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WorksheetsUtah Native Americans and Pioneers
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 13mins
Utah is named after the:
Ute Tribe
Navajo Tribe
Goshute Tribe
Shoshone Tribe
All of Utah's Native tribes eventually had horses. Which tribe had them first?
Ute
Navajo
Paiute
Goshute
Why did members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) come to Utah in 1847? Check all that apply.
To live their religion.
To escape persecution
To look for gold
They had been kicked out of California.
Why did pioneers create colonies in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, and even California?
Gathering places
Centers of production, like coal in Wales
Missions to the Indians, like Indianola
To look for gold
To create many big cities
What did pioneers NOT usually do before they founded a town?
Purchase land from Indians
Select a good location
Select a leader
Select qualified settlers
Which Sanpete town was often flooded by the Sanpitch River?
Moroni
Wales
Fountain Green
Fairview
Which Sanpete town was called North Bend?
Fairview
Mt. Pleasant
Wales
Milburn
Which Sanpete town was a "wild" town, with pool halls and saloons?
Mt. Pleasant
Spring City
Chester
Fairview
Which Sanpete town is on the site of an Indian ambush?
Spring City
Fountain Green
Fairview
Indianola
This is one of the oldest towns in Sanpete County and was abandoned during the Wakara War (but resettled later). What is it?
Spring City
Chester
Wales
Moroni
Which Sanpete town was flooded by Dry Creek?
Milburn
Fountain Green
Chester
Spring CIty
Which Sanpete town was founded by polygamists from Spring City and Mt. Pleasant?
Chester
Moroni
Wales
Fairview
Mark common elements of a Mormon Town Plan:
Streets in a grid
Four houses per block
Church and school in the center
Farms outside of town
A watchtower for Indians
What is the highest point in Utah?
Kings Peak
Horseshoe Mountain
South Tent Mountain
Mt. Nebo
What is Utah's capital?
Salt Lake City
Fillmore
Ogden
St. George
Which of these is a secondary source?
A teacher in 2021 talking about something that happened in 1847.
Someone who witnessed a fight in the lunchroom yesterday,
A diary from someone who traveled on the Mormon Trait to Utah in 1847.
A letter from a person traveling to Utah o the Mormon Trail in 1847.
Check all examples of primary sources.
A letter from a person traveling on the Mormon Trail in 1847.
A diary of one of the first settlers of Manti in 1849.
Someone witnessed a fight in the lunchroom yesterday.
A history book that was published in 2018.
A teacher taliking aobut sometihing that happened in 1847.
Anna does her homework each day at the same time. Which word best describes Anna?
diligent
patriotic
sympathetic
honest
Joey makes sure his iPad is plugged in each night, his homework is ready to be turned in, and his chores are done. Which word best describes Joey?
Responsible
Sympathetic
Honest
Un-cooperative
Where did many early immigrants to Utah come from?
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Mexico
Japan
Africa
Which Native-White conflict was the longest and most expensive in Utah?
Black Hawk War
Wakara War
The Utah War
The Civil War
What do people in Utah celebrate each July 24?
Pioneer Day
Independence Day
Memorial Day
Statehood Day
What are two reasons President James Buchanan sent the US Army to Utah in the "Utah War"?
To install a new governor
To make the people in Utah behave themselves.
To protect settlements during the Black Hawk War
To help people in Utah rebuild after an earthquake
