Vocab 1
Difficult situation and suffering
a) endurance
b) territory
c) hardships
Hardships
Name one form of transportation
Wagon, horse, train, boat
What is it called to make something new?
Create
What is nicknamed the "iron horse"
The train
Where does the Erie Canal connect to?
The Hudson River and Lake Erie
People who settled on the frontier
a) voyage
b) pioneers
c) landmarks
Pioneers
What is the way we get from one place to another
Route
Convienent means to be
a) very easy
b) very hard
c) takes too much effort
Very easy!
Did pioneers have an easy or hard trip?
Hard
Why do we no longer need the Pony Express?
We have cars!
A way to talk to one another
a) create
b) transportation
c) communicate
Communicate
Is a wagon train....
a) a train with wagons on it
b) many wagons travelling together
B
Endurance means to
a) give up
b) have strength to keep going
c) to sleep
Have strength to keep going
What did Sequoyah create?
The written Cherokee language
Explain the Trail of Tears?
Forced march of Native Americans
To move to a new place
a) settled
b) transport
c) convenient
Settled
What travels on a canal?
Boats
To go on a long trip
Voyage
What direction did pioneer families move?
West
Describe one problem of western expansion
Trail of Tears or Bison Hunters
a) route
b) canal
c) territory
Territory
What is a piece of land that is easy to recognize?
A landmark
What is the opposite of the word "front"
back
Who created the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
How did steamboats, Erie Canal, and the railroad help people expand west?
They helped people travel