Utah History Final

3 regions of Utah

• Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau

• Great Basin, Wasatch Mountains, Colorado Plateau

• Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Valley

How does geography affect settlement (place to live)?

• people choose places that meet their needs and wants

• People choose pretty places

• People choose big desserts

What industry grew thanks to Utah's geography?

• mining, oil, farming/agriculture

• government

• services

Tribes of Utah are....

• Paiutes, Goshutes, Utes, Navajos, Shoshones

• Sioux, Gosiutes, Utes, Navajos, Shoshones

• Paiutes, Gohiutes, Apache, Navajos, Shoshones

• Paiutes, Cherokee, Utes, Navajos, Shoshones

Was it easy for Utah to become a state?

• Yes

• No

• We don't know about that

The first people to explore Utah...

• Mormons

• Gold miners

• Spanish Explorers (Padre Escalante & Dominguez)

Why was the golden spike important to Utah?

• It connected east and west of the country

• it connected south to north

These things happened to Native Americans because of more settlers coming to Utah:

• They were forced to moved to reservations

• They had to give up their way of life

• They moved to a different country

• They were welcome by the European settlers

What people came to Utah looking for fur?

• Fur traders/trappers/mountain men.

• pioners

• mormons

• spanish explorers

Native Americans & European Settlers had the same idea about nature.

• True

• False