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Utah Answer:
2. Utah
"Beehive State," ceded from Mexico in 1848, admitted as 45th U.S. state in 1896
Where does the word 'Utah' come from? (choose the one best answer)
A. Comes from the native Western Apache word yudah, meaning 'high (dwellings).'
B. U. Tah was the mark of the area's first settler Mormon pioneer Ulysses Tahlmadge
C. Corruption of "You too," the standard reply to 'May God's grace keep you safe.'
D. Mapmaker's shorthand, stands for Uncharted Territories of America's Homeland.
From Bryce Canyon and Lake Powell to the south, all the way up to the Great Salt Lake in the northwest corner, Utah is the 2nd leading copper producer in the US (behind Arizona).
Today more than 2 million Utahans populate the 85,000 square miles that Mormon Settlers called Deseret, which is the word for 'honeybee' from the Book of Mormon.
But the Ute Indians, and the Anasazi before them, had already been building pueblos in the tall cliff faces for centuries by then -- so A is correct.
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"Beehive State," ceded from Mexico in 1848, admitted as 45th U.S. state in 1896
Where does the word 'Utah' come from? (choose the one best answer)
A. Comes from the native Western Apache word yudah, meaning 'high (dwellings).'
B. U. Tah was the mark of the area's first settler Mormon pioneer Ulysses Tahlmadge
C. Corruption of "You too," the standard reply to 'May God's grace keep you safe.'
D. Mapmaker's shorthand, stands for Uncharted Territories of America's Homeland.
From Bryce Canyon and Lake Powell to the south, all the way up to the Great Salt Lake in the northwest corner, Utah is the 2nd leading copper producer in the US (behind Arizona).
Today more than 2 million Utahans populate the 85,000 square miles that Mormon Settlers called Deseret, which is the word for 'honeybee' from the Book of Mormon.
But the Ute Indians, and the Anasazi before them, had already been building pueblos in the tall cliff faces for centuries by then -- so A is correct.
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