Pioneer Unit Final Test

1. When people traveled out west, they traveled in __________________ because there were no planes, trains, or cars.

• gold

• circle

• springtime

• covered wagons

When people decided to LIVE on the prairies or out west in Oregon and

California, they were called _______________.

• fifteen

• pioneers

• Rocky Mountains

• buffalo dropping

Wagons were usually pulled by _________ or mules. They would travel about ___________ miles a day.

• oxen, fifteen

• circle, dust

• stampede, pioneers

• circle, gold

The miners of 1849, headed west to look for ______________.

• buffalo

• dust

• gold

• circle

Pioneers wanted to cross the _______________ before the first heavy snow fell.

• Oregon Trail

• Rocky Mountains

• Independence

• stampede

At night, the wagons would form a _________ for safety.

• circle

• dust

• springtime

• gold

When buffalo became frightened out on the prairie, they might form a ______________.

• circle

• pioneer

• stampede

• buffalo chips

_______________ was burned by many pioneers on the prairie because wood was hard to find.

• dust

• gold

• circle

• buffalo droppings

Pioneers might start their long journey west at ______________, Missouri if they were starting out on the Oregon Trail.

• stampede

• Independence

• Rocky Mountains

• circle

Pioneers would leave in the ______________ to make sure they made it to their destination before the snow fell.

• fall

• winter

• springtime

• summertime