Geography
The highest peak in Washington State.
What is Mount Rainier?
The primary route for settlers moving westward in the mid-1800s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This city was founded in 1853 and later became the state capital.
What is Olympia?
This animal's fur was the most valuable for the fur trade in Washington and was in high demand throughout the 19th century.
What are Beavers
This animal plays a key role in the nutrient cycle, benefiting forests, animals, and humans .
What is Salmon
The mountain range that divides Washington into eastern and western regions.
What are the Cascade Mountains?
This Protestant missionary couple was killed in 1847.
Who are the Whitmans?
This city was named after a Duwamish and Suquamish chief who promoted peace with early settlers in the 1850s.
What is Seattle?
These immigrant laborers played a major role in early mining and railroad construction.
Who are the Chinese?
These gatherings involved gift-giving and reaffirmed social structure.
What are potlatches?
This volcano erupted in 1980 and is the most active in the Cascades.
What is Mount St. Helens?
This British explorer charted the Puget Sound in 1792.
Who is George Vancouver?
The 1859 conflict between the U.S. and Britain over the San Juan Islands began when a settler shot this animal.
What is a pig?
This Fur Trading company established Fort Vancouver in 1825.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
This tribe traditionally lived on the Olympic Peninsula and is known for whale hunting.
Who are the Makah?
These once covered much of Washington 10,000 years ago
What are Glaciers
The longest river in Washington State.
What is the Columbia River?
The year Washington achieved statehood.
What is 1889?
The primary industry in Washington during the 1800s.
What is logging?
This Nez Perce leader is famous for his resistance and the quote, “I will fight no more forever.”
Who is Chief Joseph?
The peninsula located in the northwest corner of Washington.
What is the Olympic Peninsula?
This was the primary goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
What is to chart an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean?
Washington Territory was created from this territory in 1853.
What is Oregon Territory?
Chinese laborers were violently expelled from this Washington town in 1885.
What is Tacoma?
This ancient human remains sparked legal and ethical debate about ancestry and reburial.
Who is Kennewick Man?
These prehistoric floods shaped much of the landscape in eastern Washington.
What are the Bretz/Missoula Floods?
This European Nation was the first to explore the Pacific Northwest
Who is Spain?
This African American pioneer helped establish the first American settlement north of the Columbia River in 1846.
Who is George Washington Bush?
This method of preserving salmon became common in the late 1800s.
What is canning?
This term describes the time in Washington before sustained European contact, when Native American cultures began to experience changes due to early trade and exploration.
What is the Protohistoric?