Missouri Review

State Symbols

100

What is the Missouri state insect?

Honeybee

200

What is the Missouri state animal?

Missouri Mule

300

What is the Missouri state mineral?

Mozarkite

400

What is the Missouri state tree?

Flowering Dogwood

500

What is the Missouri state fish?

Channel Catfish

Map Skills

100

What is the difference between a map and a globe?

Maps are drawings of places around the world (flat). They show you how to get to a specific location.

Globes are a round model of the Earth. They show you where water, land, and countries are located.

200

Name 4 things that should be included on a map. 

Legend/key

Title

Compass Rose/Cardinal Directions

Scale

300

What does a "physical map" show?

Physical maps show the natural features of a place. (Ex: landforms, mountains, valleys, lakes, and streams)

400

Name two types of maps

Population Map / Political Map / Physical Map / Climate Map

500

Who is a cartographer?

A person who makes a map

Coming to MO

100

What are the two main rivers in Missouri?

Missouri River and Mississippi River

200

What is the nickname for the Missouri River?

Missouri = land of the big canoes

Muddy Missouri

300

Name two reasons the rivers were so important for Missouri.

- Provided drinking water for people and animals 

- Made land fertile for crops

- Provided fish

- People/tribes traveled on rivers to trade

400

Why were slaves brought to Missouri? (Think of their main jobs)

Work on plantations and in the lead mines

500

What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

The Act forced all Indians out of their homes and moved them to Indian Territory (Oklahoma and Kansas)

Culture

100

Where did most of Missouri's early immigrants come from?

Europe

200

What is a state park?

Land protected by the state government for all people to enjoy

300

What is a historic site?

A place where important events took place in the past. 

400

What is one way Missouri honors its cultural heritage?

Cultural celebrations and festivals 

500

About how many state parks does Missouri have?

Over 50 state parks

Statehood

100

What are three facts/details about life on the frontier?

A variety of answers will be accepted. (Ex: kids worked; one-room schoolhouses; if they did not make it themselves, they went without; etc)

200

What is a territory?

Territories were sections of land that did not have the same rights as the states.

300

Why did Missouri want to become a state?

As citizens they would have more rights and have a say in the national government.

400

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?

Henry Clay

500

What is the Missouri Compromise?

The agreement that allowed Missouri to become a state. Maine joined the Union as a free state and Missouri joined as a slave state. Slavery would be banned in new states above a certain line.