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44 Cards in this Set
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How many miles long was the Oregon Trail?
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2000 miles
Correct: Go ahead 1 space Incorrect: Broken wagon wheel, go back 1 space. |
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How long did it take to travel across the country on the Oregon Trail?
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6 Months
Correct: go ahead 1 space Incorrect: Lost the trail - go back 1 space |
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What did President Jefferson hope Lewis and Clark would discover on their expedition?
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A waterway from the East to the Pacific Ocean.
Correct: 3 days of good weather and flat trails - move ahead 3 spaces Incorrect: Your ox got sick. Go back 1 space. |
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Explain why people would want to come to America.
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Religious freedom, land, money, jobs, family
Correct: go ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: Mom has a fever - back 1 space. |
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What forms of transportation did pioneers use that we use today?
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Trains, boats
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: stuck in mud, move back 1 space |
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Why couldn't pioneers have AR at their school?
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Not enough books, no computers.
Correct: move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: snake bite! Move back 1 space. |
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How did the pioneers make life for Native Americans worse?
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Disease, taking land, killing buffalo
Correct: move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: rain has flooded the trail -go back 1 space |
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What chores might both you and pioneer children have done?
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Babysitting, cleaning, dishes, feeding the animals
Correct: move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: must stop to hunt for food - go back 1 space |
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What service did the Pony Express provide?
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Letter delivery
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: rip in the wagon tarp that must be sewn - back 2 spaces |
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What obstacle got in the way of Lewis and Clark's route to the Pacific Ocean?
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The Rocky Mountains
Correct: Move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: your brother ate poison berries and is sick - move back 1 space |
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What hardships duid the pioneers face on their way across America?
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Sickness, starvation, dehydration, storms, robbers, sick animals
Correct: You rejoined the wagon train - move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: had to search for water off the trail - move back 1 space |
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What ocean did immigrants from Europe and Africa cross to get to the United States?
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Atlantic Ocean
Correct - move ahead 1 space Incorrect - you ran out of money to pay for the ferry -move back 1 space |
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Name three uses for quilts.
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Warmth, preserbe memories, trade for goods
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How did pioneer children use things from nature to make things to write with?
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Goose quills, berry ink
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A person who comes to live in a new country is called what?
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Immigrant
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Who did Lewis choose to join him on his expedition?
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Clark
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Most pioneers used what type of transportation to go out West?
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Coverered wagons
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Where did the Oregon Trail start?
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Name two items we have in our classroom that pioneer children would not have had,.
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TV, air conditioner, books, computer, pens, markers, etc.
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Thomas Jefferson hoped the Lewis and Clark Expedition would find a route to which ocean?
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The Pacific Ocean
Correct - move ahead 1 space Incorrect: dust storm - move back 1 space |
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Many people moved to California in hopes of finding this valuable metal.
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Gold
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: The river is flooded, you must wait to cross. Go back 1 space. |
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What dangers did the pioneers face on their journey to the West?
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starvation, disease, dehydration, storms, hostile native americans, robbers, injury.
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: You had to trade 1 ox for food. Go back 1 space. |
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Name the two kinds of houses the pioneers lived in.
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Log cabins, sod houses
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: You have to go off the trail to find food for the oxen. Go back 2 spaces |
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How many rooms did a pioneer school have?
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1 room
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: The river is flooded, you must wait to cross. Go back 1 space. |
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Children used these bird’s feathers as a pen to write.
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Goose quills
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: You had to trade 1 ox for food. Go back 1 space. |
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How was a pioneer student’s school calendar like our school calendar?
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We both have summers off.
Incorrect: You have to go off the trail to find food for the oxen. Go back 2 spaces. |
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Name five possible chores your team might have done as pioneer children.
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sewing, cutting wood, plowing, feeding the animals, babysitting, making candles, planting seeds
Incorrect: You have to go off theb trail to find food for the oxen. Go back 2 spaces |
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Name two reasons people moved to America in the 1800s.
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religious freedom, farmland, family, money, better jobs
Correct: move ahead 1 space Incorrect: The river is flooded, you must wait to cross. Go back 1 space. |
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What were three types of transportation in the 1800s?
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horses, wagons, boats, trains
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Why might wagon trains form a circle at night while they slept?
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To make a pen for the animals.
Correct: The river is dry! Move ahead 1 space Incorrect: Ma has a fever. Go back 2 spaces. |
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Covered wagons used a team of what to pull them?
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Oxen or mule
Correct: Good weather! Go ahead 1 space. Incorrect: The bacon you ate was rotten - go back 1 space. |
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The Trail of Tears was the journey the Cherokee Nation took from their home in Tennessee to which state?
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Oklahoma
Correct: long flat trail - move ahead 1 space Incorrect: broken wagon wheel - go back 1 space |
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The Long Walk was made by which Native American tribe?
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The Sioux Indians
Correct: plenty of food to be found - move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: 3 days of muddy trail - move back 1 space |
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The US government killed thousands of these animals in hopes that the Native Americans would leave.
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Buffalo
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How did the US Government get land from the Native Americans?
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Purchased it, traded for it, took it
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What hardships did the pioneers and US government cause the Native Americans?
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disease, starvation, displacement
Correct: long flat trail - move ahead 1 space Incorrect: broken wagon wheel - go back 1 space |
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What is an expedition?
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A journey or voyage by a group of people for the purpose fo exploration or discovery.
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Why would the US government kill all the buffalo to get rid of Native Americans?
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The Native Americans needed them for food, clothing and shelter.
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What was the difference between clothes worn by pioneers and clothes worn by Native Americans?
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Pioneer clothes were made from fabric and native american clothes were made form animal skins.
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The Pony Express started in St. Joseph Missouri and ended in which city in California?
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Sacramento
Correct: Move ahead 1 space Incorrect: you didn't get to your land in time to claim it - move back 1 space |
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Hornbooks usually had what printed on them?
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ABC's or prayers to be memorized
Correct - move ahead 1 space Incorrect: You ran out of money on the journey - move back 1 space |
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What were some of the plants or animals pioneers might have seen for the first time on the Oregon Trail?
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cactus, buffalo, rattlesnakes, scorpions
Correct: move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: scorpion in your boot! Move back 1 space |
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What were the three most popular items pioneers took with them in the wagon?
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Quilts, pots, food
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What was the name of the Shoshone Indian who helped Lewis and Clark?
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Sacagawea
Correct: plenty of food on the trail - move ahead 2 spaces Incorrect: broken wagon wheel - move back 1 space |