Foods of the Oregon Trail
If you mix and bake these ingredients: Flour, salt, and water; you would get this important food item.
What is hardtack?
You would bring this if you wanted to make bread or biscuits
What is a bonnet?
group of wagons traveling together
What is a wagon train?
something that could happen to a wagon in a river crossing
What is lose the wagon?
You could bring this food item that was salty and eaten for breakfast.
What is bacon?
You would need to bring this if you wanted to make butter
What is a butter churn?
women wore these and they were very long
What are dresses?
animals used to pull the wagon train
What are Oxen or Mules?
you could get killed if you came in contact with these people
What is unfriendly Native Americans.
You would need to bring this food item if you wanted to bake or make something sweet.
What is sugar?
Most people on the Oregon Trail brought this dried item for protein.
What is dried meat? Or jerky?
Men wore these and they were made of cloth or leather
What are pants?
leader of the wagon train
What is the captain?
something you could get bit by, and die.
What is a snake, or rattlesnake?
This seasoning was important to bring along on the Oregon Trail. It gives flavor to food and important minerals.
What is salt?
If you wanted to hunt animals on the Oregon Trail you would need one of these
What is a rifle?
you would need these to be sturdy for walking on the trail
What are shoes?
a person you could hire to take you down the Oregon Trail
What is a trail guide?
something that could happen if you ran out of food supplies
What is starve?
You could pick these items along the trail if you didn't pack them.
What are fruits and vegetables?
(either answer will work).
You would need to bring these items if you wanted to fix your clothing.
What are a needle and thread?
You would need someone in your wagon train that could fix this if they got worn out
What are shoes?
Another name for a wagon
What is Prairie Schooner?
you could die if you didn't bring enough.
What is water?