Mrs. Shepherd's Utah Studies
Unit 1 Study Guide
Directions: In order to be more prepared for
the test, answer and review each of these questions.
1. History is the study of what?
2. Who are the groups of people who
settled Utah?
3. What climate zone is Utah located
in?
4. What is the highest mountain peak
in Utah?
5. What is Utah's major
source of water?
6. How is the exact location of a
place measured?
7. Why is life more difficult for
desert dwellers in Utah?
8. How did Utah's pioneers solve the
problem of not having enough rain water?
9. How do dams help us today?
10. What is the difference between
renewable and non-renewable resources?
11. What is a region?
12. What are the names of the three
major landform regions in Utah?
13. What are the major contributions
to Utah's economy?
14. What is the most important water
source for cities and farms?
15. What is the largest body of water
in Utah?
16. Explain why the Great Salt Lake
is 3-6 times saltier than any ocean.
17. Name the five most important
conditions of the air.
18. Name the three important factors
that affect the climate.
19. Name the three different climates
in Utah.
20. Why is Utah more likely to have
extreme changes in temperature?
21. What causes the scenery of
vegetation life to change?
22. How did people adapt after the
ice age?
23. What is an archaeologist?
24. What does "prehistoric"
mean?
25. What does "historic"
mean?
26. What are Danger Cave and Hogup
Cave and why are they important to Utah history?
27. Know the different characteristics
of the different Native American Groups.
28. What is "The Great
Encounter"?
29. Where do Europeans want to buy
and sell their goods?
30. Why did Christopher go on his
expedition in 1492?
31. Define a mission.
32. Define a presidio.
33. Who is Juan Rivera?
34. Who is Father Escalante and why
is he significant?
35. Define Ethnocentricity and know
how it relates to the interactions between Europeans and Native Americans.
36. Know the two different major fur
trapping companies we talked about
37. Define a Rendezvous and what its
purpose is.
38. Define what a cache is and what
its purpose is.
39. Why were beavers so important to
the mountain men and the world in the early 1800s?
40. What is the Old Spanish Trail?
41. Why did the Era of the Mountain
Men end?
42. What was the cultural exchange
that took place between the explorers, trappers, and American Indians? How did
it happen? Can you think of an example?
43. Know the different Mountain Men
and their major contributions to Utah's history.
44. Review the Pocahontas Legend.
Mrs.
Shepherd's Utah Studies
Unit
2 Study Guide
Directions:
In order to be more prepared for the test, answer and review each of these
questions.
1. What
is the key term that was created by John O'Sullivan that made a lot of people
have the desire to move out west?
2. Who
is John C. Fremont and why is he important to Utah's history?
3. What
is Hasting's Cutoff?
4. What
was the effect of the large groups of people migrating to the west that changed
the U.S. (literally)?
#5-10
will be part of a matching section
5. Study
the important facts from the Bidwell-Bartleson Party
6. Study
the different characteristics of the Bryant Party
7. Study
the different characteristics of the Harlan-Young Party
8. Study
the different characteristics of the Lienhard Party
9. Study
the different characteristics of the Donner-Reed Party
10. Name
and describe the six different reasons why the Mormons were not well received
by others.
11. What
is the name of the religious revival that took place between 1820 and 1840 that
caused a lot of people to become interested in religion?
12. Who
is the leader of the Mormon Church?
13. What
is the term that the Mormons called themselves?
14. What
is the word that the Mormon Church called their "gathering place"
where they could live in peace and purity?
15. What
is the name of the order that was given by the governor of Missouri that forced
the Mormons to leave the state?
16. Who
was the man who wrote the famous extermination order?
17. What
is the name of the disease that was spread by the mosquitoes in the swamps of
Nauvoo?
18. What
is the name of the anti-Mormon newspaper that was in Nauvoo and Joseph Smith
ordered to be destroyed?
19. Who
was Thomas Ford and why is he important to Mormon history?
20. What
was the charges that were put on Joseph Smith that led to his arrest and
eventual death at Carthage Jail?
21. What
were the names of the two reports that Brigham Young read to become more
familiar with the west?
22. What
is the name of the location where the Mormons stayed right after Nauvoo before
taking the long journey west?
23. What
is the name of the man who led the group of Mormons west by boat to California?
24. What
is the name of the group of Mormon men who left to go and fight in the
Mexican-American War?
25. How
did men going to fight in the Mexican-American War help the Mormon Pioneers?
26. What
is the name of the first group of Pioneers who went west to mark the trails for
the future groups?
27. When
did the group in #26 reach Utah?
28. Who
are Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow and why are they significant?
29. Who
is Thomas Bullock and why is he significant?
30. What
is the name of the river that was the most difficult for the Mormon Pioneers to
cross?
31. What
is the name of the tool that was invented on the Mormon Trail to count how many
miles the group traveled in a day?
32. What
is the significance of the Mormons settling in the Salt Lake Area?
33. What
is the name of the trail that the Mormons took west?
34. What
is the name of the main trail that Pioneers who were not Mormons took west?
35. What
are some of the problems that pioneers encountered on the trails?
36. When
did the first large group of Mormon pioneers arrive in Utah?
37. Study
material from Unit 1 study guide and/or test
Unit 3: Government Study Guide
1.
Write the Preamble
from memory.
Check how you did on
the Preamble. Circle any words that you got wrong or write in missing words and
circle them.
2.
Write the Preamble
again from memory.
Check for mistakes
again and circle them.
3.
Explain the problem
with the Articles of Confederation and why the Founding Fathers needed to make
a new Constitution.
4.
Who is the Father of
the Constitution? Why do we call him that?
5.
What are the two names
of the Houses of Congress?
6.
Define the three different
branches and their duties
7.
Make a Venn diagram
and compare and contrast the U.S. and UT constitutions (At least 3 in each
circle).
8.
Copy the chart below
and fill it out about the checks and balances
9.
Explain the Compromise
of 1850 and why it is important for Utah's history
10.
Explain the term
'Deseret' and its significance for Utah's history
11.
Make a chart to show
the steps that a Bill must take to become a law.
12.
Make a pyramid showing
the level of powers of government with the highest power at the top.
13.
Explain the difference
between rights and responsibilities and then explain how they relate to each
other.
14.
Write the Preamble
again from memory.
15.
Check for mistakes and
circle them.
Unit 4 Study Guide
1. What caused the Utah War?
2. Who led the army from the east that marched towards Utah?
3. What is Buchanan’s Blunder? Why is it called that?
4. Between which two towns did Brigham Young set up defenses
and said no wagon trains were allowed to pass between?
5. How did the army help Utah’s economy?
6. How did the Utah War help cause the Mountain Meadows
Massacre?
7. Which two states was the wagon train that passed through
Utah during its period of isolation during the Utah War from?
8. What Native American tribe attacked the wagon train at
Mountain Meadows?
9. Who was the messenger that was sent to Brigham Young to
ask his advice about what to do with the wagon train?
10. Why did Mormons not like people from Missouri?
11. Why did Mormons not like people from Arkansas?
12. List at least 3 rumors that circulated about the wagon
train going to California.
13. Who was the scapegoat for the Mountain Meadows Massacre?
14. Why were Colonel Connor’s soldiers in Utah?
15. What is the name of the event where Colonel Connor’s men
slaughter hundreds of Indians?
16. What led to the event listed in question 15?
17. What is the name of the reservation that President
Abraham Lincoln set up?
18. Describe what led to the Black Hawk War.
19. What did Black Hawk do during the war?
20. What did Black Hawk do after the war?
21. What is freighting?
22. What is the Pony Express?
23. Why is the Pony Express significant?
24. What ended the Pony Express?
25. How did immigrants make a living in Utah during the
Industrial Age?
26. What are textiles?
27. What mineral was discovered in Utah that became a
lucrative business when the railroad was invented?
28. What industry did Brigham Young try to promote among the
women of Utah that did not ever become very successful?
29. Review Study Guides 1-3
30. Review Tests 1-3
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