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1
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What natural resources can be found in the high plains, prairie plains, and Arbuckle mountains?

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High Plains: Natural Gas
Prairie Plains: Coal
Arbuckle Mountains: Granite

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Where are the Rich Mountain, Alabaster Caverns, Mount Scott, Black Mesa, and tallgrass prairie?

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Ouachita Mountains: Rich Mountain

Gypsum Hills: Alabaster Caverns

Wichita Mountains: Mount Scott

High Plains: Black Mesa

Sandstone Hills: Tallgrass Prairie

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Which region is home to the Glass Mountains?

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Gypsum Hills

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4
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Why does the eastern part of Oklahoma receive more rainfall than the western part?

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It is closer to the Gulf of Mexico.

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5
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Which two of these are regions in Oklahoma?
Midwest
Ouachita Mountains
Gulf Coast
Red River Plains
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Ouachita Mountains
and
Red River Plains

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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.

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The plateau extends into Missouri and Arkansas.

The region is heavily forested and contains many hills.

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7
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How do aquifers help the citizens of Oklahoma?

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They provide water to areas of the state with little rainfall.

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What languages do the Osage, Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche speak?

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Osage: Siouan
Kiowa: Tanouan
Apache: Athabaskan
Comanche: Uto- Aztecan

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Why were relationships traced through women in the family in the Wichita tribe?

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Because the society was matrilineal.

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What did the Foragers do?

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Developed the atlatl as a new weapon and gathered more edible plants and were less mobile

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What did the Clovis do?

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Hunted large game such as the mammoth and giant bison and evidence of this culture found in Geer Country

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About how long ago did humans arrive in the Americas?

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15,000 years

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Which Native American group was the first of the modern Native American tribes to live in Oklahoma?

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Wichtia

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Which two statements are true of the Caddoan Mound Builders?

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They were likely a part of the Mississippian culture and they built 11 mounds at Spiro near the Arkansas River.

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What was the earliest culture to settle in Oklahoma and throughout North America around 11,000 years ago?

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Clovis

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16
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Which tribe eventually allied with the Wichita to promote trade?

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Comanche

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What was the purpose of the Corn Dance that was performed by the Wichita people?

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It symbolized rebirth and renewal.

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18
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What was the agrarian of plants?

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It was a turning point in human history and it helped humans shift from a more nomadic society to a domestication society.

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Put the European explorers and their journeys and conquests in the order in which they happened.

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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

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Why did European countries want to find a sea route to Asia?

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They wanted to find a cheaper, faster way to trade with Asia.

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21
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In 1492, King Ferdinand II funded the voyage of what Portuguese explorer?

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Christopher Columbus

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22
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What effect did the introduction of smallpox have in the Americas?

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It contributed to the defeat of Native American tribes by Europeans.

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23
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Which empire did Hernando Cortés overthrow for Spain?

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The Aztec Empire

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24
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Where did Henry Hudson, Hernando Cortes, and Jean-Baptiste de La Harpe come from?

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England: Henry Hudson
Spain: Hernando Cortes
France: Jean-Baptiste de La Harpe

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25
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Match each statement about exploration and settlement to the country that it describes.

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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

26
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Match each exchange as European or American, based on what the Europeans brought with them and what they took home from America.

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Americas: Chocolate, Potato, and Maize

European: Banana, Lettuce, and Wheat

27
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Why did France have constant rivalries with England and Spain?

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French settlers claimed a large piece of the land down the Mississippi River for France.

28
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Which animal introduced by European traders changed the lifestyles of Native Americans on the Great Plains?

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Horse

29
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The first country to fund a voyage to try to find a westward sea route to Asia was

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Spain

30
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During the American Revolution, the Southeastern Indians joined with which country?

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England

31
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In the Indian economy, a barter system was used, which means that

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goods were given in exchange for other goods.

32
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People of the Five Tribes are important to the study of Oklahoma because

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they dominated the history of the state for most of the nineteenth century.

33
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The Indians engaged in ceremonies to

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avoid chaos and restore harmony.

34
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When a tribe made an agreement with a European nation, one of the tribe’s obligations was to

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support the European ally with military assistance, should the need arise.

35
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When Thomas Jefferson said that civilization was just a matter of changing the environment, he was planning to

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encourage the Indians to adopt customs and habits of the Euro-Americans in order to become acculturated.

36
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One of the changes made in Indian cultures during the nineteenth century was

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descent of property through the father’s line.

37
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The Southeastern Indians measured a person’s wealth by

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the number of gifts the person had given.

38
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In the matrilineal societies of the Southeastern Indians

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family relationships were traced through the women

39
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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

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Alliances with the Spanish, the French, and the British

40
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Which statement is true about the Creek government?

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The decentralized Creek government was composed of 50 towns, each having a hereditary principal chief.

41
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The Indian Removal Act provided for

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relocation of eastern tribes to the West.

42
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The Indian policy of James Monroe

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used enticements, including government help to move west and subsistence pay

43
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Missionaries to Indian Territory are said to have made their greatest contributions by

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creating schools and providing teachers.

44
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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

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chose to ignore the Supreme Court decision and allowed the state of Georgia to dispose of Indian land.

45
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Which of the following statements about the Trail of Tears is true?

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The misery and losses of life and property endured by every Southeastern tribe amount to Trails of Tears.

46
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On the mission to arrange peace between the tribes of the Southern Plains and the Five Tribes, the First U.S. Dragoon Regiment

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encountered hostile Indians and lost a large number of men in combat.

47
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What tribe was first to adapt the customs?

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Cherokee

48
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What tribe gave the most resistance to the Indian Removal Act?

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Seminole

49
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What tribe was first to have their first alphabet

A

Correct answer:

Cherokee

50
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The tribe hardest hit by the Reconstruction treaties of 1866 was the

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Seminole Nation

51
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One type of business that pushed for the opening of Indian Territory was centered on

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Cattle

52
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The Union accused the Cherokees who fought at Pea Ridge of

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scalping the Union dead.

53
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The Confederates in Indian Territory had very little impact on the war effort because

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the Confederate high command never allocated sufficient resources to the units.

54
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The purpose of the Indian International Fair was to

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demonstrate the agricultural potential of Oklahoma.

55
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All of the following conditions were part of the Reconstruction treaties of 1866 EXCEPT the

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adoption of the Christian religion.

56
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As part of their economic recovery, many mixed-blood Indians

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arranged for tenants to place more farmland into production.

57
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The major aim of the Confederate forces in Indian Territory during the latter part of the war was

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to interrupt Union supply lines to Fort Gibson using guerilla operations.

58
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Of the Five Tribes, the two tribes that were unanimous in support of the South were the

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Choctaws and Chickasaws.

59
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Christianity was NOT as strong in the following two tribes:

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Chickasaws and Cherokees

60
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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?

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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.

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