Westward Expansion: Vocab Practice

campfire

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Answer explanation

A campfire is an outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

settled

• an outdoor fire used for warmth or cooking

• created a permanent home, colony, or community in a new area

Answer explanation

The pioneers settled the western area of the country.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

wagon train

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Answer explanation

A wagon train is a line or caravan of wagons.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Sympathy is when you feel sad about

• your problems

• someone else's problems

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

frontier

• the unsettled part of the American West

• Native Americans

• places or things worth seeing

Answer explanation

frontier

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

An inventor is a person who...

• gets really good grades

• creates a new product

• drives a train

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Another word for journey is...

• create

• inventor

• trip

• car

Answer explanation

Journey: a trip from one place to another

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

steamboats

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Answer explanation

Steamboats: steam-powered boats

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A voyage is a long trip.

Have you ever been on a voyage?

• yes

• no

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Fill in the blank:

My family's _________ to Oregon was very long.

• design

• voyage

• steamboat

Answer explanation

A voyage is a journey or a long trip.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A