Washington State History 8th Grade

Salish Natives

Lived on the coast and occupied the Puget Sound

Chinook

Native Americans that lived along the Columbian river whose language was a trade language

Chinook Jargon

A simple trading language that Native Americans used to trade. It combined several Native American dialects, English, and French

Totem poles

Post that represented history, wealth, and religious meaning for coastal tribes

Tule houses

Plateau style of House that were made of grass like plants that grow in swampy areas weaved into maps and tied overlapped to a frame.

Puget Sound

Named by Vancouver after his first mate Peter Puget (his friend).

Santa Rosalie

Renamed by John Meares Mount Olympus

Duwamish Chief Seattle

Chief whose named was used though tribe not recognized.

Line of Demarcation

Line that was drawn and allowing Spain the North American Continent before the reformation.

Exclusive Right

Sole power to trade, and explore a region "discovered"

Toussaint Charbonneau

French-Canadian who was married to Sacajawea

Robert Gray

American Navigator who discovered the Columbia River

Corps of Discovery

Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition members

Vancouver

Explorer who claimed both sides of the sound for the British and named Baker, Rainier, Whidbey, and Puget after his friends.

Juan de Fuca

Greek person named Apostolos Valernianos and discovered straight between Vancouver and Washington.

Northwest Passage

A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska.

Coastal Governor system

Councils made up of Elders

Spatial Patterns

Location and arrangement of Natural and features

Temperate Climate

Winds from the ocean give Washington this kind of climate

Columbia River

Called the 'engineer river' by the late 1900's.

Tributaries

The mighty Columbia has a bunch of rivers that form tributaries.

Chief Tslalakum

Leader of the Snohomish tribe who welcomed Catholic missionary Father Francis Blanchet to Whidbey Island in the mid-19th century.

Father Francis Blanchet

A Catholic missionary who played a significant role in establishing the Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest, particularly among Native American tribes.