WGU D106

Which mountain range contains the active volcanoes Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens? - Cascade Mountain Range Which region makes up the inland portion of the Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Mountain Range? - Columbia Plateau True or False? In 1911, the amount of salmon and steelhead caught in the Columbia River amounted to 20 million pounds, which was the highest yield of all time. - False. In 1911 the amount of salmon and steelhead caught was around 47 million pounds. This is the hi...

Which region makes up the inland portion of the Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Mountain Range? - Columbia Plateau Which unique characteristic of the flora in the Pacific Northwest helped create the valuable timber industry in the region? - Large coniferous forests Which atmospheric phenomenon is responsible for creating low-pressure systems that bring precipitation to the Pacific Northwest? - Jet-stream The jet stream generally flows eastward around the U.S.-Canadian border, creati...

erupted in 1855, when men from Jacksonville, a mining town massacred at least 28 Indians encamped in the vicinity of the Table Rock Reservation. Battles between gold miners and tribes. Some miners would murder native men and rape native women. - Rogue River War Treaty signed by Chief Sam, also known as Ko-Ko-Ha-Wah. Ratified that the tribes will live peacefully on the reservation, and confederate together. Treaty seeks that raiding one another for slaves or resources will not occur on rese...

Which action did British Parliament offer a reward for doing, that inspired British subjects to travel to the Pacific Northwest in the 1770's? - Discovering the Northwest Passage What is the Northwest Passage? - A legendary waterway believed to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean In what way did Captain James Cook's exploration in 1778 have a major social and economic impact on the Pacific Northwest? - It led to British discovery that sea otter pelts from the Pacific Northwest were hi...

Which action did British Parliament offer a reward for doing, that inspired British subjects to travel to the Pacific Northwest in the 1770's? - Discovering the Northwest Passage What is the Northwest Passage? - A legendary waterway believed to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean In what way did Captain James Cook's exploration in 1778 have a major social and economic impact on the Pacific Northwest? - It led to British discovery that sea otter pelts from the Pacific Northwest were hi...