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Final Review
review of concepts on the final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 6 states that surround Oklahoma | Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas and Missouri |
| What is the highest point in Oklahoma? | Black Mesa |
| What Oklahoma mountain range is Mount Scott located in? | The Wichita Mountains |
| What is the total surface area of Oklahoma? | 70,000 square miles |
| What is the most common weather natural disaster that happens in Oklahoma? | tornadoes |
| What is the name of the land which joined Asia and North America? | Beringia |
| What group of early Indians created the atlatl? | The Paleo Indians |
| Which group of early Indians were associated with the Clovis and Folsom points? | The Paleo Indians |
| Who built ceremonial dirt structures for temples, burials and homes? | The Mound Builders |
| What do you call an animal spirit guide to Native Americans? | A totem |
| Who was a Spanish explorer that came to Oklahoma? | Coronado |
| What caused the death of most Indians? | diseases |
| What was an all water route through North America? | The Northwest Passage |
| What was the major goal of the Spanish Explorers? | To find wealth |
| What was the earliest colony established by England in 1607? | Jamestown |
| What country did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from for $15 million? | France |
| Who was the president of the United States during the Louisiana Purchase? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What were the names of the explorers of the Louisiana Territory? | Lewis and Clark |
| Where is the No Man's Land located? | the Panhandle of Oklahoma |
| At the beginning of the Civil War, John Ross hoped the Cherokee Nation would remain what? | Neutral |
| The leader of the mixed Cherokee horsemen who fought for the Confederacy was named what? | Stand Waitie |
| Opotheyahola, leader of the Upper Creek tribe, fought for which side of the Civil War? | the Union |
| When did the Civil War end? | April 9, 1865 |
| What were buffalo soldiers? | black Calvary troops |
| What did the Dawes Severalty Act do? | it dissolved tribal ownership of land and gave specific amounts of land to each individual Indian. |
| What occurred in 1921 when whites destroyed the Greenwood Business District over a misunderstanding? | the Tulsa Race Riot |
| What was it called when farmers tilled up too much native buffalo grass and then a drought came and the winds took away a lot of soil? | The Dust Bowl |
| What is Oklahoma's state tree? | red bud |
| What is Oklahoma's state animal? | bison or buffalo |
| What is Oklahoma's state bird? | scissor tailed flycatcher |
| What is Oklahoma's state rock? | rose rock |
| What is the capital of Oklahoma? | Oklahoma city |