Early Pioneers pp 4-5
Early pioneers depended on these two items to hunt and protect.
They consisted of anywhere between 30 and 200 wagons.
What were wagon trains?
The range of miles traveled in a day by a wagon train.
What is 12-20 miles a day?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This was the name for the pioneers who settled in the Great Plains.
Who were the sodbusters?
Feeding the chickens and picking nuts and berrries were jobs for this group of pioneers...
WHo were the children?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This was easy to grow and store and also a large part of the early pioneer's diet.
What was corn?
Slow going animals, but steady and easy to manage.
What were oxen?
Between the years 1835 and 1855 this amount of pioneers died on the Oregon Trail.
What is 10,000?
The pioneers used twigs, grass, corncobs and cow chips to make these.
What are fires?
This was the depth of a well the pioneers likely had to dig to get water.
What was 200 feet?
This person spent his life blazing trails across the fontier.
Who was Daniel Boone?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The smaller and lighter covered wagons that carried the pioneers were called this.
What were prairie schooners or "ships of the plains"?
Out of the large number or people who dies on the trail, only 400 of these were caused by these.
What were Native American attacks?
They lived in the sod walls of the pioneer homes.
What are mice?
Swarms of these killed crops in the plains.
What were locusts?
This was becoming rare and costly because lots of pionners were looking for it.
What is farmland?
Everyone hoped that these would be able to fit on the wagon, and not have to be left behind if the wagon got too heavy.
What were special treasures? (family treasures)
This deadly event could cause the oxen to stumble and the wagons to tip over.
What was a river crossing?
The part of the US where author Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up.
Where is the Midwest?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Many of the farmers who settled in the plains were from here.
Where was Northern Europe?
In areas where there were no trails or roads, pioneers depended on these as highways through the forest.
What are rivers?
This part of the wagon held all the tools.
What was the jockey box?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This enemy was hard to control when there were unexpected hardships that halted the wagon trains.
What was TIME?
These 2 types of trees were used to make roof poles they would cover with clay and sod.
What are cottonwood and willow trees?
This extreme weather caused many deaths to both animals and people on the plains.
What was subzero winter weather?