People
The Trail
Challenges
Forts & Landmarks
Miscellaneous
100
The first group of people to move into a new land and settle there were called
Who are the pioneers?
100

The distance of the trail

What is 2,000 miles?

100

A personal challenge pioneers faced on the trail.

What is illness, drowning from crossing rivers, starvation?

100

Starting point of the Oregon Trail

What is Independence, Missouri?

100

Ways children had fun on the trail

What is collect buffalo chips, wash clothes, feed the animals?

200
A group of covered wagons that traveled together on a long trip west was called a
What is a wagon train?
200

Name at least two of the present day states that the Oregon Trail passed through

What are Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon, while also touching parts of Washington and Iowa?

200

A weather related challenges that pioneers faced on the trail.

What are rain storms, thunder and lightning, snow in the mountains, hail, cold temperatures?

200

A tall column sitting on a bed of rock and rising about 500 feet from the ground was called

What is Chimney Rock?

200

Food supplies the pioneers took on the trail

What are flour, sugar, salt, dried fruit, bacon, coffee?

300

A wagon that looked like a boat with a huge sail that appeared to float on the tall prairie grass was called

What is a prairie schooner?

300

The number of months the journey took

What is 5-6 months?

300
A challenge the pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail about land or resources
What is lack of grass for animals to graze during the winter, difficult traveling through the mountains, limited hunting during the winter months
300

A famous fort where pioneers could restock on supplies and get repairs done to wheels and wagons.

What is Fort Laramie?

300

Reasons for pioneers to travel from the East to Western frontier

What is free land, religious freedom, fertile land?

400

The person who was hired to go along with the group, who had been west many times before, and was knowledgeable about the trail was called the

What is the trail guide or wagon train leader?

400

Three or more reasons people traveled the Oregon Trail

What are free, fertile farmland, overpopulation in the East, gold, religious freedom, adventure, love, a better life?

400

A challenge the pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail about the economy

What is loss of jobs, not a lot of money, saving money to cross rivers on a ferry, trading at forts was double or triple the price as their starting point in Independence? The Panic of 1837 in the east left pioneers with little money to travel?

400

A treacherous mountain range the pioneers had to cross

What are the Rocky Mountains?

400
The effects of westward movement on Native Americans today
What is limited land left for Native American tribes (reservations reduced in size)?
500

The number of people who traveled the trail

What is 300,000 to 500,000 people?

500

The time period the Oregon Trail took place

What is mid 1800s?

500
A challenge the pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail about the cultural differences
What is communicating with the Native Americans and keeping the peace with them?
500

This was known as the "register" of the Oregon Trail. People carved or painted their name on it.

What is Independence Rock?

500

The effects of westward movement on Native Americans in the past

What is food source slowly taken away (buffalo), land taken away, fighting with pioneers and settlers?

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