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 |