Pony Express
What is the Pony Express?
Mail delivery on horses
What does it mean to struggle?
What is frontier?
The far edge of a country
What is a chief?
The leader of the Native Americans
Which direction was the Oregon Trail heading?
West
Pony Express Riders delivered mail.
True or False
True
What is danger?
You can get hurt
What is a journey?
a trip from one place to another.
What did Native Americans do for food?
Ate animals like deer, buffalo, and berries.
What did people travel in on the Oregon Trail?
Wagons, Oxen, and horses
Tell us a word that describes Pony Express Riders.
Brave
Fast
Tough
Heroic
What is the root of the word autograph?
graph
What is a pioneer?
One of the first people to explore and move to an unkown place
What did Native Americans live in?
Tipiis
Did people have to cross water in wagon trains?
yes
Pony Express Riders built cabins.
True or False
False
The steamboat________the mail.
A delivering
B delivered
C were delivered
D was delivered
B delivered
What are plains?
It is an area of flat land with few trees
Why did Chief Joseph surrender?
Most of his people were dead, tired, and hungry.
True or False
It was dangerous on the Oregon Trail
True
How many days did it take the Pony Express to deliver mail?
10 Days
The new museum exhibit_____how the early settlers survived.
A shows
B were showing
C was show
D show
A. shows
What is a settler?
One of the earliest people who go to live in a new place.
Where was Chief Joseph's tribe traveling to?
North to Canada
Why did people go on the Oregon Trail?
To go west to find gold and settle on new farm lands.