Oregon trail
How long is the Oregon trail?
2000 miles
What is the name of the gold seeking group of migrants?
49ers
What is the suggested amount the clerk at the beginning of the game tells you to buy?
Two sets of clothing per person
This holy man and famous leader guided his people in resisting the US, what is his name?
Sitting bull
What is the name of the stomach illness most known on the Oregon trail?
Dysentery
What would be one of the first landmarks you would see depending on the way your going on the Oregon trail?
Chimney rock
What year did the gold rush begin?
1848
What is the name of the first fort you come across in the game?
Fort Kearny
In 1877, this Chief of the Nez Perce surrendered to federal troops just miles from the Canadian border, famously declaring, I will fight no more forever. What is his name?
Chief Joseph
What is the name of the illness you get when you drink bad water?
Cholera
To prevent food from spoiling during hot days they packed what with salt?
Pork or bacon
before pans, we had something different, what was it?
Sluice box
What is the full name of the store clerk in the beginning of the game?
Matt General
This forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation in 1838 and 1839 resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 indigenous people as they marched toward modern-day Oklahoma. What is the name of the trail they took?
The trail of tears
What is the name of the illness you get when you eat bad food?
Typhoid fever
Before Oregon became a US state, what was it.
Great Britain
Instead of digging deep in mines for gold, we used what?
gold pan
What is the suggested food amount by the store clerk?
Passed in 1887, this act aimed to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual family plots, heavily eroding communal culture.
The Dawes act
What is the name of the illness you get when you eat nothing?
Scurvy
What is the powerful fur trading enterprise named?
Hudson's bay company
When looking for gold, people would find a sort of fake gold, what did they call it?
fools gold
After hunting, what is the limit of food you can bring to the wagon?
100 pounds
It was at this specific 1877 battle in Montana, just 40 miles south of the Canadian border, where Chief Joseph finally surrendered after a grueling 1,170-mile retreat.
Battle of bear paw
What is the name of the illness you get when sometimes crossing over marshes or rivers?
Malaria