A
Are hardships easy or do they cause suffering?
They are hard and they cause suffering.
Are landmarks structures that are easy or hard to identify?
When you create something is it new or already existing?
New
What did Robert Fulton design?
The steamboat
No
What is the opposite of front?
Back
What is transportation?
Going somewhere
True or false: Communication is when people move from place to place.
False.
what were pioneers families looking for when they moved west?
A better life
True or false: boats used the erie canal to travel to the Pacific Ocean.
False
What is a territory?
A region of land
Pioneers
What is a route?
How you get from one place to another
If you have endurance, do you give up easily or keep going when things are hard?
Keep going
Why is the Pony Express no longer an important means of communication?
It was too slow.
What is a voyage?
a trip or journey
A canal is a waterway. What is it used for?
it moves things from place to place using boats
What does it mean when people settle in a new place?
They move somewhere new and make it their own.
What was the iron horse a nickname for?
transcontinental railroad
Why were the steamboats, the erie canal, and the transcontinental railroad important during the time of the westward expansion?
answers will vary
What was the forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called the Indian Territory by the US called?
Trail of Tears
What is a wagon train?
A line of covered wagons pulled by horses
describe what travel was like for families on the oregon trail.
It was hard because there was bad weather, lost oxen, lots of sickness, and it took a long time.
What did Seqouyah invent?
a written language for the Cherokee
What problems did Westward expansion cause for Native Americans?
Answers will vary