The Full Wiki



More info on San Juan Islands

San Juan Islands: Quiz
  
  
  
  

Did you know ...


More interesting facts on San Juan Islands

Include this on your site/blog:
Question 1: The archipelago is split into two groups of islands based on national ________.
SovereigntyDemocracyRepublicLaw

Question 2: The Spanish had found the islands a year earlier during the exploring voyage of ________ on the Princesa Real, but it was not clear that they were islands.
Francisco de ElizaJuan Carrasco (explorer)Princess Royal (sloop)Manuel Quimper

Question 3: Gulf Islands, British Columbia at the ________
Open Directory ProjectJim BarksdaleLife (magazine)Time Warner

Question 4: Linguistically, the Central Coast Salish consisted of five groups: Squamish, ________, Nooksack, Northern Straits (which includes the Lummi dialect), and Klallam.
Stó:lōHalkomelem languageKwantlen First NationCheam Indian Band

Question 5: Today, the San Juan Islands are an important tourist destination, with ________ and orca whale-watching by boat or air tours, two of the primary attractions.
Sea kayakFolding kayakKayak fishingCanoe

Question 6: Conflicts over this border led to the ________ in 1859.
Mexican–American WarUtah WarPig WarAmerican Civil War

Question 7: The project, led by Henry Kellett, applied only to British territory, which at the time included the San Juan Islands but not ________.
WashingtonPuget SoundSeattlePuget Sound region

Question 8: The name "San Juan" was given to the San Juan Islands by the Spanish explorer ________, who charted the islands in 1791, naming them Isla y Archiepelago de San Juan.
Juan Carrasco (explorer)Dionisio Alcalá GalianoJosé María NarváezFrancisco de Eliza

Question 9: The islands were part of the traditional area of the Central Coast ________.
Chehalis (tribe)Duwamish (tribe)Salishan languagesSliammon First Nation

Question 10: In 1843, the Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Camosun at nearby ________.
Esquimalt, British ColumbiaPort Alberni, British ColumbiaVictoria, British ColumbiaVancouver Island
















Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message
Please enter the solution to case below
45-15=