Vocab
A trip undertaken with the goal of exploring
Expedition
Why did American Settle West?
Possible answers:
Get resources like fur and gold
Spread Christianity to natives
Prevent European powers from claiming territory
Land to live on
What is Manifest Destiny
The belief that it was the Americans Destiny to control from the east coast to the west coast. (Atlantic to Pacific)
Why were five tribes considered "civilized?"
They adopted english, christianity and began to adopt American culture.
Who was the President of the United States during the Mexican-American War?
Polk
What is older, Oxford University or the Aztec Empire?
Oxford University
Large Green and Angry
The Incredible Hulk
Beyond the edge of civilization.
The Frontier
How did most people travel to Oregon?
In covered wagons on the Oregon Trail
Who was Santa Anna
Mexico President/Dictator
This tribe was removed from its homeland in florida, was one of the "five civilized tribes"
Seminole
What was the goal of the Spanish Missions?
To convert the Native Americans to Christianity
What country has the most Pyramids in the world?
Sudan
What state is Chicago in?
Illinois
The route many natives were forces to travel on their way to the Oklahoma Reservation.
Trail of Tears
What was significant about lewis and clarks expedition
They mapped out the territory and made scientific discoveries.
Name of the Americans Living in Texas before Mexico existed?
Anglos
This tribe was one of the five civilized tribes, and they lived in modern day Louisiana
Choctaw
Why did so many Americans travel to California after 1849.
The Gold Rush
The part of the car that stops you from being bounced around by bumps
Shock Absorbers
If you captured a lightening bolt in a battery and put it into a toaster, how much toast could it make?
about 100,000 slices
The land that Mexico Lost to the United States after the war.
Mexican Cession
What was one way Sacagawea helped the lewis and clark expedition.
By retrieving the maps and supply from the boat.
Name of the Mexicans Living in Texas before Mexico existed?
Tejanos
This tribe is one of the 5 civilized tribes, they are also known as the Muskogee.
The Creek
What Metal do you need to seperate Gold from the rocks you find it with?
Mercury
The first number to have the Letter "A" in it if you started at 0 and counted up.
1... 2.... 3... 4... 5... 6... and so on
1,000
Amazing Action Movie Star who is also a martial artist
Chuck Noris
To obtain something
Aquire
What motivated people to travel to Oregon?
What started the Mexican American war
A dispute between the united states and Mexico over Texas.
This is one of the five civilized tribes, the lived in modern day Georgia.
The Cherokee
Why did so many 49ers end up dead within the first 6 months of the gold rush?
No family, No school, No police
No Social Correction.
How long does it take for honey to go bad?
what is pontchartrain
An estuary in Louisiana