Ancient Oklahoma
How Natives Lived
Europeans
Five Civilized Tribes
Potpourri
100

Name the first Europeans to come to Oklahoma (that can be proven)

Spanish or Spaniards 

100

Dried beef made by the Native Americans was known as?

jerky

100

This explorer was Italian but sailed for the Spanish. 

Christopher Columbus

100

This tribe supported the British during the French and Indian War and originally came from the northern United States.

Cherokee 

100

Highway the connects Smithville with Cove, Arkansas. 

Highway 4

200

These Europeans may have ventured into Oklahoma and left rune stones 

Vikings

200

Dried meat, fat, and berries mixed together was known as?

pemmican

200

This explorer was the first to reach Asia by sailing west.

Magellan 

200

This tribe originally lived along the Mobile and Alabama rivers.

Choctaw

200

Highway that connects Smithville with Octavia.

Hwy 259

300

Which of these tribes were first in Oklahoma?

Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Caddo 

Caddo

300

Most Native American tribes in Oklahoma allowed a husband to have more than one wife. This is known as?

polygamy 

300

Europeans wanted a water route that went through the North American continent. This fabled water way was know as the?

Northwest Passage

300

This tribe was most likely at one time part of the Choctaw tribe.

Chickasaw 

300

Governor of Oklahoma in 2020.

Kevin Stitt

400
The advanced Native American civilizations located along the Mississippi River who eventually found their way to Oklahoma are collectively called the what?

Mound Builders

400

Native Americans made this food by combining corn with lye made from wood ashes?

hominy 

400

This word means Spanish Conquerors 

Conquistadors

400

This tribe was originally made up of twelve separate tribes and supported the British in the Revolutionary War.

Creek

400

Famous Oklahoman who grew up in Checota 

Carrie Underwood

500

The most important mound site in Oklahoma is near?

Spiro 

500

This character trait was most prized by Native Americans in early Oklahoma.

honesty

500

This Spaniard first reached Oklahoma.

Hernando de Soto

500

This tribe at one time was located in Florida.

Seminole

500

Highest point above sea level in Oklahoma 

Black Mesa