5-2.1: Westward Expansion: Natural Environment

Question 1

Winter snow caused what to happen?

Accepted Answer

spring floods

Question 2

What would be YOUR reason to travel out west?

Accepted Answer

For the adventure, To strike it rich with gold!, To stay up late and eat s'mores every night!, To escape your little brother

Question 3

What helped bring scarce water to the surface?

Accepted Answer

windmill

Question 4

Homesteading attracted what type of groups?

Accepted Answer

Farmers

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a major river the pioneers encountered?

Accepted Answer

St. Louis River

Question 6

How long did it take the travelers to reach the west via the Oregon Trail?

Accepted Answer

5 months

Question 7

What did the pioneers use to help guide them west?

Accepted Answer

Guidebooks they created

Question 8

What was a new way for people to travel out west after the Civil War that was very fast?

Accepted Answer

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 9

What was the area the migrants passed over that was a huge, dry, and flat land?

Accepted Answer

The Great American Desert

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT an obstacle the pioneers encountered traveling west?

Accepted Answer

Hurricanes

Question 11

What is a farming tool that helped till the hard packed earth?

Accepted Answer

steel plow

Question 12

What was the largest mountain range the pioneers had to cross?

Accepted Answer

Rocky Mountains

Question 13

What changed the pioneer's minds about the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

the idea of using technology to unleash farming potential

Question 14

What city was known as the "Gateway to the West"?

Accepted Answer

St. Louis, Missouri

Question 15

What did hot, dry summers bring?

Accepted Answer

drought and dust storms

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