Ch. 3 Study Game

Which answer show the geographical features that settlers had to cross when taking the Oregon Trail?

• Mountains

• Rivers

• Deserts

• Plains

• All of the above

Select the 'major' cities that were started in Washington during the 1800's.

• seattle

• tacoma

• walla walla

• centralia

Why did settlers move out west?

• Adventure

• Slavery

• Cheap land

• All of the above

Which of the following were hardships that settlers faced in the Pacific Northwest?

• death

• clearing the land

• loneliness

• All of the above

Out of the following jobs, which 1 was the least profitable found in the Oregon Territory or Washington Territory?

• fishing/whaling

• coal mining

• lumber mills

• ranching

• gold mining

What jobs lasted the longest?

• whaling

• logging

• mining

• farming

What was the Oregon Treaty for?

• to decide who would own San Juan Island

• to decide who would own Oregon Country

• to decide who would own Mr. Mint

Treu or False --

"The Treaty of Oregon solved the boundary dispute with Britain by making the 49th parallel the boundary between the two places."

• True

• False

Why was the Organic Act of 1853 so important?

• It decided who would own San Juan Island

• It decided who would own Oregon Country

• It created Washington Territory

Why did the people north of the Columbia River want their own territory?

• Oregon Territory was too big for one person to govern

• There was lots of fighting between the French and the Americans

• People's livestock were destroying other farmer's crops