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oklahoma geo exam 1
oklahoma as native america
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2012

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people have been in oklahoma since _________?
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9,000 bc
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what group moved into the state after the last ice age and were big game hunters
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clovis
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what people settled in the panhandle and were big game hunters
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folsom people
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what forced the clovis and folsom people north
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a 6000 bc climate change made the state warmer and drier and forced the animals to the north
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what did the the climate change to what it is today?
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500 bc
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when did people build mounds in eastern ok?
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600 ad
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where is the main center for mound building
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spiro
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how many major mounds are at spiro?
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11
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what is the largest mound in spiro?
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400 feet long 30 feet high
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when did the mound builders leave
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1450 ad
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what two main groups lived in oklahoma at the time of european exploration
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the catto and wichita
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where did the catto and wichita stay
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in sw ok
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what did the catto and wichita live in
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villages
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when did the commanche move into western ok
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1700
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the commanche were _________.
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nomadic
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when and where did the osage settle in ok
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1750 in ne ok
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when did indian removal start
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teh 1820's and 1830's
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when were most creeks moved
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1836 & 1837
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where did the creeks live before removal
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right next to rivers in alabama
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what were some issues the creeks faced in ok
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drier than they were used to, greater range of temps, more unpredictable rivers
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where did the lower creek settle
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around tulsa
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which creek were wealthier upper or lower
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wealthier creek
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which creeks owned slaves and established plantations and used slave labor
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the lower creek
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the lower creek are in what part of creek nation
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the northern part
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which creek were consevative
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the upper creek
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small farms, only farmed what they needed, not much contact with outiders: upper or lower creek
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upper creek
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how were the creeks economies before the civil war?
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stable
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even though some of the creeks supported the north they were all ___________ by the government
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punished
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how did the government punish the creek nation
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by taking away territory
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how did white folk move into creek nation as a result of the government punishment
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railroads
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how did railroads present creek nation to white folk
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as unsettled and eden
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what year were there more whites in creek nation than creeks
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1890
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where did the most settlers come from
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texas, arkansas, missouri
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how many acres were the creek adults allotted each?
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160 acres
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what did allottment allow?
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more whites to enter creek nation and take up land
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where is the wiahita battlefield located
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cheyenne (western Ok)
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when was the washita battle
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november 27 1868
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who attacked the washita at the banks of the washita river
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george custer and 800 soldiers
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how many cheyenne were killed in the wahita battle
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around 103 (mostly women and children)
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how many horses did custer shoot
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800
Term
when was wahita promoted by the state as a tourist destination
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1920
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what was a result of the wahita batlle
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cheyenne were forced onto reservations
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oklahoma history textbooks ____________ the signifiance of the wahita battle
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minimize
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when does memorilization begin at the site of the washita battle
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the 1960's
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over the last 15 years there has been an effort to ______________ about the washita battle
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balance the story
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