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Oregon Trail
Cowboys
Pioneers Going West
Santa Fe Trail
BONUS!!
100
Families traveled through this, a "low point in the mountains", when they were on the Oregon Trail.
What is a "pass".
100
This is what we call "a place to do business".
What is a trade center?
100
This is the word used for "things people need to survive".
What are "goods"?
100
Name the group of people who used the Santa Fe Trail the most.
Who are traders?
100
This is how many miles people on the Oregon Trail traveled from the beginning to end.
What is 2,000?
200
This is the name for a long line of wagons pulled by oxen and mules.
What is a wagon train?
200
The name for "a number of people" in a specific place.
What is "population".
200
"A person who leaves a settled place and moves into the wilderness to make a new home".
What is a "pioneer".
200
Give one thing that the traders brought from the East to sell to the West (two possible answers).
What is 1. Cloth. 2. Farm tools.
200
Name the town where the Chisolm Trail began.
What is San Antonio, Texas?
300
These types of people used the Oregon Trail.
Who are families (pioneers)?
300
Give two groups of people who became cowboys in the 1860's? (There are four possible answers).
What is 1. White men who had moved from the east to the west. 2. African Americans who wanted to make a new life. 3. Mexican Americans who were already cowboys. and 4. American Indians.
300
Give two reasons why the pioneers traveled west (four possible answers).
What is 1. to find open space. 2. to find farm land. 3. to become miners or traders. 4. to find precious metals (gold and silver).
300
Give one thing that the traders brought from the West to sell in the East (three possible answers).
What is 1. Furs. 2. Gold. 3. Silver
300
Give one reason why Abilene was known as a cattle town (three possible answers).
What is 1. Ideal spot to load cattle from Texas for shipment to Eastern cities. 2. The Chisolm Trail and the Railroad met there. 3. The town had a large number of cattle and cowboys.
400
Give two hardships that the pioneers had on the Oregon Trail. (There are four possible answers).
What is 1. They had a hard time finding food, water, and firewood. 2. Indians would sometimes attack their wagon trains. 3. People were killed by accidents and sickness. and 4. They had to cross steep mountains and rivers.
400
What was the name of the trail that ended in Abilene?
What is the Chisolm Trail?
400
These are two reasons why the trip west was so difficult (three possible answers).
What is 1. Food and water were hard to find. 2. They had to cross dangerous rivers, steep mountains, and deserts. 3. There were Indian attacks.
400
This is the name of the city where the Santa Fe Trail started.
What is Independence, Missouri?
400
Give two reasons how the journey of the Pilgrims was the same as the journey of the pioneers West (four possible answers).
What is 1. They had very little food and fresh water. 2. It was a long journey. 3. Many people got sick and died. 4. They wanted to own their own land.
500
This is the name of the city and state where the Oregon Trail began.
What is Independence, Missouri.
500
Give two reasons why Abilene's cattle business came to an end (three possible answers).
What is 1. Cattle were diseased and no longer allowed near there. 2. The settlers near Abilene were unfriendly to cowboys. 3. More railroads were built closer to Texas.
500
This is the reason why the pioneers needed to make it through the mountains before winter started.
What is the snow or ice might trap them in the mountains?
500
Name the first group of people who lived in Santa Fe in the 1600's.
Who are the Spanish?
500
Give two reasons how the journey of the Pilgrims was different from the journey of the pioneers West (three possible answers).
What is 1. They traveled differently (one by boat, the other by wagon train). 2. Pioneers had to face dangerous Indians and the Pilgrims had help from the Wampanoag. 3. Pilgrims came from a different country and pioneers were already here.