WorksheetsGreat Encounter 2021 Mountain Men & Explorers Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was the first Spanish explorer to set foot in Utah? He carved his name and the message "Viva Jesus" into a tree.
Byron Lopez
Juan Rivera
Joquin Silvestre
Indigo Montoya
Spanish priests whose expeditions purpose was to find a better route from Santa Fe to Monterey. Ended up in Utah almost by accident.
Fathers Rivera & Dominguez
Fathers Brown & Nielsen
Fathers Escalante & Dominguez
Fathers Escalante & Rivera
The Dominguez/Escalante expedition is important to Utah's history because:
It proved that Utah existed.
It had the first written records about Utah and first map of Utah.
The Utes learned Spanish and converted to Catholicism
The Utes sold horses to the priests for the expedition.
The Spanish Trail went through Utah on it's way from Santa Fe to California. Trail was named after the Spanish priests who traveled it. True or False
True
False
a hiding place for treasures of beaver pelts and valuable furs that later were uncovered and taken to trade at Rendezvous.
A burrow
A secret hideout
A 'Cache'
a fur deposit
All of the following are effects of the European-American exploration in Utah, except:
Spanish-Ute slave trade
Loss of native lands
Increased white settlement in the west
Wide acceptance of the American Indian way of life
John C. Fremont and John Wesley Powell were government explorers in Utah. Why were they important to the state?
Their information (maps & publications) convinced pioneers and others to come to Utah & one of them argued for laws to conserve the land and waters flowing through Utah.
Because There are land marks and bodies of water that bare their names.
They both worked for the Government.
They fought to preserve Native American Lands
John Wesley Powell had a very significant impact on Utah that was all about one specific river. What is that river?
Jordan
Sevier
Colorado
Mississippi
Once the fur trade ended, what was the main occupation for Mountain Men?
Camp chefs for pioneers and explorers
Business Men in the West
Government diplomats for Native Americans
Travel guides for government explorers and pioneers
Mountain men are a well-known chapter in the history of the American west but they were only here for a short amount of time. How long were they here for?
5
30
20
15
All of the following were part of Mountain Man Rendezvous except:
Bartering, trading, singing, Partying and dancing were events that happened during this time
They happened in the spring each year
Mountain men, Native Americans, and traders participated
There were many battles fought during the events
Trappers presence in the west did not have an impact on Native American lifestyles.
True
False
The Mountain men's business, the fur trade, ended because:
The Indians drove them out
The government made them stop
Fashions changed and Few Beaver remained in the area
The railroads came
The Mountain men were mainly in the West for the:
Buffalo
Beaver
Bear
Muskrat
Jon C. Fremont:
Ran For President of the United States
Served as a U.S. Senator in the U.S. Senate
Was nicknamed "The pathfinder"
Worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
All of these are true of Jon C. Fremont
American Trappers and Indians always got along.
True, Natives served as guides along rivers and trails
False, Sometimes natives didn't want the trappers on their land.
