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What did pioneers use to boil water?
a kettle
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Pioneers needed tools to head west. What is another name for an axe?
a Hatchet
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True or False: Pioneer children had many chores at home
True.
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How many rooms does a schoolhouse have?
one
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What is whittling?
Boys spent time carving wood.
200
What is Johnnycake?
a type of cornbread
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What date did Pioneers have to make it to Independence Rock?
July 4th.
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Did a boy or a girl help the father on the farm?
a boy
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What do we call arithmetic today?
math
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What is another name for a "floating fort?"
Flatboat
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What animals were used to pull wagons and plow fields?
oxen
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What is another name for the Oregon Trail?
The World's Longest Graveyard.
300
How old was a boy when he learned to shoot?
He was 12 or 13 years old.
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Pioneer children had few books. How did they practice their spelling?
Answers were all spoken aloud to the teacher.
300
What is the main reason Pioneers moved west?
For a better life.
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True or False: A quilting bee is when women would get together and bake.
False. They would get together and quilt.
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How did the Pioneers place their wagons at night?
In a wagon circle.
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Name two chores a girl was responsible for?
cook meals, spin wool, make cloth, sew wash clothes
400
Some students used pens made from what?
Quills. The quills were goose quills and ink from berries.
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What was house-raising?
The pioneers helped the family build a home.
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What is another name for a stream in a prairie?
A coulee.
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What was the name of the covered wagon the Pioneers used?
Conestoga Wagon
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Who was responsible to take care of the younger children?
The girls.
500
Most children only attended school during what season?
Winter.
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What game did Pioneers play when they were peeling apart corn from the fields?
corn husking