Going West
Why would people decide not to travel West?
They did not know what was there.
They did not have a place there.
What is the difference between a map and a globe?
A map is flat and a globe is round like a ball.
Which of these is a landform?
a. hill
b. ocean
c. statue
d. rainstorm
hill
What was the Civil War over?
Slavery
Name 2 things they would they find in the West.
Open land
Native American Indians
What shows the directions on a map?
Compass Rose
What is made when plates under the ground move upward when they come together?
Mountains
Name a state that the people got to vote if it would be free or a slave state.
Kansas
Name 2 reasons people decided to go West.
New opportunities
Land
Kansas to become a free state
Too crowded in the East
What tells you the meaning of the symbols on a map?
Map key or legend
What landforms is made from ice?
Glacier
What was the South for? freedom or slavery
Slavery
Name 2 ways people traveled West.
Wagon
Steamboats
Trains
Walking
What is shown on a map?
States
World- continents and oceans
Buildings
Parks
What is a deep valley called after water has run through it for many years?
Canyon
What was a border ruffian?
A person for slavery
Name 3 dangers people would find in the West.
Native American Indians
Little food
Fire
Tornadoes
Illness
What tells the distance on a map?
Scale
Name 3 things that make and change landforms.
Plates moving under the ground
Wind
Water
Ice
Why did people want slavery?
They wanted slavery for free labor.