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Oregon Facts
100
The people that have lived in the Willamette Valley for over 10,000 years.
Who are the Kalapuya Indians?
100
True or False: Mountain men were the first to explore the Pacific Notrhwest.
True.
100
Lewis bought this companion, a Newfoundland, before beginning the expedition.
Who is Seaman the dog?
100
A Methodist missionary that wanted to work with Native Americans.
Who is Jason Lee?
100
Salem has had three of these buildings.
What is the capitol?
200
Pleasant home.
What does Chemeketa mean in their native language?
200
The only big fur company in the Pacific Northwest to purchase furs from trappers.
What was the Hudson's Bay Company?
200
A Shoshone woman that joined the Corps of Discovery, who became their interpreter and guide.
Who was Sacagawea?
200
These Native Americans had flat heads.
Who were the Flathead Indians?
200
The Valentine State, because is became a state on Valentine's Day.
What is Oregon's nickname?
300
True or False: The Kalapuya Indians moved seasonally.
True, they had a summer home and a winter home.
300
These animals were caught by trappers.
What are beaver, mink, and other fur-bearing animals?
300
To map the northwest, a new territory, while discovering new (to them) animals and plants.
Why were Lewis and Clark sent on the expedition?
300
This ship brought supplies and new settlers to the area.
What was the Lausanne?
300
Willamette University's first name.
What is The Oregon Institute?
400
Their jobs included gathering berries, acorns, hazelnuts, and the camas root and preparing meat hunted by men.
What jobs did women have in the tribe?
400
Besides selling their furs to their employers, the trappers also traded with these people.
How did the trappers use their furs with the Native Americans?
400
The third president of the United States that sent Lewis on the expedition.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
The owner and editor of the Oregon Statesman.
Who was Asahel Bush?
400
The main route people in wagon trains came to Oregon along.
What is the Oregon Trail?
500
95% of them died from disease and others were moved to reservations.
What happened to the natives after the first settlers arrived?
500
These lost popularity and trappers lost their jobs.
What is the beaver hat?
500
Two years, four months, and ten days until Lewis and Clark triumphantly returned to St. Louis on September 23, 1806.
How long did the expedition last?
500
These delicious fruits were named after the county they were developed in.
What is the marionberry?
500
This river provided transportation through Salem for riverboats.
What is the Willamette River?