JOHNSTON'S KANSAS HISTORY UNIT FOUR

Question 1

Plains Indians made the fat of the bison into __________ .

Answer 1

Soap

Question 2

What was the purpose of the Oregon Trail?

Answer 2

Families moving West to settle

Question 3

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 3

The idea that the U.S. should expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Question 4

Four types of extreme weather events in Kansas are:

Answer 4

Blizzards, Floods, Drought and Tornados

Question 5

The western part of Kansas has an _________ climate because we average less than 18 inches of precipitation each year.

Answer 5

Arid

Question 6

Plains Indians made the tail of the bison into ___________________ .

Answer 6

Fly swatter

Question 7

The explorers sent by President Jefferson to explore and map the Louisiana Purchase were _________________________ .

Answer 7

Lewis and Clark

Question 8

A story passed down from one generation to the next is called __________ ________________ .

Answer 8

Oral tradition

Question 9

The Spanish explorer who traveled through Kansas in search of the city of gold was _________________ .

Answer 9

Coronado

Question 10

Plains Indians made the tongue of the bison into __________________ .

Answer 10

hair brush

Question 11

The highest recorded temperature in Kansas is _______ ______________ .

Answer 11

121 degrees

Question 12

An underground layer of rock that holds water is called an __________________ .

Answer 12

aquifer

Question 13

What type of tribe in Kansas farmed and did not move from place to place?

Answer 13

sedentary

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Santa Fe Trail?

Answer 14

It was an important commerce route for trading goods with Mexico.

Question 15

What did European explorers bring to the Plains Indians?

Answer 15

New trade goods and new diseases

Question 16

What is barter?

Answer 16

A type of trade where no money is exchanged

Question 17

What type of tribe lived in tipis and moved often to follow their food source?

Answer 17

nomadic

Question 18

What do you call the 48 states in the U.S. that are contained within the same boundaries?

Answer 18

contiguous or conterminous

Question 19

Why did the French explorers come to this region?

Answer 19

To establish trade with the Indians

Question 20

The type of location that uses nearby place names is called ______________ ______________ .

Answer 20

relative location

Question 21

Plains Indians boiled hooves of the bison to make ________ .

Answer 21

glue

Question 22

What state borders Kansas to the north?

Answer 22

Nebraska

Question 23

What state borders Kansas to the south?

Answer 23

Oklahoma

Question 24

What state borders Kansas to the east?

Answer 24

Missouri

Question 25

What state borders Kansas to the west?

Answer 25

Colorado

Question 26

The Plains Indians used what part of the bison to make thread?

Answer 26

tendons and sinew

Question 27

The Plains Indians used what part of the bison to make tools?

Answer 27

bones

Question 28

The Plains Indians used what part of the bison to make blankets and tipi covers?

Answer 28

skin or hide

Question 29

Plains Indians made the horns of the bison into __________________ .

Answer 29

spoons, bowls and cups

Question 30

The eleven different areas of the state that are defined by their geology are called ________________ regions

Answer 30

physiographic

Question 31

The lowest recorded temperature in Kansas is ___________________________ .

Answer 31

• 40 degrees

Question 32

Three hardships suffered on The Santa Fe Trail include:

Answer 32

lack of food
excessive heat
insects

Question 33

Three hardships suffered on The Oregon Trail include:

Answer 33

disease
accidental death
Indian attacks

Question 34

The Big Game Hunters - the first people who lived on the plains ________________ from the north when the glaciers moved south.

Answer 34

migrated

Question 35

The type of location that uses latitude and longitude is called _______________ location.

Answer 35

absolute

Question 36

Which explorers seemed to like Kansas and felt the prairie “held great beauty with plentiful deer and abundant wild raspberries”?

Answer 36

Lewis and Clark

Question 37

What happened to Indian tribes from the East who were forced to emigrate to Kansas?

Answer 37

they were moved onto reservations