Quiz 1	Making a State
The Olympic Mountains are…	Formed by buckling plates
Puget Sound was created by	A giant glacier
The Cascade Mountains…	Divide the state in half
The Cascade Mountains…	Dangerous volcanoes
The Channeled Scablands…	Large quantities of fast-moving water
A “rainshadow” applies to the area that…	Is dry and warm
A “rainshadow” occurs in area where there are	Mountains
A “rainshadow” is the area opposite…	True
The location and many… 5 different regions…	Weather & climate
WA is located between…	Between 49 degrees N & 46 degrees N LATITUDE

Quiz 2	First Settlers
The land bridge connected…	Siberia
The land bridge was made of…	Permanently frozen ground (tundra)
The importance of land bridge was …	It allowed migration from one continent to another
How Indians lived…dependent on..	Geography
N Americans…tens of thousands of years before…	True
All of the Indian tribes spoke the same lang…	False
Most Indians were peaceful…	False
Native Amer Spirituality was dependent…	Their connection to the land
Coastal Indians traded…least likely to trade…	Fruit
This NW tribe is best known…connection to Whales	Makah

Quiz 3	Early Explorers
Marco Polo discovered NW Passage…	False
Marco Polo excited…finding jewels…	True
Early on, it was the Indians who…fur trade possible..	True
After Trading Posts were established, Fur Companies hired Mountain Men…	True
Trade is made possible because…	True
US fur companies dominated…	False
The Lewis & Clark Expedition mapped…	Oregon Trail
The primary fur that was most desired…	False
The Hudson’s Bay Company established WHAT…	The first fort inside the Columbia River
Europeans found the NW but really looking for…	· A faster way to the riches · Spices & silk · The mythical NW Passage

Quiz 4		Settling the NW
At the time Thomas Jefferson was president…		True
Pres. Jefferson wanted…		True
France’s Napoleon sold the US…		True
The Lewis & Clark Expedition was a military venture		True
The Homestead Act granted 640 acres per person		False
The Louisiana Purchase opened the West…		True
Which was first group to settle the West		Missionaries and their followers
The Native Amer were big winners…		False
To keep the free land granted by Homestead…		Live on and cultivate the land for 4 years
Which statement is NOT part of Manifest Destiny		Expansion required the acceptance and accommodation of other peoples cultures
Quiz 5	Industrialization
Where did the Railroads get land…	Government
Define Boosterism as it applies…	Marketing and selling people in the East on why they needed to come West
Which of the following statements would be considered Boosterism..	Beautiful scenery
Railroads made lucrative business deals…	Timber companies
An extractive economy is …	Businesses are based on and money made from natural resources
Railroads were given land in a checkboard pattern…	· So people would develop the land in between in areas not owned by the railroad · So the railroad could sell some of the land to get money to pay for the construction
The timber industry was an opportunity for great wealth… Weyerhaeuser.	True
The terminus for James Hill’s Northern Pacific…	Seattle
The railroad was the greatest transformational force in the development of US	True
The more Steam Donkeys WA state had, meant it could lead as meat producer	False

Quiz 6	Becoming a state
Why did WA split from OR	Geographically too big
Isaac Ingalls Stevens…most controversial…	Of how he obtained all the lands, by moving Indians to reservations or killing them
A key idea expressed by US Constitution & WA State Constitution	Individuals should be granted Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
The participants in WA’s Constitutional Convention	Restrict government power and corruption
Government corruption was an early problem	True
Of the 50 states admitted, WA is	42
Why did it take WA 36 years to become state?	· Indian wars scared away · Needed 120,000 people · Republicans and Dems fighting · Famers wanted fertile land
The original OR Territory extended over 300 miles into Canada	True
Elisha P. Ferry was WA most popular Terr. Gov	· Elisha P…elected WA first State Gov · Of the 14 different WA Terr Gov, the only to serve two terms
The WA State Constitution was special…it protected individual rights	True

Quiz 7	Industry & Technology
William Boeing got idea for airplanes from	Yukon Alaska Pacific Exp
Music and the arts are so important…Official governmental office	True
The Seattle World’s Fair marketed on Dangers of science & tech	False
What was first computer Microsoft wrote OS for	Altair 880
Both the Alaska Yukon Pacific NW Exp & Century 21 were designed as showcase…	True
What year did Microsoft start	1975
The official state song for WA	Washington, my home
Boeing planes were better than the Comet...because faster	True
Dr. Dixie Lee Ray was Science Advisor for World’s Fair	True
The US Federal Govt invested in Seattle World’s Fair to prove it had best	Scientists