Explore the Wild West! Summative Assessment

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Which direction did the pioneers travel trying to make their way to gold? Options: north, south, east, west

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west

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What did President Jefferson send Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to do?

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to explore the land to hopefully discover a river leading west

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"The trails and posts used by these explorers and mountain men guided the pioneers who came to settle the land west of the Mississippi River". (p 256 in train book)

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forts or stopping points along the trail where people could buy supplies

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What danger caused the most pioneers' deaths along the trail?

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getting cholera from polluted drinking water

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Why did the wagon trains take a "nooning" break? (p 262 in train book)

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so the pioneers could build a fire and take a nap

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A typical pioneer diet ___________ of ham, rice, bacon, dried fruit, bread, coffee, and tea.

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consisted

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Why did people leave furniture across the Oregon Trail?

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to make the wagons lighter for the oxen