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100
These homes were used by Native Americans that moved around a lot.
What are tepees?
100
Lightening was the biggest cause of this Oregon Trail danger.
What is prairie fire?
100
The years in which the Oregon Trail was used.
What is the 1800s (1840s-1860s)?
100
Most people who traveled the Oregon Trail had jobs as this.
What is farmer?
100
One of the reasons people moved West.
What is free land or getting too crowded and needed more room to farm.
200
The usual number of rooms found in the pioneer's houses.
What is one or two
200
This disease came from drinking dirty water.
What is cholera?
200
Number of miles pioneers traveled on the Oregon Trail.
What is 2,000 miles?
200
Women were the usual people who had this job. Remember, they didn't always meet in a classroom if they were lucky enough to even have school.
What are teachers?
200
City where most people started their journey on the Oregon Trail.
What is Independence, Missouri?
300
Material used to build pioneer houses when there were no trees for wood. Hint: think grass and dirt!
What is sod?
300
Children often faced this danger because they played on the wagons.
What is broken bones?
300
These were used to guide pioneers along the trail, since road signs weren't invented yet.
What are landmarks?
300
Blacksmiths were important on the trail because they were able to fix this.
What are wagons?
300
List three supplies pioneers needed to take with them on the Oregon Trail.
What are food, water, tools, shotgun, etc.?
400
One type of Native American home built by tribes that didn't move around a lot.
What is wigwam, adobe, plank, or earth house?
400
This illness has strong coughing as the main symptom.
What is whooping cough?
400
These were places where pioneers could buy more supplies and send mail through the Pony Express.
What are forts?
400
Seamstresses were helpful on the trail because they were able to fix this.
What is clothing?
400
These people were already living along the Oregon Trail before the pioneers began to move West.
Who are the Native Americans (Indians)?
500
Houses built out of clay in the hotter areas of America like Arizona and New Mexico
What are adobe houses or pueblos
500
Because people did not know how to swim, this was a big danger faced by pioneers, especially near rivers.
What is drowning?
500
This was founded by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman near Walla Walla Washington.
What is the Whitman Mission?
500
This profession was one of the most important on the trail, even though they didn't always have the tools and medicine they needed.
What is doctors?
500
The reason the pioneers stayed close to the rivers during their trip.
What is for water?