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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 8

Territory to Statehood

Explorers, the fur trade and 1889

What your child practices

Explorers and the fur trade, the Oregon Trail and the Oregon Treaty, Washington Territory (1853) and statehood on November 11, 1889, including who was helped and who was left out.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: H1.6-8.5; H1.6-8.4; G2.6-8.4 · exploration, the fur trade, settlement, territory and statehood in Washington

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Washington Territory was created in…

    • 1912
    • 1776
    • 1889
    • 1853

  2. Question 2

    Washington State is named after…

    • A Tribal leader
    • Booker T. Washington
    • George Washington
    • Washington, D.C.

  3. Question 3

    Which young Lemhi Shoshone woman helped guide and interpret for Lewis and Clark?

    • Abigail Adams
    • Sacagawea
    • Hatshepsut
    • Pocahontas

  4. Question 4

    Washington became a state on…

    • January 1, 1900
    • November 11, 1889
    • July 4, 1776
    • May 18, 1980

  5. Question 5

    Washington was which number state to join the Union?

    • 42nd
    • 1st
    • 50th
    • 13th

  6. Question 6

    How did Tribes of the Columbia River region react to the first fur traders?

    • They all left the region
    • Many traded with them, as they had long traded with other nations
    • They ruled the traders
    • They had never traded before

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