Life in the West [Vocabulary]

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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Aaron Howard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
the position of a person, either socially or professionally...
legacy
status
immigrant
rancho
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a journey made from 1804 to 1806 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Oregon Trail
rancho
immigrant
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped and saved the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Oregon Trail
Sacagawea
immigrant
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a person’s or a group’s impact on future generations; how someone or something is remembered
legacy
status
immigrant
rancho
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
this word meant, "Gold Mountain," and was what people in China called California in 1848.
forty-niners
Gam Saam
Californio
rancho
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
discovered gold in California while building a sawmill for John Sutter and started the "gold rush."
Sacagawea
Gam Saam
Californio
James Marshall
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
Californio
forty-niners
Mormons
rancho
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