Geography & Prehistoric Cultures
What is the lowest elevation point of the state?
Little River Flood Plain at 289 feet above sea level
This explorer's main goal was to locate the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola)
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
What U.S. president bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
Which Federal policy dissolved tribal communal land holdings, dividing the land into individual parcels assigned to individual tribal members and white non-Native settlers?
Allotment
Which tribe was the first to sign a removal treaty?
Choctaw Nation signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830
Name a geographical region in the state of Oklahoma
High Plains, Gypsum Hills, Red Bed Plains, Wichita Mountains, Red River Plains, Arbuckle Mountains, Prairie Plains, Ozark Plateau, Ouachita Mountains, Sandstone Hills
This group of people established the fur-trading network and maintained cooperative, peaceful alliances based on mutual commercial benefit
The French
What explorer located the Great Salt Plains in Oklahoma?
George Sibley
What were some examples of assimilation that were expected of Native Americans?
Abandoned traditional customs, language, and spiritual practices
Which country did France get the Louisiana Territory from?
Spain
This served as a primary pathway across which early human hunters followed migrating large game animals into North America
Beringia land bridge
What was Jean-Baptiste Benard de La Harpe goal during his expedition?
To establish trade relationships with the Wichita and Caddo tribes along the Red and Arkansas Rivers, expand French influence, and explore potential trade routes toward Spanish New Mexico
What did Stephen H. Long label Oklahoma as?
"The Great American Desert"
Who invented the Cherokee Syllabary (written Cherokee language)
Sequoyah
What was the first Native American Newspaper?
The Cherokee Phoenix. First published in 1828 in New Echota, Georgia.
This group of people built the Spiro Mounds
The Caddoan mound builders
Name one way the introduction of horses impacted Native Americans
Transportation, expanded trade routes, changed tribal warfares, and elevated personal wealth and social status
This treaty defined Oklahoma's southern border (Red River) and western boundary (100th Meridian)
Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
What year was the Indian Removal Act authorized?
1830
The Chickasaw had to pay what other tribe for land rights in Indian Territory?
The Choctaw
This forest is composed of Post Oak and Blackjack Oak trees
Cross Timbers
How was the Doctrine of Discovery used?
Seizing land from indigenous populations, ignoring Native sovereignty, and laying legal claim to territories in the Americas
What 3 rivers make up the"Three Forks" region?
Verdigris, Grand, and Arkansas rivers
What was the ruling of the Worcester v. Georgia (1832) case?
Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct, sovereign community in which the state laws of Georgia had no force or authority
Communal land