American Westward Expansion Vocabulary Quiz

To come into possession or control of something

• obtain

• acquire

• lose

• discard

To increase the extent, number, or volume

• expand

• contract

• reduce

• diminish

the process of moving from one place to another to live

• immigration

• emigration

• migration

• relocation

Negative reasons why people move away from an area

• pull factor

• push factor

• neutral factor

• economic factor

Materials supplied by nature

• natural resources

• synthetic materials

• artificial resources

• processed materials

Journey undertaken for exploration or to find something

• expedition

• vacation

• journey

• trip

To add (something) to something earlier, larger, or more important

• annex

• append

• attach

• incorporate

Early settlers or the first of their time

• pioneers

• explorers

• settlers

• colonists

Positive reasons why people move to an area

• pull factor

• push factor

• economic downturn

• natural disaster

To move from one country to another

• migrate

• immigrate

• emigrate

• transit