Kansas History

Who was the first American explorer to travel over land in Kansas who became lost in the territory claimed by Spain?

• Zebulone Pike

• Stephen Long

• Lewis and Clark

• William Becknell

Who was a French explorer that set up relations with the Kansa and set up a fort on the Missouri River?

• Zebulon Pike

• Claude Charles Du Tisne

• Etiennes Veniard De Bourgmont

• Francisco de Coronado

Who traded goods and ammunition with the Osage and Pawnee? Hint: he was a French explorer

• Stephen Long

• William Becknell

• Etiennes De Bourmont

• Claude Charles Du Tisne

Travelers on the Santa Fe Trail

• had to walk a majority of the way

• experienced disease, death, and poor sanitation

• passed by Pawnee Rock in Kansas

• all of the above

a frame hung between trailing poles and pulled by a dog or horse

• currency

• nomadic

• travois

• oral tradition

Consistently low water lvels in the Arkansas River led Kansas to take which action?

• File a lawsuit against the state of Colorado

• Form a conservation agreement with Nebraska

• Fill in strip mines with water to form lakes

• Limit water consumption and irrigation

Which best explains a way the Permian Sea continues to affect people living in Kansas today?

• Remains of prehistoric animals that lived in the sea are used as sources of energy.

• Many buildings in large cities are constructed from limestone formed by the sea.

• Descendants of large reptiles from the sea still live in some parts of the state.

• Silt formed by the sea is the most important natural resource in the state.

Who was the first governor of the state of Kansas?

• A) Charles Robinson

• B) Samuel J. Crawford

• C) John P. St. John

• D) Andrew H. Reeder

What was the main purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• A) To establish a transcontinental railroad

• B) To allow territories to decide on the legality of slavery

• C) To create a new state constitution

• D) To resolve border disputes with Missouri

Which Native American tribe was forcibly relocated to Kansas in the 1830s?

• A) Cherokee

• B) Sioux

• C) Apache

• D) Navajo