Riding the Rails West

What does the word descendants mean?

• someone who shares similar ideas

• someone who is born in the same city

• someone who shares similar occupations

• someone who is related to a person who lived in the past

Which of the following is NOT an example of a vehicle?

• a carriage

• a cart

• a wagon

• a wheel

Which word means the OPPOSITE of agreeable?

• improve

• unused

• remind

• unpleasant

Which word means almost the SAME as appreciate?

• dislike

• laugh

• refuse

• value

What are pioneers?

• the last people to leave a place

• the first people to settle a place

• the richest people in a new land

• the oldest people in a new land

Which of the following is an example of transportation?

• car

• store

• ticket

• umbrella

Which word means almost the SAME as boomed?

• grew

• identified

• named

• threw

What does the word emigration mean?

• to move from the city to the country

• to leave a country to live elsewhere

• to discover a new land

• to visit a new country

Why did the government decide to build a railroad across the country?

• to create jobs for people

• to carry coal to California

• to make it easier for people to travel

• to make it easier during times of war

Which word best describes the railroad workers?

• determined

• friendly

• lazy

• tired