"Westward Bound"
What was the name of the route that settlers took from Independence, Missouri to Portland, Oregon?
The Oregon Trail
The basic building blocks of matter.
Elements
The area is beautiful in the ____.
Be careful on the playground and try not to ____.
fall
A new place where few, or no, people live.
Frontier
What is the volume of a box that measure 7in x 3in x 2in?
42 in3
What president purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803 for $15 million?
Thomas Jefferson
The subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom with no electrical charge.
Neutron
I ___ speak English fluently.
We each drank a ___ of Pepsi.
can
Places where Native Americans were moved to in the 1800s.
Reservations
What land animal can open its mouth the widest?
Hippopotamus
What was the name of the young Shoshone woman who joined Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the American West?
Sacajawea
A type of matter made from a combination of two or more different elements.
Compound
Cairo is the _____ of Egypt.
You should use a _____ letter when writing your name.
capital
A word used to describe something that gets bigger.
Expansion
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What was the reason many settlers started flocking to California around the year 1849?
The Gold Rush
What compound is made of at least one type of metal and one nonmetal element, and forms in crystals?
Salt
I worked for a ____ as a teller.
He jumped in and swam to the opposite ____ of the river.
bank
A synonym for person.
Individual
What direction does the sun rise in?
East
What was the name of the act passed in 1862 that gave settlers free land if they agreed to stay and live in the West for five years?
The Homestead Act
What do you call a solution that has very little dissolved solute in it?
Dilute or Diluted
It is a _______ past twelve.
I used a _______ to buy a piece of candy.
quarter
A person who moves to a new and undeveloped area to live.
Settler
What kind of trees grow from acorns?
Oak Trees