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