Native American Interactions
Something Native Americans provided to pioneers when trading
skins, hides, food, knowledge, or beaver fur
One disease people got on the Oregon Trail
cholera, small pox, flu, measles, mumps, tuberculosis, dysentry, influenza, scurvy, or mountain fever
True or false: there were tornadoes on the Oregon Trail
True
Where the Oregon Trail started
Main cause of death on the Oregon Trail
Disease
One weapon used by the Native Americans
Bows & arrows, knives, clubs, spears, hatchets, tomahawks, blow guns, bolas, or war shields
Disease that killed the most pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Cholera
Most lethal weather the trail
Hail
Pioneers on the Oregon Trail passed through this foreign country
Mexico
Five animals brought as livestock on the Oregon Trail
Oxen, Horses, Mules, Chickens, Cows, or Goats
About this many pioneers died from Native American attacks between 1840 and 1860
400
A disease that the pioneers passed on to the Native Americans
Smallpox, cholera, measles, or tuberculosis
One of the most dangerous parts of the trail was crossing rivers. This weather made it even harder.
Rain
Mountain range on the Oregon Trail
Crossing the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Idaho
Approximate death rate on the Oregon Trail (percentage)
10%
Dominant Native American tribe along the Oregon Trail
Shoshone
It is unknown what this illness is as it wasn't described well enough
Mountain fever
This weather caused many wagons to break
The heat (it caused the wheels to shrink which led to beakdowns)
Most people who crossed the Oregon Trail settled in this state
California
About this many pioneers died on the Oregon Trail
20-30 thousand
Currency used by the pioneers to trade with Native Americans
This percentage of deaths on the Oregon Trail were from diseases
90%
Around this many people on the Oregon Trail died from lighning strikes
6
Main destination of the Oregon Trail settled by around 80,000 people
Oregon City, Oregon
These people on the Oregon Trail went to Utah (hint: it's a religion)
Mormons