D189 Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
Trade Empires - Correct answer-Established by Native Americans
Lewis and Clark Expedition - Correct answer-PNW to explore the area from the
Louisiana Purchase, not to establish a trade company.
Hudson Bay Company (HBC) - Correct answer-Monopoly
Manifest Destiny - Correct answer-The idea that settlers were went by God to
inhabit the PNW
Treaties Commonly Have... - Correct answer-1. Annual Payment to the Natives
from the U.S. Gov
2. Freedom for Native people to continue hunt and fish
Celebrations of renewal of life among native people of PNW - Correct answer-
Yearly return of salmon
What do most origin stories of native people in the PNW have in common? -
Correct answer-Evolved over time as events occurred and technology changed.
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,Natives of the Columbia Plateau - Correct answer-Hunters and Gatherers
Natives of Puget Sound food source - Correct answer-Deer
2 Results of contact between Europeans, early Americans, and Native Americans -
Correct answer-Trade
Violence
Cause of wet climate conditions in coastal regions of the PNW? - Correct answer-
Close proximity to the Pacific Ocean
Concepts and ideas difficult for Native American leaders to understand do to
cultural and societal differences? - Correct answer-Land could be bought and sold
Treaties- because language barrier and no written language so contracts made little
sense to them.
Were Europeans and Americans dependent on Native Americans for the fur trade? -
Correct answer-Yes and they hired Native Americans to work for them.
Issaac Stevens - Correct answer-Negotiated Treaties in WA. He also was
responsible for Chief Lechi being hung and killed.
Donation Land Claim Act - Correct answer-Resulted in people moving westward
along the Oregon trail to claim properties for their families.
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, 1818 and 1846, agreements among imperialists powers resulted in - Correct
answer-British and U.S. joint ruling over PNW
Medicine Creek Treaty - Correct answer-Chief Leschi refused to sign the treaty. It
may have contributed to the Puget Sound War.
Treaty of Point No Point - Correct answer-U.S. must establish agricultural and
industrial schools
Required translator to interpret the Treaty into Chinook Jargon.
Outcome: Natives signed over their land maintained hunting and fishing rights.
Why was the Treaty System so cumbersome? - Correct answer-It took years for the
treaties to reach WA D.C. sometimes they never made it to be ratified by the
senate.
For some natives it was unclear which native leaders had the power to negotiate.
Treaty negotiations were unfair because... - Correct answer-Language barrier
Cultural differences
Yakima War - Correct answer-Triggered when Gold was found on the side of the
road near a reservation. Issaac Stevens had promised in the Treaty of Walla Walla
that settlers would not cross over the tribal lands. This promise was broken when
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Graded A+
Trade Empires - Correct answer-Established by Native Americans
Lewis and Clark Expedition - Correct answer-PNW to explore the area from the
Louisiana Purchase, not to establish a trade company.
Hudson Bay Company (HBC) - Correct answer-Monopoly
Manifest Destiny - Correct answer-The idea that settlers were went by God to
inhabit the PNW
Treaties Commonly Have... - Correct answer-1. Annual Payment to the Natives
from the U.S. Gov
2. Freedom for Native people to continue hunt and fish
Celebrations of renewal of life among native people of PNW - Correct answer-
Yearly return of salmon
What do most origin stories of native people in the PNW have in common? -
Correct answer-Evolved over time as events occurred and technology changed.
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,Natives of the Columbia Plateau - Correct answer-Hunters and Gatherers
Natives of Puget Sound food source - Correct answer-Deer
2 Results of contact between Europeans, early Americans, and Native Americans -
Correct answer-Trade
Violence
Cause of wet climate conditions in coastal regions of the PNW? - Correct answer-
Close proximity to the Pacific Ocean
Concepts and ideas difficult for Native American leaders to understand do to
cultural and societal differences? - Correct answer-Land could be bought and sold
Treaties- because language barrier and no written language so contracts made little
sense to them.
Were Europeans and Americans dependent on Native Americans for the fur trade? -
Correct answer-Yes and they hired Native Americans to work for them.
Issaac Stevens - Correct answer-Negotiated Treaties in WA. He also was
responsible for Chief Lechi being hung and killed.
Donation Land Claim Act - Correct answer-Resulted in people moving westward
along the Oregon trail to claim properties for their families.
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, 1818 and 1846, agreements among imperialists powers resulted in - Correct
answer-British and U.S. joint ruling over PNW
Medicine Creek Treaty - Correct answer-Chief Leschi refused to sign the treaty. It
may have contributed to the Puget Sound War.
Treaty of Point No Point - Correct answer-U.S. must establish agricultural and
industrial schools
Required translator to interpret the Treaty into Chinook Jargon.
Outcome: Natives signed over their land maintained hunting and fishing rights.
Why was the Treaty System so cumbersome? - Correct answer-It took years for the
treaties to reach WA D.C. sometimes they never made it to be ratified by the
senate.
For some natives it was unclear which native leaders had the power to negotiate.
Treaty negotiations were unfair because... - Correct answer-Language barrier
Cultural differences
Yakima War - Correct answer-Triggered when Gold was found on the side of the
road near a reservation. Issaac Stevens had promised in the Treaty of Walla Walla
that settlers would not cross over the tribal lands. This promise was broken when
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