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Wk 11Oklahoma Studies Weekly Early Exploration in Oklahoma

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

About how many different American Indian tribes did George Catlin paint or sketch?

a)

30

b)

40

c)

50

d)

60

2.

Over 500 of George Catlin's paintings are located in a museum in ________________

a)

New York City

b)

Washington DC

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Los Angeles

3.

George Catlin painted Comanche people in Oklahoma playing _______________

a)

stickball

b)

with their children

c)

football

d)

games on the plains

4.

What was Coronado trying to find?

a)

a good place to live

b)

gold

c)

food and water

d)

buffalo

5.

Coronado traveled through _______________ during his explorations.

a)

America

b)

Mexico

c)

hills and grasslands

d)

the Oklahoma panhandle

6.

When Coronado's men hunted buffalo, they _______________

a)

got lost

b)

met American Indians

c)

found millions of them

d)

traveled throughout Oklahoma

7.

What motivated George Catlin to become an artist?

a)

He was looking for religious freedom.

b)

He was looking for new hobbies.

c)

He was fascinated by American Indian culture,

d)

He was looking for a different job.

8.

In what city are many of George Catlin's paintings found?

a)

Oklahoma City

b)

Tulsa

c)

Norman

d)

Edmond

9.

George Catlin came to Oklahoma to _______________

a)

farm on the Great Plains

b)

observe life in 19th-Century cities

c)

get away from the Civil War

d)

paint the people and the land

10.

Washington Irving wrote

a)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

b)

the Bible

c)

a journal

d)

a story about Oklahoma

11.

When Washington Irving came to Oklahoma, he _______________

a)

was surprised by the scenery

b)

was happy to be there

c)

hunted buffalo

d)

painted pictures of American Indians

12.

Washington Irving saw American Indians as _______________

a)

a natural resource

b)

very interesting

c)

very hard workers

d)

serious people

13.

During which decade did George Catlin make most of his paintings of American Indians in Oklahoma?

a)

1820s

b)

1830s

c)

1840s

d)

1850s

14.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a primary source?

a)

It is a report about an event from someone who was not there.

b)

It is an original record.

c)

It is made by someone who participated in an event firsthand or observed it.

d)

It is made at the time of a historical event.

15.

Which of the following is a primary source?

a)

Washington Irving's A Tour of the Prairies

b)

a book report that you write about A Tour of the Prairies

c)

a TV documentary (news show) about Washington Irving

d)

a map that you make showing where Washington Irving traveled.

16.

What was Washington Irving's description of what he saw in Oklahoma?

a)

a high mountain

b)

a beautiful lake

c)

a smooth prairie

d)

a flat grassland

17.

Washington Irving also saw _______________

a)

Rip Van Winkle

b)

the Red River

c)

a small herd of buffalo

d)

Black Mesa

18.

Charles Joseph LaTrobe described what he saw as _______________

a)

a meadow of about four miles

b)

a treeless desert

c)

a very colorful place

d)

a pasture of roaming buffalo

19.

Which country did LaSalle explore for?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

20.

When LaSalle explored areas of the Western frontier, he was looking for a new route to _______________

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

21.

LaSalle and his men traveled

a)

cross-country

b)

to Canada

c)

across the prairie

d)

down the Mississippi River

22.

How did de Castaneda describe the American Indians?

a)

They live in tepees made from bison hide.

b)

They are kind, friendly and loyal.

c)

They use sign language with explorers.

d)

They are a kind people and not cruel.

23.

George Catlin thought that American Indian culture was _______________

a)

fascinating

b)

kind and peaceful

c)

strange and new

d)

worth learning about

24.

George Catlin's paintings are primary sources because _______________

a)

people loved them

b)

he painted what he actually saw

c)

they are in museums

d)

he used bright colors