Oklahoma history finals Flashcards
What natural resources can be found in the high plains, prairie plains, and Arbuckle mountains?
High Plains: Natural Gas
Prairie Plains: Coal
Arbuckle Mountains: Granite
Where are the Rich Mountain, Alabaster Caverns, Mount Scott, Black Mesa, and tallgrass prairie?
Ouachita Mountains: Rich Mountain
Gypsum Hills: Alabaster Caverns
Wichita Mountains: Mount Scott
High Plains: Black Mesa
Sandstone Hills: Tallgrass Prairie
Which region is home to the Glass Mountains?
Gypsum Hills
Why does the eastern part of Oklahoma receive more rainfall than the western part?
It is closer to the Gulf of Mexico.
Which two of these are regions in Oklahoma? Midwest Ouachita Mountains Gulf Coast Red River Plains
Ouachita Mountains
and
Red River Plains
Which two of these statements concerning the Ozark Plateau are true?
The plateau extends into Missouri and Arkansas.
The region is heavily forested and contains many hills
The area is known for sandstone hills and ridges.
The land provides a majority of the state’s agriculture
The hills are home to a large supply of natural gas.
The plateau extends into Missouri and Arkansas.
The region is heavily forested and contains many hills.
How do aquifers help the citizens of Oklahoma?
They provide water to areas of the state with little rainfall.
What languages do the Osage, Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche speak?
Osage: Siouan
Kiowa: Tanouan
Apache: Athabaskan
Comanche: Uto- Aztecan
Why were relationships traced through women in the family in the Wichita tribe?
Because the society was matrilineal.
What did the Foragers do?
Developed the atlatl as a new weapon and gathered more edible plants and were less mobile
What did the Clovis do?
Hunted large game such as the mammoth and giant bison and evidence of this culture found in Geer Country
About how long ago did humans arrive in the Americas?
15,000 years
Which Native American group was the first of the modern Native American tribes to live in Oklahoma?
Wichtia
Which two statements are true of the Caddoan Mound Builders?
They were likely a part of the Mississippian culture and they built 11 mounds at Spiro near the Arkansas River.
What was the earliest culture to settle in Oklahoma and throughout North America around 11,000 years ago?
Clovis
Which tribe eventually allied with the Wichita to promote trade?
Comanche
What was the purpose of the Corn Dance that was performed by the Wichita people?
It symbolized rebirth and renewal.
What was the agrarian of plants?
It was a turning point in human history and it helped humans shift from a more nomadic society to a domestication society.
Put the European explorers and their journeys and conquests in the order in which they happened.
John Cabot arrives on the shores of Canada and claims the land for Britain
After a series of battles, Cortes overthrows the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain
The Amadas and Barlowe expedition leaves England to explore the New World
The Spanish found the city of Santa Fe in New Mexico
Champlain founds Quebec, in present-day Canada, the first French Colony in the Americas
France founds the city of New Orleans along the Mississippi River
Why did European countries want to find a sea route to Asia?
They wanted to find a cheaper, faster way to trade with Asia.
In 1492, King Ferdinand II funded the voyage of what Portuguese explorer?
Christopher Columbus
What effect did the introduction of smallpox have in the Americas?
It contributed to the defeat of Native American tribes by Europeans.
Which empire did Hernando Cortés overthrow for Spain?
The Aztec Empire
Where did Henry Hudson, Hernando Cortes, and Jean-Baptiste de La Harpe come from?
England: Henry Hudson
Spain: Hernando Cortes
France: Jean-Baptiste de La Harpe
Match each statement about exploration and settlement to the country that it describes.
Spain: Came to the New World to conquer its land and people and Settled in Central American and New Mexico
England: Settled along the east coast of modern-day US and Late to exploration due to internal conflict in the country
France: Made trade deals and alliances with Native Americans and Settled in Canada and along the Mississippi River
Match each exchange as European or American, based on what the Europeans brought with them and what they took home from America.
Americas: Chocolate, Potato, and Maize
European: Banana, Lettuce, and Wheat
Why did France have constant rivalries with England and Spain?
French settlers claimed a large piece of the land down the Mississippi River for France.
Which animal introduced by European traders changed the lifestyles of Native Americans on the Great Plains?
Horse
The first country to fund a voyage to try to find a westward sea route to Asia was
Spain
During the American Revolution, the Southeastern Indians joined with which country?
England
In the Indian economy, a barter system was used, which means that
goods were given in exchange for other goods.
People of the Five Tribes are important to the study of Oklahoma because
they dominated the history of the state for most of the nineteenth century.
The Indians engaged in ceremonies to
avoid chaos and restore harmony.
When a tribe made an agreement with a European nation, one of the tribe’s obligations was to
support the European ally with military assistance, should the need arise.
When Thomas Jefferson said that civilization was just a matter of changing the environment, he was planning to
encourage the Indians to adopt customs and habits of the Euro-Americans in order to become acculturated.
One of the changes made in Indian cultures during the nineteenth century was
descent of property through the father’s line.
The Southeastern Indians measured a person’s wealth by
the number of gifts the person had given.
In the matrilineal societies of the Southeastern Indians
family relationships were traced through the women
Which event came first?
Louisiana Purchase, American Revolution, Alliances with the Spanish, the French, and the British, Treaties at Hopewell between the Cherokees, the Choctaws, and the Chickasaws and the United States
Alliances with the Spanish, the French, and the British
Which statement is true about the Creek government?
The decentralized Creek government was composed of 50 towns, each having a hereditary principal chief.
The Indian Removal Act provided for
relocation of eastern tribes to the West.
The Indian policy of James Monroe
used enticements, including government help to move west and subsistence pay
Missionaries to Indian Territory are said to have made their greatest contributions by
creating schools and providing teachers.
When the Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that a state had no authority to execute its laws within an Indian nation, President Jackson
chose to ignore the Supreme Court decision and allowed the state of Georgia to dispose of Indian land.
Which of the following statements about the Trail of Tears is true?
The misery and losses of life and property endured by every Southeastern tribe amount to Trails of Tears.
On the mission to arrange peace between the tribes of the Southern Plains and the Five Tribes, the First U.S. Dragoon Regiment
encountered hostile Indians and lost a large number of men in combat.
What tribe was first to adapt the customs?
Cherokee
What tribe gave the most resistance to the Indian Removal Act?
Seminole
What tribe was first to have their first alphabet
Correct answer:
Cherokee
The tribe hardest hit by the Reconstruction treaties of 1866 was the
Seminole Nation
One type of business that pushed for the opening of Indian Territory was centered on
Cattle
The Union accused the Cherokees who fought at Pea Ridge of
scalping the Union dead.
The Confederates in Indian Territory had very little impact on the war effort because
the Confederate high command never allocated sufficient resources to the units.
The purpose of the Indian International Fair was to
demonstrate the agricultural potential of Oklahoma.
All of the following conditions were part of the Reconstruction treaties of 1866 EXCEPT the
adoption of the Christian religion.
As part of their economic recovery, many mixed-blood Indians
arranged for tenants to place more farmland into production.
The major aim of the Confederate forces in Indian Territory during the latter part of the war was
to interrupt Union supply lines to Fort Gibson using guerilla operations.
Of the Five Tribes, the two tribes that were unanimous in support of the South were the
Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Christianity was NOT as strong in the following two tribes:
Chickasaws and Cherokees
Explain why many U.S. leaders in the early nineteenth century wanted to “civilize” the Southeastern Indians. What did “civilization” mean to missionaries and U.S. officials?
The U.S. leaders wanted to simulate the Southeastern Indians into American society for the sake of Law and Order, and Christianity. With the indifference between Indian culture and American culture, there would be less conflict between the two groups. To missionaries and U.S. officials, civilization meant behaving like white Americans.
