a fort.
What is a stockade?
500
People immigrated from many places to work for this industry?
What is fur-trading? or fur-trading companies?
500
This English captain / explorer has 3 important places in the Pacific Northwest named after him. Name them. And Name him.
What is Vancouver Island, BC; Vancouver, WA, and the city of Vancouver, BC. His name was George Vancouver.