He was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church.
Who is Joseph Smith?
100
Name one of the locations the Mormons stopped at on their way across the plains. (Hint: Look at your Mormon Trail map).
What is Chimney Rock/Scotts Bluff/Fort Laramie/Independence Rock/Fort Bridger?
100
This town, located near Dugway, was built by Hawaiian settlers, but the land and climate were too different from their native islands, and the town was abandoned.
What is Iosepa?
100
A person who suffers persecution or death because of religion or beliefs
What is a martyr?
200
To harass or cause people to suffer because of their beliefs or race.
What is persecution?
200
He led Mormon pioneers from Illinois across the plains to Utah and led the pioneers in settling Utah.
Who is Brigham Young?
200
The Mormons stayed at these two towns as temporary homes while they prepared to cross the Great Plains.
What are Winter Quarters and Kanesville?
200
List one of the challenges faced by the Mormons while settling Utah.
What is unfamiliar land/isolation/Indian trouble/new immigrants/non-Mormon friction?
200
Some Mormon immigrants from Europe were met by these type of crooks, who cheated them out of their money.
What is a swindler?
300
Mormons practiced this sort of lifestyle, where everyone shared what they had to help each other out.
What is communal?
300
Orson Pratt and this man were the first to enter the Salt Lake Valley. They immediately planted crops and dug irrigation ditches.
Who is Erastus Snow?
300
Mormon pioneers crossed the plains in covered wagons, handcarts, and these.
What are steam locomotives/trains?
300
Brigham Young wanted Mormon converts to come to Utah because he needed their skills. He wanted them to build this.
What is the Kingdom of God?
300
The city the Mormons built in the state of Illinois.
What is Nauvoo?
400
Daily Double! Mormons originally practiced this policy of marrying more than one person, but they don't do it anymore.
What is polygamy?
400
Erastus Snow and this man were the first to enter the Salt Lake Valley. They immediately planted crops and dug irrigation ditches.
Who is Orson Pratt?
400
This war occurred while the Mormons were crossing the plains.
What is the Mexican-American War?
400
This never-ending sum of money allowed immigrants to leave their home countries and migrate to Utah.
What is the Perpetual Emigration Fund?
400
Daily Double! Besides Utah, the Mormons started settlements in Mexico and this country.
What is Canada?
500
Mormons believe in these spiritual messages from God.
What are revelations?
500
This mountain man told Brigham Young not to go to Utah because it was too dry and not a good place to live.
Who is Jim Bridger?
500
A group of LDS men drafted to fight in the Mexican-American War. They paid for many wagons and supplies for others to travel west.
What is the Mormon Battalion?
500
This place was where the 'Wedding of the Rails' occured, joining two sets of train tracks to connect the two halves of the United States.
What is Promontory Summit?
500
Most of Utah's towns have large city blocks, public buildings and parks at the center, and streets laid out in this type of pattern.