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CHAPTER -4- TEST REVIEW (STUDY SHEET)

Write TWO things that each of these early explorers or mountain men were known for:

Joseph R Walker / Father Escalante
Etienne Provost / Walkara
Jim Bridger / Peter skene ogden
Jedediah smith / James beckwourth
Which early Spanish explorer that led my party into today’s Utah and carved a large cross on a white poplar tree? / Did American Indians and trappers always get along?
Did the Spanish trail go through Utah on its way from Santé Fe to Los Angelo’s? / Who was the first to travel across Utah’s length and showed that no rivers flowed from the Great Salt Lake to the Pacific Ocean.
What is a pelt? / What were the main reasons trappers came to the West?
Who was the city of Ogden and Ogden River are named after? / What would be some of the things found at a trading post?
Who was an African American trapper who wrote a book about his life? / Who was the Spanish priest who came to find a better route from Santé Fe to California?
What is a planned gathering of trappers and traders called? / Who was the first to discover the Great Salt Lake?
How did trapper’s presence in the West affect the Indians lifestyle? / Who often guided the trappers and traded with them?
Who was the U.S. government explorer whose maps and notes later helped the pioneers? / What is a “Cache”?
Why did the Mountain men’s business end? / Which trapping company was most instrumental in exploring Utah?
Who tried to find a new route to the East Indies but got lost and discovered a new land? / What -3- things usually happened to Mountain men after they gave up trapping?
Which trapper had to have his ear sewn back on after a grizzly bear attack? / Which French trapper carved his name on a rock in the Uinta Basin where he had established a fort?
Who was the city of Provo and Provo river are named for? / What is Ethnocentricity?
Which region did Father Dominguez and Escalante were the first non-Indians to explore? / Which country were most of the early explorers from?
What is Bartering? / Which early explorer discovered Yellowstone?
Describe FIVE ways that the mountain men helped to open the West for settlement.
/ List TEN events that happened at a Rendezvous
List the THREE MAIN REASONS THE
RENDEZVOUS WAS IMPORTANT FOR
MOUNTAIN MEN.