Boss of the Plains Vocabulary Quiz

What does an adventurer do?

• cook
• travel
• operate
• write stories

What does the word determined mean?

• Sticking to the grass
• Sticking to the road
• Sticking to butter
• Sticking to a purpose

People were headed to the frontier to search for gold.  What does the word frontier mean?

• unexplored land
• explored land

Gear includes specific equipment you need for a specific activity.  If you were playing football, what kind of gear would you need?

• helmet, shoulder pads, mouth gear
• apron, hat, spatula
• books, pencils, glue, ruler
• car, drivers license, keys

John Stetson found the __________ to head West when a group of travelers invited him along on their journey to Pikes Peak.

• money
• opportunity
• hat

Pioneers are the first people to settle in a region.

• true
• false

At first, __________ in the American West wore whatever hats they had worn back home.

• teachers
• drivers
• settlers

What is a synonym for wrangler?

• cowboy
• settler
• pioneer

What do you call an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs?

• frontier
• tanned
• scoffed
• tuberculosis

Guam is a United States __________, a region of land that is a part of the United States.

• wrangler
• territory
• determined