Chapter 19 Social Studies Alive

Many wealthy Californios owned huge plots of land called ___________.

• plantations
• farms
• ranchos
• lots

A heavy ________was put on the oxen that pulled wagons.

• harness
• bridle
• yoke
• saddle

People from the East Coast that traveled overland in wagons are called ___________.

• pioneers
• cowboys
• westerners
• explorers

A(n)__________is a person who leaves his or her homeland to settle in a new country.

• alien
• traveler
• explorer
• immigrant

A(n) ____________is a person who is sent to try to persuade others to adopt a religion.

• preacher
• priest
• missionary
• pastor

Some newcomers to the West learned the skills to be cowboys from the _________.

• Mormons
• Nez Percés
• Mexicanos
• pioneers

The forty-niners traveled west for

• free land
• railroad jobs
• gold
• religious freedom

Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build

• Salt Lake City
• transcontinental railroad
• the Oregon Trail
• San Francisco Harbor

Which state was settled mainly by Mormons?

• California
• Texas
• Oregon
• Utah

What was a miner's claim?

• the land the miner worked
• the food the miner ate
• the tools the miner used
• the money the miner saved