Unit 1

Question 1

What part of oklahoma has the highest elevation?

Answer 1

The panhandle in western oklahoma

Question 2

“Forest of iron”

Answer 2

The cross Timbers of central oklahoma

Question 3

What region receives the most rain in oklahoma?

Answer 3

Eastern oklahoma

Question 4

What regions extend out of oklahoma?

Answer 4

Omari plateau and ouachita mountains

Question 5

Oklahoma’s three mountain ranges?

Answer 5

Wichita, ouachita, arbuckle

Question 6

Aquifer definition

Answer 6

freshwater sources underground

Question 7

Why is the ogallala aquifer important?

Answer 7

It provides water to the panhandle

Question 8

Oklahoma’s three major rivers?

Answer 8

Arkansas river, Canadian river, red river

Question 9

What river creates a natural border between oklahoma and Texas?

Answer 9

The red river

Question 10

Why does oklahomas elevation impact the use of dams in the red river?

Answer 10

This region has the lowest elevation and dams are used to control flooding

Question 11

Early plains indians

Answer 11

Nomadic

Question 12

Exchange between western and eastern hemisphere resulted in what?

Answer 12

Wichita and Osage became commercial hunters

Question 13

What was not brought in the trade of western and eastern hemisphere?

Answer 13

Steel products

Question 14

What was the primary purpose of french expeditions in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 14

To develop a fur trading network with indigenous tribes

Question 15

What is an ongoing conflict with Europeans and native Americans ?

Answer 15

Ownership and use of land

Question 16

What was the primary goal of the Wichita chiefs who established trading partnership with the French?

Answer 16

To provide guns and other manufactured goods to wichita

Question 17

Plateau definition?

Answer 17

a flat, elevated landform that rises above the surrounding area

Question 18

Elevation definition

Answer 18

Distance height above sea level

Question 19

Topography definition

Answer 19

the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

Question 20

Why does the western part of oklahoma have greater agricultural production?

Answer 20

They have rich soil

Question 21

What is a natural border between the western plains and eastern prairies?

Answer 21

The cross Timbers region

Question 22

Name three things that make the Spiro Mound Builders a sophisticated culture?

Answer 22

An extensive trade network based on river travel
A highly developed religious center
A regional political system

Question 23

Artifacts discovered at the site of the Spiro Mounds indicated that the people of Spiro engaged with who?

Answer 23

Mississippi valley and southern plain

Question 24

The first major European economic region in this area was located where?

Answer 24

The three forks area