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AR History
Question | Answer |
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Mount Magazine | The Tallest point in Arkansas |
West Gulf Coastal Plain | Holds the states Lumber & Oil Industries Home to the Red, Saline, & Ouachita Rivers |
Geography | The study of earth, the places on earth, the people on earth and their interactions. |
Ozark Plateau | Home to big businesses such as Walmart, JB Hunt, & Tyson Home to the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville |
Paleo Tribe | Nomads Cold Climate Hunted large game - Mastadon |
Archaic Tribe | Hunter/gatherers |
Woodland Tribe | Agriculture Began 1st to develop Bow & Arrows Built Mounds - burial & ritual |
5 Themes of Geography | Place Location Movement Human Environmental Interaction Region |
Quapaw Historic Tribe | Lived in the Delta Excellent farmers due to location Made dugout canoes Arkansas is named after Quapaw tribes = Downstream People |
BC | Before Christ |
AD | Anno Domini In the year of our Lord |
Prehistory | Before written records |
Caddo Historic Tribe | Small Painted Tattooed Salt Industry |
Osage Historic Tribe | Warlike Large Robust Lived in Southwest Missouri Hunted/traded in Northwest Arkansas |
The Explorers Motto | For God, For Glory, For Gold |
Henri De Tonti | Arkansas - Arkansas Post LaSalle's right hand man "Father of Arkansas" |
Hernando De Soto | Brought Razorbacks to AR First Explorer to come to AR Called the Mississippi River the Rio Grande or "Father of Waters" Known by Casqui as the "Son of the Sun" |
Confluence | The point where two or more streams or rivers join and flow together |
Bernard De La Harpe | Searched for jewels and treasures on the AR River. Credited for naming Little Rock "Petite Roche" |
Robert La Salle | First explorer to travel all the way down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Called the territory "La Louisiane" Killed by his men....horrible leader! |
John Law | Con man that made money off unkowing Europeans by sending them to AR Post. Never left Europe. |
Richter Scale | Measures the intensity of an Earthquake |
The Louisiana Purchase | Seller: Napoleon Bonaparte (France) Buyer: Thomas Jefferson Year: 1803 $$: 15 millions |