Ch.2 Vocabulary: The State We Are In: Washington

What is the name of the waterway that explorers hoped crossed all the way through North America?

• The Northwest Passage

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Missouri River

What is the belief that a country could claim ownership of any land they found that was not occupied by Catholics?

• Doctrine of ownership

• Doctrine of discovery

• Treaty

• Doctrine of catholics

What is the exchange of animal pelts/furs for goods and money called?

• Fur collection

• Fur trade

• Fur trappers

These diseases are contagious (easily spread) viruses that killed many Native people who were not immune.

• Mumps.

• Chickenpox and the flu.

• Measles and smallpox.

What is this an image of? Choose the BEST answer.

• Stovepipe hat.

• Blakc hat.

• Stovepipe hat OR a beaver hat.

• Beaver hat.