Oregon Trail - vocabulary

Choose the correct definition for "prairie".

• a large open field, usually covered in grass

• a large forest

• a small park

• a desert

Choose a synonym for schooner:

• yacht

• bus

• sailboat

• blanket

Choose the correct definition for "route".

• food that birds eat

• a corn field

• what holds a tree into place

• a traveled way or path

Choose the correct definition for "pioneer".

• a pine tree

• one of the first to settle in a territory

• an animal that eats meat

• a person who makes cakes

Choose the correct definition of "destination".

• a place to which one is journeying or travelling

• a room to do homework in

• an animal with wings

• a forest

Choose the correct definition of "drought".

• when it rains too hard, too fast

• a stuffed animal

• a thunderstorm

• a period of time with little to no rain

Which of the following is a synonym for "belongings"?

• possessions

• canines

• flounders

• driveways

Choose the correct definition for "scarce".

• many battle wounds

• scared of your shadow

• easy to find; easy to get

• hard to find; hard to get

Chose the correct definition for "perish".

• to be active daily

• a yellowish green fruit

• ruined or ceasing to exist

• training an animal

Which sentence uses the word "dysentery" properly?

• Two members of our wagon train died of dysentery.

• My grandmother is buried at the dysentery.

• Dysentery made my trip west very enjoyable.

• Her dog looked like dysentery.