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14 Cards in this Set
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Frontier
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The land beyond the settled area
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Trade Center
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A place where pioneers could buy or exchange goods
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Trail
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A path leading people from one place to another
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population
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the number or people living in a place
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Trailblazer
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A person who journeys into new land toi settle and make their home
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Elevation
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the height of land above ir below sea level
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Pass
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A narrow opening between mountains
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Peak
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The top of a mountain
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Barrier
What were some of the barriers? |
Something that makes passage difficult.
Barriers were distance, mountains, river crossings, the dessert |
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Westbound Trails
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Wilderness Road
Oregon Trail Santa Fe Trail California Trail |
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The California Trail
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West from Idaho, across the Siera Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento Valley
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The Santa Fe Trail
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Very popular with traders.
Ran from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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The Oregon Trail
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Used by families who were heading west to set up farms.Northwest movement-
From Independence, Missouri through South Pass and ended in Oregon |
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Wilderness Road
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Trail blazed by daniel boone leading the way west across the Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky
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