The Oregon Country

What are people who move from place to place within a country called?

• immigrants
• emigrants
• pioneers
• hobos

What is "fifty-four forty, or fight?"

• What a quarterback says before hiking the ball.
• The borderline with Canada belonging to Great Britain that some settlers were willing to fight over.
• The year your birthday and your maturity age cause you to get in fights.
• What a drill Sargent says before you're sent into battle.

What do you call people who made their living exploring, trapping animals and pushing into the wilderness?

• Mountain Bars
• Mountain Lions
• Mountain Men
• Mountain Dudes

What do you call those who made a living trapping beavers for their fur?

• Furriors
• Beaver killers
• Fuzzy fur gatherers
• Trappers

What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?

• Length of the journey
• Disease
• Weather
• All of the above

Why would people head West on the Oregon Trail?

• Free pizza at the end of the trip.
• They win a million dollars.
• New land, opportunities & life.
• The Oregon coast was prettier than the East coast.

What livestock were the ones to pull the wagons?

• Buffalo and oxen

• buffalo, and horses

• Horses and oxen

• oxen and dogs

Travelers moved west using what?

• cars

• planes

• wagons

• ship

Which was NOT one of the top causes of death along the trail?

• disease

• accidents

• Indian attacks

Where did the trail end?

• California

• Washington

• Oregon

• Colorado