Columbus
What year did Columbus reach land?
1492
What caused a lowering of the ocean's water level creating the land bridge?
Ice Age
How man square miles is Oklahoma?
69,000 square miles.
What were the 3 main crops planted by inhabitants in the Western & Eastern part of Oklahoma?
Squash, corn, and beans.
When was the Spiro Mounds discovered?
1930s
What was the name of the Indian tribe Columbus met when he reached land?
Arawak Indians
What was the land bridge called?
Beringia
What divides Oklahoma into eastern and western parts?
Cross Timbers - a natural barrier of very dense scrub timber and thickets.
What was the most important trade item Oklahoma tribesmen offered to trade?
Salt
What was found in the Spiro Mounds?
Artwork, artifacts, and details of highly sophisticated culture.
How much was Columbus promised of the profits he brought back to Spain?
10%, Governorship, New Title Admiral of the Ocean Sea
Who went to a great deal of trouble to prove the possibility of Egyptians sailing to North America?
Thor Heredahl
True or False, much of the land East of the cross timbers is rough woodlands.
True
Eastern
What were some specialized jobs of the Spiro people?
What country was Columbus originally trying to get to?
India
True or False, all Indians that came to North America from the land bridge can be grouped into one group called Indians.
False - Physical and cultural characteristics prove that descendants could've been Mongolian, Chinese, or from India.
What is the oldest archaeological find in the state?
Domebo mammoth kill site.
Which part of the state was easier to farm in? East or West?
East
What time frame did the Spiro people inhabit Oklahoma?
AD 500 to AD 1300.
What was the fort called the Columbus's men built out of the Santa Maria?
Navidad or Christmas
The migration from the land bridge in Alaska, was this migration a short or took a very long time to populate all of North America?
This migration took many centuries and was one of mankind's most difficult migrations.
What group of people were determined that killed the mammoth at the Domebo site? How did they determine this?
Clovis, by their spear points used to kill the mammoth.
Where was all of the salt obtained from in Oklahoma for trade?
Great Salt Plains
What county was the Spiro Mounds founded in?
LeFlore County