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100

An item used to start fires.

Buffalo __ __ __ __ __ 

Buffalo chips

100

Three ways to cross the river.

What is 1.Emigrants could use a ferry, (some ferries were operated by Native Americans, some were operated by the Mormons and other entrepreneurs). 2. They could caulk their wagons and float them across the river. 3. They could ford the river. 4. They could swim across the river. 5. They could use one of the few bridges that were in place.

100

The starting point of the Oregon trail journey.

What is Independence, Missouri.

100
The most common death.
What is Diseases, in particular water-borne diseases like cholera.
100

The widespread exchange of plants, animals. ideas, technology, cultural practices, and diseases between the old world and the new world.

What is Columbia Exchange?

200

Item that held the Ox or Mule to the wagon

Hint: egg

What is a yoke

200

Two reasons why the Pioneers traveled to the west

What is land, wanted gold, hunting, trade, and fur.

200
The end of the Oregon Trail.
What is Oregon City, Oregon.
200

The synonym for wagon

What is Prairie Schooner

200

Means you are separated from others; without interaction

What is isolated?

300

Buffalo were often used for many reasons, name one.

What is for their meat, buffalo chips, for their fur

300

The century in which the journey on the Oregon Trail began

What is 1800's.

300

The act of crossing a river by foot is called

Fording

300
The average weight limit that the typical wagon will hold.
What is 2,000 lbs.
300

The Columbian exchange was started by this man.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

400

Hats made from beaver skin were a sign of this.

Wealth

400

Aside from Cholera, what was another danger on the Oregon Trail?

Native Americans, Wagon Mishaps, Dysentary, Weather

400

Pioneers often had to cross large bodies of water such as rivers and lakes. If they had money, what could they use to help them cross?

Ferry/Barge

400

The length of time it took pioneers to travel the entire Oregon Trail

What is 5-6 months

400

Extreme shortage or scarcity of food.


Starts with an F.

What is Famine?

500

Item from the wagon Pioneers apply to their chapped lips.

 __ __ __ __ grease

What is axle grease?

500

Land that is completely dry and lacking water for a long period of time

What is a drought

500

FREE QUESTION- What college does Ms. Solis go to?

BSU

500

Synonym for Native Americans

Indigenous

500

To breed or train animals to be cared for by humans, and possibly to work or produce food for humans. 

What is domesticate?