These people originally lived in America before the explorers arrived.
Native Americans
100
This is an outdoor area where people can eat and sleep.
camp
100
This type of transportation is used today. It can take you from one country to another in just a few hours.
airplanes
100
This is a person who shows people a new place and gives them information about the place.
guide
200
This was even faster than stagecoaches. The riders rode fast horses through dangerous places. They carried important business letters and packages back and forth from the East to the West.
The Pony Express
200
This is a kind of small boat that Lewis and Clark used to travel down the Columbia River during their exploration.
canoe
200
This is one of the greatest inventions made to transport people to outer space.
spaceships
200
This is a group of people who travel together for safety on a challenging trip.
caravan
200
This is what people started to drive during the 1900s. It made it easier for people to move from one place to another.
cars
300
It is a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses, and used for carrying heavy loads.
wagon
300
This is a long trip that has a purpose.
expedition
300
This causes problems or challenges.
hardship
300
This is a kind of transportation that can carry many people from one place to another. It was the best way travel beginning 1869. People can sleep in it.
trains
300
Early settlers used these animals when traveling or when pulling heavier loads.
horses
400
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain wanted Ponce de Leon to find this.
Fountain of Youth
400
He was a Spanish explorer who traveled to the Americas from Spain. He wanted to search for gold.
Juan Ponce de Leon
400
This U.S. president sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition.
President Jefferson
400
The __________ is the open land beyond all settled areas. In the 1800s this was the wild and unknown land to the west.
frontier
400
She was the guide of Lewis and Clark during their westward expedition.
Sacagawea
500
This is a large, closed wagon with four wheels that is pulled by horses.
stagecoach
500
A ____________ is one of the first people to settle in a place.
pioneer
500
This is a boat that is powered by steam engines.
steamboat
500
The Teton Sioux gave this to Lewis and Clark as a peace offering.
buffalo meat
500
This happened when settlers moved to new lands west of the Mississippi River.