Going West
an outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking
Example:
Nick and Anna gathered wood for the _______ so they could roast marshmallows
What is a campfire?
difficult conditions or situations that make someone uncomfortable or cause harm
What are hardships?
a person in someone’s family who lived a long, long time ago
What is an ancestor?
a way of doing or thinking about something
Example: The artist used a unique _______ to create her painting.
What is an approach?
met someone or something unexpectedly
Example: Mustafa ________ many difficulties as he tried to build his own bicycle from spare parts.
What is encountered?
created a permanent home, colony, or community in a new area
Example: The Pilgrims ______ the area that is now part of the state of Massachusetts.
What is settled?
grooves worn into soft ground
Example: After the heavy rain, the wheels of the truck caused deep ____ in the mud.
What are ruts?
. being close by or useful to accomplish a specific purpose
Example: The bus stop is very _________ for me because it is right in front of my house.
What is convenient?
decided after some time of thought or observation
Example: After playing in the hot, bright sun all afternoon, the children ________ that it would be a good idea to go swimming.
What is concluded?
made to happen; not by choice
Example: The Cherokee were _______ by settlers to leave their land and move farther west.
What is forced?
things or places seen or worth seeing
Example: Juanita walked for hours and hours enjoying the ______ and sounds of New York City.
What are sights?
a person sent ahead of a traveling group to gather information about what lies ahead
What is a scout?
a nickname for the first locomotives
What is iron horse?
to make or produce something new
Example: My little brother and I are going to ______ a skyscraper using these blocks
What is create?
demanded or said something firmly
Example: Koda’s mother ______ that he brush his teeth before bed.
What is insisted?
a feeling of sadness about someone else’s trouble or problems
Example: Example: The farmer’s daughter felt ______ for the injured bird.
What is sympathy?
having a very sharp slope
What is steep?
when referring to a railroad, a nail or piece of metal that is used to secure the metal rails on a train track to the ties
What is a spike?
groups of people who are born around the same time
Example: The farm had been owned by many_________ of the same family.
What is generations?
extremely unpleasant or uncomfortable
Example: Walking to the park in the newly fallen snow was fun, but the walk back home was ________ because it was so cold.
What is miserable?
a line or caravan of wagons
Example: The ________ moved slowly westward over the rough and rocky terrain.
What is a wagon train?
. a specific area of land that belongs to a government but is not yet an official state or province
What is a territory?
a railroad system that stretches all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast of the continental United States
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
talking or doing things with other people
Example: The students were __________ with each other to finish their project.
What is interacting?
to move a home, people, or animals from one place to another place
Example: Bailey’s father said that because his company was moving to a different state, their family would have to _______, too.
What is relocate?