First Camasonians Test

When did people first arrive in Camas, WA?

• Around 54,000 years ago

• Around 10,000 years ago
• We don't know yet

• Around 2,000 years ago

How old are the White Sands, NM foot prints?

• 23,000 years old

• 5,000 years old

• 15,000 years old

• 10,000 years old

What color flowers do edible camas plants have?

• Yellow or white

• Blue or purple

What color flowers do Death Camas plants have?

• Yellow or white

• Blue or purple

What resource was most important in allowing large populations to live year-round long the Columbia River?

Where do most of the Chinook people live today?

• Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada
• Eastern Idaho

• They are no longer around

• Northern California

Why is it that (unlike the rest of Clark County) native people didn't lived year round in Camas until the 1800s?

• While the area was rich in camas bulbs once a year, the land was steep and offered few good sites for permanent homes

• Native people were not aware of the resources in Camas until the 1800s.
• This part of the Columbia River has no fish because of the dam on the Washougal River

• The climate in Camas was too harsh for native people to live in until climate change in the 1800s.

What is the best evidence for the first humans to live in Washington?

• Middens of fishbones, stone tools, human remains

• The written history, villages preserved in volcanic ash

• Rockshelters, animal remains, oral histories

• Columbia River Gorge, Hanford, and Starbucks

How old are the Sandals found in Eastern Oregon? "______________ years old"

Why don't we find as much evidence of humans in Washington before 10,000 years ago when you compare that to evidence in Oregon 10,000 years ago?

• No one has ever lived in Washington.

• Taxes were lower in Oregon until 10,000 years ago

• Washington was buried under the Cordilleran Ice Sheet

• Evidence of humans in Washington before 10,000 years ago was intentionally destroyed