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Two men selected by the President to survey the Pacific northwest. They left from the Midwest.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
These Native American dwellings were not short at all
What is a longhouse?
100
This company, named for a giant Canadian body of water was a major player in the fur game.
What is the Hudson Bay Company?
100
A mountain that lost 1100 feet of elevation in one day in 1980.
What is Mt St Helens?
100
She was Lewis and Clark's Native companion
Who is Sacajawea?
200
This was the first fort established in the PNW
What is Fort Astoria?
200
A time for Native tribes to get together and share food, trade good and share news
What is a potlatch
200
This staple food was the major source of nutrition for early Native Americans.
What is Salmon?
200
The mountain range that separates Eastern and Western Washington
What are the Cascade Mountains?
200
Named for Russian explorer Vitus Bering, this sea separates Alaska and Asia.
What is the Bering Sea?
300
A fabled sea route that would allow merchants access to Asian goods
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
A group of Indians from this tribe were responsible for the death of Marcus Whitman and his family
Who are the Cayuse?
300
He was nicknamed the White Headed Eagle
Who is Dr. John McLoughlin?
300
This river separates Washington and Oregon and was a major source of fishing and transportation
What is the Columbia River?
300
This volcanic mountain is the highest in the state
What is Mt Rainier
400
This troubled boat saw the death of 8 crew members at the mouth of the Columbia River.
What is the Tonquin.
400
During the last Ice Age, ancient Indians migrated to America on this
What is a land bridge?
400
This man and his family were killed because the Natives thought he was cursing them with smallpox.
Who is Marcus Whitman?
400
This region of Washington has the highest population of people living therein.
What are the Puget Sound Lowlands?
400
educated in a Christian school in Canada, he returned to his people and lead people to God.
Who is Spokane Garry?
500
Explored the south end of the Puget Sound
Who is Peter Puget?
500
The creation of this structure flooded the Columbia River basin, widening the river to its current shape
What is the Grand Coulee dam?
500
The first missionaries to settle in the PNW needed more women!
Who are Jason and Daniel Lee
500
The trapping of moisture in the Cascade mountains creates this
What is a rain shadow?
500
Lewis and Clark expedition took this long
What is two years?