Week 22 Studies Weekly

What is meant by a cache?

• the money the mountain men earned when they sold their furs

• a hiding place for a mountain man's supplies and furs

• a meeting where mountain men joined together to trade furs, buy supplies and relax

• a tax charged by the government on all furs sold by each trapper

Which of the following does NOT describe Jedediah Smith?

• He was very religious and always carried a Bible with him.

• He wore his hair over his ears to hide scars he received in a grizzly attack.

• He didn’t blaze trails, but made maps of trails that were already there.

• He rediscovered South Pass.

Which explorer ran away from a job he hated and later became a famous wagon guide, Indian agent and United States Army general?

• Kit Carson

• John C. Fremont

• John Colter

• Jim Bridger

Which of John Colter's stories did most people find hard to believe?

• that he was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition

• that he had been chased by Blackfeet Indians

• that he hiked over 500 miles during the winter of 1807 –1808

• that he had seen pools of boiling mud and erupting geysers

What was meant by the term "Ashley's Hundred"?

• the band of American Indians he used as scouts to help find the best place to cross the Rocky Mountains

• the number of beaver that William Henry Ashley trapped in one season

• the amount of money William Henry Ashley paid for a year’s work

• men who answered William Henry Ashley's newspaper ad to work as fur trappers

John Wesley Powell is NOT known for

• his interest in science

• being attacked by a grizzly bear

• leading the first group of white men to ever explore the Grand Canyon

• losing his right arm in the Civil War

This man is known for exploring and mapping the Oregon Trail and for serving as one of California's first senators.

• Jim Bridger

• John Wesley Powell

• John C. Fremont

• Kit Carson

Who sent out the first fur trading expedition to the West?

• John Jacob Astor

• William Clark

• William Henry Ashley

• Jedediah Smith

Which of the following does NOT describe Jim Bridger?

• He could speak several different languages.

• He discovered a shortcut through the Rocky Mountains.

• He was the first white man to set eyes on the Great Salt Lake.

• He was interested in science.

What contributions did the mountain men, explorers and guides make to the settlement of the new frontier?

• They discovered safer routes through the Rocky Mountains.

• They explored the area and made maps of their findings.

• They studied the land, plants, animals and American Indians in the area.

• all of the above