WorksheetsUtah Studies Mountain Men Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 7hrs 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
He followed what is now called the Provo River into Utah Valley
a)
Joseph R. Walker
b)
Peter Skene Ogden
c)
Jim Bridger
d)
Etienne Provost
2.
He established a major route to California
a)
Joseph R. Walker
b)
Peter Skene Ogden
c)
William H. Ashley
d)
Jim Bridger
3.
He started a fur company of Americans
a)
William H. Ashley
b)
James Beckwourth
c)
Antoine Robidoux
d)
Jedediah Smith
4.
He called what is now Ogden valley, a "hole" because of the surrounding mountains
a)
Jedediah Smith
b)
Peter Skene Ogden
c)
William H. Ashley
d)
Etienne Provost
5.
Met Ute Indians and kept important journals on a journey from Santa Fe
a)
John Gunnison
b)
James Beckwourth
c)
Fathers Escalante and Dominguez
d)
Antoine Robidoux
6.
He built a fort and Ute trading center in the Uinta Basin
a)
Antoine Robidoux
b)
William H. Ashley
c)
Peter Skene Ogden
d)
James Beckwourth
7.
First to show that no rivers flowed from the Great Salt Lake into the Pacific Ocean
a)
Jedediah Smith
b)
Jim Bridger
c)
Joseph R. Walker
d)
James Beckwourth
8.
One of Ashley's trappers who headed West to avoid slavery
a)
Jim Bridger
b)
Joseph R. Walker
c)
John C. Fremont
d)
James Beckwourth
9.
Young topographer (map maker) who led a government expedition to the Rocky Mountain Region to make maps and measure the land
a)
William H. Ashley
b)
Antoine Robidoux
c)
John C. Fremont
d)
Jedediah Smith
10.
Nice to have but not necessary for survival
a)
Possible Sack
b)
Luxury
c)
Retrieve
d)
Pioneer
11.
Bullet mold, knife, flint, tin cup, and other useful items are all things found in:
a)
Possible Sack
b)
Pelt
c)
Barter
d)
Luxury
12.
The interaction between the American Indians and the first white people
a)
Redezvous
b)
Cache
c)
Pioneer
d)
The Great Encounter
13.
A hole dug in the ground and covered by brush, branches, rocks, and dirt to hide beaver pelts in
a)
Barter
b)
Cache
c)
Possibles Sack
d)
Ditch
14.
Animal skin with the fur still on it
a)
Raw hide
b)
Leather
c)
Pelt
d)
Barter
15.
To recover or regain
a)
Retrieve
b)
Replenish
c)
Desolate
d)
Barter
16.
A gathering place where trappers sold furs, bought supplies, and socialized
a)
The Great Encounter
b)
Rendezvous
c)
Bear River Dance
d)
Chuck-A-Rama
17.
By sailing around it, Jim Bridger figured out that the Great Salt Lake was not part of the ____________
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
United States
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Great Lakes
18.
The most important thing the Native Americans got from the Spanish is the ____________
a)
Buffalo
b)
Rifle
c)
Beaver Hat
d)
Horse
19.
The principle item of the mountain man diet was ______________
a)
Alcohol
b)
Buffalo
c)
Elk
d)
Sugar
20.
He is the best known black mountain man
a)
James Beckwourth
b)
Antoine Robidoux
c)
Etienne Provost
d)
Peter Skene Ogden
21.
The 2 most prized items bought/traded at the Mountain Man Rendezvous were...
a)
Wheat and Sugar
b)
Sugar and Alcohol
c)
Sugar and Coffee
d)
Coffee and Alcohol
22.
The trappers lost their jobs when the ______________ went out of style
a)
Beaver hat
b)
Beaver coat
c)
Leather Leggings
d)
Moccasins
23.
Jedediah Smith survived an attack by a grizzly bear but lost his _____________
a)
Scalp
b)
Ear
c)
Hand
d)
Foot
24.
What was the high point of every trapper's year?
a)
The Great Encounter
b)
Going home for Christmas
c)
The Rendezvous
d)
The first beaver they trap
25.
Most historians agree that he was the first trapper to see the Great Salt Lake
a)
Peter Skene Ogden
b)
Jedediah Smith
c)
Jim Bridger
d)
Etienne Provost
26.
Which of the following was NOT a way the Native Americans helped the trappers?
a)
They acted as guides
b)
They let the trappers stay in their lodges during the winter
c)
The Native American women married many of the trappers
d)
They showed them how to make teepees
27.
What were Dominguez and Escalante searching for when they came to Utah?
a)
Gold
b)
A safer route to California from New Mexico
c)
Somewhere to establish a Catholic mission
d)
Native Americans
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